diff --git a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/command/buildresult/OutputArtifactParser.java b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/command/buildresult/OutputArtifactParser.java
index c1ad45f8f0c..9fb5e58d814 100644
--- a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/command/buildresult/OutputArtifactParser.java
+++ b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/command/buildresult/OutputArtifactParser.java
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ default String getBlazeOutRelativePath(
       BuildEventStreamProtos.File file, String configurationMnemonic) {
     List<String> pathPrefixList = file.getPathPrefixList();
     if (pathPrefixList.size() <= 1) {
+        if (file.getUri().contains("/external/"))
+            return file.getUri().substring(file.getUri().indexOf("/external/"));
       // fall back to using the configuration mnemonic
       // TODO(brendandouglas): remove this backwards compatibility code after September 2019
       return configurationMnemonic + "/" + file.getName();