diff --git a/packages/core/test/render3/load_domino.ts b/packages/core/test/render3/load_domino.ts
index 3fa4a37ea8..8d9d549640 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/render3/load_domino.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/render3/load_domino.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-// bootstrap the bazel require patch since this bootstrap script is loaded with
-// `--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location script.js))`
-if (process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']) {
-  require(process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER'] as string).patchRequire();
-}
-
 // Needed to run animation tests
 import 'zone.js/lib/node/rollup-main';
 import '@angular/compiler'; // For JIT mode. Must be in front of any other @angular/* imports.
diff --git a/packages/zone.js/test/node_bluebird_entry_point.ts b/packages/zone.js/test/node_bluebird_entry_point.ts
index 41ca57f817..ae0da24027 100644
--- a/packages/zone.js/test/node_bluebird_entry_point.ts
+++ b/packages/zone.js/test/node_bluebird_entry_point.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-// bootstrap the bazel require patch since this bootstrap script is loaded with
-// `--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location script.js))`
-if (process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']) {
-  require(process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER'] as string).patchRequire();
-}
-
 // Must be loaded before zone loads, so that zone can detect WTF.
 import './test_fake_polyfill';
 
diff --git a/packages/zone.js/test/node_entry_point.ts b/packages/zone.js/test/node_entry_point.ts
index f63265b69a..e63e7595d6 100644
--- a/packages/zone.js/test/node_entry_point.ts
+++ b/packages/zone.js/test/node_entry_point.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-// bootstrap the bazel require patch since this bootstrap script is loaded with
-// `--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location script.js))`
-if (process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']) {
-  require(process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER'] as string).patchRequire();
-}
-
 // Must be loaded before zone loads, so that zone can detect WTF.
 import './node-env-setup';
 import './test_fake_polyfill';
diff --git a/packages/zone.js/test/node_entry_point_no_patch_clock.ts b/packages/zone.js/test/node_entry_point_no_patch_clock.ts
index 80d7c478bc..a91766407f 100644
--- a/packages/zone.js/test/node_entry_point_no_patch_clock.ts
+++ b/packages/zone.js/test/node_entry_point_no_patch_clock.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-// bootstrap the bazel require patch since this bootstrap script is loaded with
-// `--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location script.js))`
-if (process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']) {
-  require(process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER'] as string).patchRequire();
-}
-
 // Must be loaded before zone loads, so that zone can detect WTF.
 import './node-env-setup';
 import './test_fake_polyfill';
diff --git a/packages/zone.js/test/node_error_disable_policy_entry_point.ts b/packages/zone.js/test/node_error_disable_policy_entry_point.ts
index 61eb31cc12..841039900d 100644
--- a/packages/zone.js/test/node_error_disable_policy_entry_point.ts
+++ b/packages/zone.js/test/node_error_disable_policy_entry_point.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-// bootstrap the bazel require patch since this bootstrap script is loaded with
-// `--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location script.js))`
-if (process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']) {
-  require(process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER'] as string).patchRequire();
-}
-
 process.env['errorpolicy'] = (global as any)['__Zone_Error_BlacklistedStackFrames_policy'] =
     'disable';
 import './node_error_entry_point';
diff --git a/packages/zone.js/test/node_error_lazy_policy_entry_point.ts b/packages/zone.js/test/node_error_lazy_policy_entry_point.ts
index cb08a023cc..61b5e56093 100644
--- a/packages/zone.js/test/node_error_lazy_policy_entry_point.ts
+++ b/packages/zone.js/test/node_error_lazy_policy_entry_point.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,5 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-// bootstrap the bazel require patch since this bootstrap script is loaded with
-// `--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location script.js))`
-if (process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']) {
-  require(process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER'] as string).patchRequire();
-}
-
 process.env['errorpolicy'] = (global as any)['__Zone_Error_BlacklistedStackFrames_policy'] = 'lazy';
 import './node_error_entry_point';
diff --git a/tools/defaults.bzl b/tools/defaults.bzl
index 56618df1be..4d96e64f52 100644
--- a/tools/defaults.bzl
+++ b/tools/defaults.bzl
@@ -268,11 +268,16 @@ def jasmine_node_test(bootstrap = [], **kwargs):
         "@npm//source-map-support",
         "@npm//tslib",
         "@npm//xhr2",
+        "//tools/testing:bazel_patch_require.js",
     ]
     configuration_env_vars = kwargs.pop("configuration_env_vars", []) + [
         "angular_ivy_enabled",
     ]
-    templated_args = kwargs.pop("templated_args", [])
+    templated_args = [
+        # bazel_patch_require.js must be first
+        # TODO(gregmagolan): remove this once linker has been applied to nodejs_binary targets by default in rules_nodejs
+        "--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location //tools/testing:bazel_patch_require.js))",
+    ] + kwargs.pop("templated_args", [])
     for label in bootstrap:
         deps += [label]
         templated_args += ["--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location %s))" % label]
diff --git a/tools/testing/BUILD.bazel b/tools/testing/BUILD.bazel
index 705e4d562b..e29e450f40 100644
--- a/tools/testing/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/tools/testing/BUILD.bazel
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ load("//tools:defaults.bzl", "ts_library")
 
 package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
 
+exports_files(["bazel_patch_require.js"])
+
 ts_library(
     name = "browser",
     testonly = 1,
diff --git a/tools/testing/bazel_patch_require.js b/tools/testing/bazel_patch_require.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b1d06f8e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/bazel_patch_require.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+// Load the Bazel Node runfiles helper script and patch the NodeJS module resolution. This is
+// necessary to ensure that imports are properly resolved in Bazel. By default, the module
+// resolution is patched in `nodejs_binary` targets when the main script loads, but since we
+// --require boostrap scripts before the main script, this bootstrap script is loaded first so that
+// subsequent bootstrap scripts can resolve their imports.
+//
+// We're in a valley with the runfiles support right now having removed the `bootstrap` attribute
+// for rule_nodejs 1.0 but not applied the linker to run targets yet in rules_nodejs. In a near
+// future rules_nodejs release, the runfiles helper won't be required as standard node module
+// resolution works with the linker.
+//
+// We could have left the `bootstrap` attribute in for 1.0 and removed it for 2.0 but since we had
+// an alternate approach that we're using here that isn't going to be broken in the future by the
+// linker being added we decided to pull it for 1.0 so that we have fewer major breaking changes in
+// 2.0.
+if (process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']) {
+  require(process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']).patchRequire();
+}
diff --git a/tools/testing/init_node_spec.ts b/tools/testing/init_node_spec.ts
index 54ec2186d2..7a0aa0eec6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/init_node_spec.ts
+++ b/tools/testing/init_node_spec.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-// bootstrap the bazel require patch since this bootstrap script is loaded with
-// `--node_options=--require=$(rlocation $(location script.js))`
-if (process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER']) {
-  require(process.env['BAZEL_NODE_RUNFILES_HELPER'] as string).patchRequire();
-}
-
 import 'zone.js/lib/node/rollup-main';
 import 'zone.js/lib/zone-spec/long-stack-trace';
 import 'zone.js/lib/zone-spec/task-tracking';