diff --git a/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest.sh b/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest.sh
index eb808f7cbf41..8be6632f6b1e 100755
--- a/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest.sh
+++ b/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ source "$dir/teamcity-support.sh"  # For $root
 source "$dir/teamcity-bazel-support.sh"  # For run_bazel
 
 tc_start_block "Run local roachtests"
-BAZEL_SUPPORT_EXTRA_DOCKER_ARGS="-e COCKROACH_DEV_LICENSE -e BUILD_VCS_NUMBER -e TC_BUILD_ID -e TC_BUILD_BRANCH" \
+BAZEL_SUPPORT_EXTRA_DOCKER_ARGS="-e LITERAL_ARTIFACTS_DIR=$root/artifacts -e COCKROACH_DEV_LICENSE -e BUILD_VCS_NUMBER -e TC_BUILD_ID -e TC_BUILD_BRANCH" \
   run_bazel build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_impl.sh
 tc_end_block "Run local roachtests"
diff --git a/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_fips.sh b/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_fips.sh
index 0fd79cdf3548..160b3fd6aa4f 100755
--- a/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_fips.sh
+++ b/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_fips.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ source "$dir/teamcity-support.sh"  # For $root
 source "$dir/teamcity-bazel-support.sh"  # For run_bazel
 
 tc_start_block "Run local roachtests"
-BAZEL_SUPPORT_EXTRA_DOCKER_ARGS="-e COCKROACH_DEV_LICENSE -e BUILD_VCS_NUMBER -e TC_BUILD_ID -e TC_BUILD_BRANCH" \
+BAZEL_SUPPORT_EXTRA_DOCKER_ARGS="-e LITERAL_ARTIFACTS_DIR=$root/artifacts -e COCKROACH_DEV_LICENSE -e BUILD_VCS_NUMBER -e TC_BUILD_ID -e TC_BUILD_BRANCH" \
   run_bazel_fips build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_fips_impl.sh
 tc_end_block "Run local roachtests"
diff --git a/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_impl.sh b/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_impl.sh
index b841a2d1a4ba..128def64f9a7 100755
--- a/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_impl.sh
+++ b/build/teamcity/cockroach/ci/tests/local_roachtest_impl.sh
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ $BAZEL_BIN/pkg/cmd/roachtest/roachtest_/roachtest run acceptance kv/splits cdc/b
   --cockroach "$BAZEL_BIN/pkg/cmd/cockroach-short/cockroach-short_/cockroach-short" \
   --workload "$BAZEL_BIN/pkg/cmd/workload/workload_/workload" \
   --artifacts /artifacts \
+  --artifacts-literal="${LITERAL_ARTIFACTS_DIR:-}" \
   --teamcity