diff --git a/shim/xplat/executorch/build/runtime_wrapper.bzl b/shim/xplat/executorch/build/runtime_wrapper.bzl
index 03bca6623f9..b81aabcd83f 100644
--- a/shim/xplat/executorch/build/runtime_wrapper.bzl
+++ b/shim/xplat/executorch/build/runtime_wrapper.bzl
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def _patch_kwargs_common(kwargs):
     # don't pick up unexpected clients while things are still in flux.
     if not kwargs.pop("_is_external_target", False):
         for target in kwargs.get("visibility", []):
-            if not (target.startswith("//executorch") or target.startswith("@")):
+            if not (target.startswith("//executorch") or target.startswith("//pytorch/tokenizers") or target.startswith("@")):
                 fail("Please manage all external visibility using the " +
                      "EXECUTORCH_CLIENTS list in " +
                      "//executorch/build/fb/clients.bzl. " +
diff --git a/test/utils/targets.bzl b/test/utils/targets.bzl
index b16ce2bac25..93e33daf81f 100644
--- a/test/utils/targets.bzl
+++ b/test/utils/targets.bzl
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ def define_common_targets():
             ],
             visibility = [
                 "//executorch/...",
+                "//pytorch/tokenizers/...",
                 "@EXECUTORCH_CLIENTS",
             ],
             deps = [