diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AutoloadSymbols.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AutoloadSymbols.java
index f15af962f86ec4..2ed71795212dda 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AutoloadSymbols.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AutoloadSymbols.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import net.starlark.java.eval.Starlark;
 import net.starlark.java.eval.StarlarkSemantics;
@@ -99,6 +100,25 @@ public AutoloadSymbols(RuleClassProvider ruleClassProvider, StarlarkSemantics se
       return;
     }
 
+    // Expand symbols given with @rules_foo
+    symbolConfiguration =
+        symbolConfiguration.stream()
+            .flatMap(
+                flag -> {
+                  String prefix = "";
+                  String flagWithoutPrefix = flag;
+                  if (flag.startsWith("+") || flag.startsWith("-")) {
+                    prefix = flag.substring(0, 1);
+                    flagWithoutPrefix = flag.substring(1);
+                  }
+                  if (flagWithoutPrefix.startsWith("@")) {
+                    return getAllSymbols(flagWithoutPrefix, prefix).stream();
+                  } else {
+                    return Stream.of(flag);
+                  }
+                })
+            .collect(toImmutableList());
+
     // Validates the inputs
     Set<String> uniqueSymbols = new HashSet<>();
     for (String symbol : symbolConfiguration) {
@@ -286,6 +306,13 @@ private static ImmutableList<String> filterSymbols(
         .collect(toImmutableList());
   }
 
+  private ImmutableList<String> getAllSymbols(String repository, String prefix) {
+    return AUTOLOAD_CONFIG.entrySet().stream()
+        .filter(entry -> entry.getValue().getLoadLabel().startsWith(repository + "//"))
+        .map(entry -> prefix + entry.getKey())
+        .collect(toImmutableList());
+  }
+
   private static Map<String, Object> convertNativeStructToMap(StarlarkInfo struct) {
     LinkedHashMap<String, Object> destr = new LinkedHashMap<>();
     for (String field : struct.getFieldNames()) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/semantics/BuildLanguageOptions.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/semantics/BuildLanguageOptions.java
index 34a2c1f5d51d39..064ab99cdc4767 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/semantics/BuildLanguageOptions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/semantics/BuildLanguageOptions.java
@@ -133,7 +133,9 @@ public final class BuildLanguageOptions extends OptionsBase {
               + "If a symbol is not named in this flag then it continues to work as normal -- no"
               + " autoloading is done, nor is the Bazel-defined version suppressed. For"
               + " configuration see"
-              + " https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/master/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AutoloadSymbols.java")
+              + " https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/blob/master/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/packages/AutoloadSymbols.java"
+              + " As a shortcut also whole repository may be used, for example +@rules_python will"
+              + " autoload all Python rules.")
   public List<String> incompatibleAutoloadExternally;
 
   @Option(
diff --git a/src/test/shell/integration/load_removed_symbols_test.sh b/src/test/shell/integration/load_removed_symbols_test.sh
index 230a6ca2951165..ba2e070180ac0b 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/integration/load_removed_symbols_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/integration/load_removed_symbols_test.sh
@@ -402,4 +402,16 @@ EOF
 }
 
 
+function test_whole_repo_flag() {
+  setup_module_dot_bazel
+
+  cat > BUILD << EOF
+py_library(
+    name = 'py_library',
+)
+EOF
+  bazel query --incompatible_autoload_externally=+@rules_python ':py_library' --output=build >&$TEST_log 2>&1 || fail "build failed"
+}
+
+
 run_suite "load_removed_symbols"