diff --git a/.bazelrc b/.bazelrc
index 96f6099d86..77d574421a 100644
--- a/.bazelrc
+++ b/.bazelrc
@@ -55,11 +55,14 @@ common --experimental_exclude_starlark_flags_from_exec_config
 common --//pw_toolchain/cc:cxx_standard=17
 common:cxx20 --//pw_toolchain/cc:cxx_standard=20
 
-# Also exclude integration tests from the default build. The test_tag_filters
-# flag doesn't accumulate (https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/7322): we
-# have to specify it only once, setting all the exclusions in a comma-separated
+# Skip building any targets tagged do_not_build.
+build --build_tag_filters=-do_not_build
+
+# Exclude integration tests from the default build. The test_tag_filters flag
+# doesn't accumulate (https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/7322): we have
+# to specify it only once, setting all the exclusions in a comma-separated
 # list.
-test --test_tag_filters=-integration
+test --test_tag_filters=-integration,-do_not_build,-do_not_run_test
 
 # Required for combined code coverage reports.
 coverage --experimental_generate_llvm_lcov
@@ -98,17 +101,17 @@ common:asan --//pw_toolchain/host_clang:asan
 # TODO: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/7322 - We need to repeat the
 # -integration because the test_tag_filters flag does not
 # accumulate.
-test:asan --test_tag_filters=-integration,-noasan
+test:asan --test_tag_filters=-integration,-noasan,-do_not_build,-do_not_run_test
 
 common:ubsan --//pw_toolchain/host_clang:ubsan
 # TODO: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/7322 - We need to repeat the
 # -integration because the test_tag_filters flag does not accumulate.
-test:ubsan --test_tag_filters=-integration,-noubsan
+test:ubsan --test_tag_filters=-integration,-noubsan,-do_not_build,-do_not_run_test
 
 common:tsan --//pw_toolchain/host_clang:tsan
 # TODO: https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/7322 - We need to repeat the
 # -integration because the test_tag_filters flag does not accumulate.
-test:tsan --test_tag_filters=-integration,-notsan
+test:tsan --test_tag_filters=-integration,-notsan,-do_not_build,-do_not_run_test
 
 # Include libFuzzer build configurations.
 import %workspace%/pw_fuzzer/libfuzzer.bazelrc
diff --git a/docs/build_system.rst b/docs/build_system.rst
index c7930dc97e..b59957c0c0 100644
--- a/docs/build_system.rst
+++ b/docs/build_system.rst
@@ -647,6 +647,16 @@ use the following additional tags:
 
    will run all tests *except* for these integration tests.
 
+*  ``do_not_build``: targets which should not be built in wildcard builds. Any
+   use of this tag should be associated with a TODO pointing to a bug. Prefer
+   ``do_not_build`` to ``manual`` if the target's build graph is correct, and
+   it just fails at the compilation stage.
+
+*  ``do_not_run_test``: test targets which should be built but not executed.
+   Prefer this to ``manual`` or ``do_not_build`` if the code compiles, but the
+   test fails at runtime. Any use of this tag should be associated with a TODO
+   pointing to a bug.
+
 .. _docs-build_system-bazel_coverage:
 
 Code Coverage