diff --git a/cmd/rbe_configs_gen/rbe_configs_gen.go b/cmd/rbe_configs_gen/rbe_configs_gen.go
index 8a440a58f..7daea4c88 100644
--- a/cmd/rbe_configs_gen/rbe_configs_gen.go
+++ b/cmd/rbe_configs_gen/rbe_configs_gen.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-toolchains/pkg/monitoring"
 	"github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-toolchains/pkg/rbeconfigsgen"
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ var (
 	cppEnvJSON         = flag.String("cpp_env_json", "", "(Optional) JSON file containing a str -> str dict of environment variables to be set when generating C++ configs inside the toolchain container. This replaces any exec OS specific defaults that would usually be applied.")
 	cppToolchainTarget = flag.String("cpp_toolchain_target", "", "(Optional) Set the CPP toolchain target. When exec_os is linux, the default is cc-compiler-k8. When exec_os is windows, the default is cc-compiler-x64_windows.")
 	genJavaConfigs     = flag.Bool("generate_java_configs", true, "(Optional) Generate Java configs. Defaults to true.")
+	execConstraints    = flag.String("exec_constraints", "", "(Optional) Set the platform constraint values. Use ',' to seperate multiple values.")
 
 	// Other misc arguments.
 	tempWorkDir = flag.String("temp_work_dir", "", "(Optional) Temporary directory to use to store intermediate files. Defaults to a temporary directory automatically allocated by the OS. The temporary working directory is deleted at the end unless --cleanup=false is specified.")
@@ -146,6 +148,9 @@ func main() {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to initialize monitoring: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	platformParams := new(rbeconfigsgen.PlatformToolchainsTemplateParams)
+	platformParams.ExecConstraints = strings.Split(*execConstraints, ",")
+
 	o := rbeconfigsgen.Options{
 		BazelVersion:           *bazelVersion,
 		ToolchainContainer:     *toolchainContainer,
@@ -157,6 +162,7 @@ func main() {
 		OutputManifest:         *outputManifest,
 		GenCPPConfigs:          *genCppConfigs,
 		CppGenEnvJSON:          *cppEnvJSON,
+		PlatformParams:         platformParams,
 		CPPToolchainTargetName: *cppToolchainTarget,
 		GenJavaConfigs:         *genJavaConfigs,
 		TempWorkDir:            *tempWorkDir,
diff --git a/pkg/rbeconfigsgen/options.go b/pkg/rbeconfigsgen/options.go
index e3c8f1571..006caa4eb 100644
--- a/pkg/rbeconfigsgen/options.go
+++ b/pkg/rbeconfigsgen/options.go
@@ -186,8 +186,13 @@ func (o *Options) ApplyDefaults(os string) error {
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("got unknown OS %q, want one of %s", os, strings.Join(validOS, ", "))
 	}
-	o.PlatformParams = new(PlatformToolchainsTemplateParams)
-	*o.PlatformParams = dopts.PlatformParams
+
+	if len(o.PlatformParams.ExecConstraints) == 0 {
+		o.PlatformParams.ExecConstraints = dopts.PlatformParams.ExecConstraints
+	}
+	o.PlatformParams.TargetConstraints = dopts.PlatformParams.TargetConstraints
+	o.PlatformParams.OSFamily = dopts.PlatformParams.OSFamily
+
 	o.CPPConfigTargets = dopts.CPPConfigTargets
 	o.CPPConfigRepo = dopts.CPPConfigRepo
 	o.CppBazelCmd = dopts.CppBazelCmd