diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 2af5b640afa..06fa70ea4c0 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ build --host_per_file_copt='external/zlib@-Wno-unknown-warning-option,-Wnodeprec
 build --per_file_copt=external/com_google_tcmalloc@-DANNOTATE_MEMORY_IS_INITIALIZED=ABSL_ANNOTATE_MEMORY_IS_INITIALIZED
 build --per_file_copt=external/com_google_protobuf@-Wno-deprecated-declarations,-Wno-deprecated-pragma
 build --host_per_file_copt=external/com_google_protobuf@-Wno-deprecated-declarations,-Wno-deprecated-pragma
+# Enables heap allocation debug checks for local handles.
+# Ref: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/v8/v8/+/4905902
+build --copt='-DV8_ENABLE_LOCAL_OFF_STACK_CHECK'
 
 # Increasing the optimization level of some portions of V8 significantly speeds up Python tests
 # in GitHub Actions. This is an optional performance hack and shouly only be used in CI.
diff --git a/compile_flags.txt b/compile_flags.txt
index bb0790efd14..d939fe184e3 100644
--- a/compile_flags.txt
+++ b/compile_flags.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 -DV8_ENABLE_CHECKS
 -DV8_ENABLE_CONTINUATION_PRESERVED_EMBEDDER_DATA
 -DV8_ENABLE_LAZY_SOURCE_POSITIONS
+-DV8_ENABLE_LOCAL_OFF_STACK_CHECK
 -DV8_ENABLE_TURBOFAN
 -DV8_ENABLE_WEBASSEMBLY
 -DV8_HAVE_TARGET_OS