diff --git a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_java_test.sh b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_java_test.sh
index deafebec367f18..082bace4eec2c3 100755
--- a/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_java_test.sh
+++ b/src/test/shell/bazel/bazel_coverage_java_test.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ function get_coverage_file_path_from_test_log() {
 
 function test_java_test_coverage() {
   cat <<EOF > BUILD
+load("//tools/jdk:default_java_toolchain.bzl", "default_java_toolchain")
+
 java_test(
     name = "test",
     srcs = glob(["src/test/**/*.java"]),
@@ -110,6 +112,10 @@ java_library(
     name = "collatz-lib",
     srcs = glob(["src/main/**/*.java"]),
 )
+
+default_java_toolchain(
+    name = "custom_toolchain"
+)
 EOF
 
   mkdir -p src/main/com/example
@@ -179,7 +185,10 @@ LH:5
 LF:6
 end_of_record"
 
-assert_coverage_result "$expected_result" "$coverage_file_path"
+  assert_coverage_result "$expected_result" "$coverage_file_path"
+
+  bazel coverage --test_output=all --java_toolchain=//:custom_toolchain //:test &>$TEST_log || fail "Coverage with default_java_toolchain for //:test failed"
+  assert_coverage_result "$expected_result" "$coverage_file_path"
 }
 
 function test_java_test_coverage_combined_report() {
diff --git a/tools/jdk/BUILD b/tools/jdk/BUILD
index 9e005b3c1f8862..13f575a8afb0c5 100644
--- a/tools/jdk/BUILD
+++ b/tools/jdk/BUILD
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ remote_java_tools_java_import(
     target = ":java_tools/JacocoCoverage_jarjar_deploy.jar",
 )
 
-remote_java_tools_java_import(
+remote_java_tools_filegroup(
     name = "JacocoCoverage",
     target = ":java_tools/JacocoCoverage_jarjar_deploy.jar",
 )
diff --git a/tools/jdk/default_java_toolchain.bzl b/tools/jdk/default_java_toolchain.bzl
index 9d410919950932..2fe21259c01abc 100644
--- a/tools/jdk/default_java_toolchain.bzl
+++ b/tools/jdk/default_java_toolchain.bzl
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ DEFAULT_TOOLCHAIN_CONFIGURATION = {
     "header_compiler_direct": ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:turbine_direct"],
     "ijar": ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:ijar"],
     "javabuilder": ["@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:javabuilder"],
+    "jacocorunner": "@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:JacocoCoverage",
     "tools": [
         "@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:javac_jar",
         "@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:java_compiler_jar",