diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/.bazelrc b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/.bazelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4eefef3c024ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/.bazelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+common --registry=file://%workspace%/registry/
+
+common --registry=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bazelbuild/bazel-central-registry/main/
+
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/.bazelversion b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/.bazelversion
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9fe9ff9d996b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/.bazelversion
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+7.0.1
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/MODULE.bazel b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5e5b6f3be548a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+bazel_dep(name = "module_a", version = "0.0.1")
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/bazel_registry.json b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/bazel_registry.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..88fa9c17ce3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/bazel_registry.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "module_base_path": "../modulesSrc/"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/0.0.1/MODULE.bazel b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/0.0.1/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..89a02b88c660a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/0.0.1/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module(
+    name = "module_a",
+    version = "0.0.1",
+)
+
+bazel_dep(name = "module_b", version = "0.0.1")
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/0.0.1/source.json b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/0.0.1/source.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..09bdd5ef7da4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/0.0.1/source.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "integrity": "sha256-VixL51B9xvtJl+zWSL+TXYTv4XtUcV+lz73awFJ59mg=",
+  "url": "https://example.com/module_a-0.0.1.zip"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/metadata.json b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b64d9d1fa7135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_a/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "homepage": "",
+  "maintainers": [],
+  "repository": [],
+  "versions": [
+    "0.0.1"
+  ],
+  "yanked_versions": {}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/0.0.1/MODULE.bazel b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/0.0.1/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f97dd435534fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/0.0.1/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module(
+    name = "module_b",
+    version = "0.0.1",
+)
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/0.0.1/source.json b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/0.0.1/source.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bdca86dfe2c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/0.0.1/source.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "integrity": "sha256-VixL51B9xvtJl+zWSL+TXYTv4XtUcV+lz73awFJ59mg=",
+  "url": "https://example.com/module_b-0.0.1.zip"
+}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/metadata.json b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b64d9d1fa7135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/assets/projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/registry/modules/module_b/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "homepage": "",
+  "maintainers": [],
+  "repository": [],
+  "versions": [
+    "0.0.1"
+  ],
+  "yanked_versions": {}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/kotlin/BazelDetectionTest.kt b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/kotlin/BazelDetectionTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fffc46eb9d860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/package-managers/bazel/src/funTest/kotlin/BazelDetectionTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 The ORT Project Authors (see <https://github.com/oss-review-toolkit/ort/blob/main/NOTICE>)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ * License-Filename: LICENSE
+ */
+
+package org.ossreviewtoolkit.plugins.packagemanagers.bazel
+
+import io.kotest.assertions.throwables.shouldThrow
+import io.kotest.core.spec.style.StringSpec
+import io.kotest.matchers.nulls.shouldNotBeNull
+import io.kotest.matchers.string.shouldContain
+
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.analyzer.analyze
+import org.ossreviewtoolkit.utils.test.getAssetFile
+
+class BazelDetectionTest : StringSpec({
+    "MODULE.bazel files present in a local registry should not be considered as definition files" {
+        val definitionFile = getAssetFile("projects/synthetic/bazel-local-registry2/MODULE.bazel")
+
+        val exception = shouldThrow<IllegalArgumentException> {
+            analyze(definitionFile.parentFile, packageManagers = listOf(Bazel.Factory()))
+        }
+
+        exception.shouldNotBeNull {
+            // Running the Analyzer on a project depending on packages present in a local registry currently fails
+            // with this message (issue #9076). This is because the "MODULE.bazel" files present in the local
+            // registry should not be considered as definition files.
+            message shouldContain
+                "Unable to create the AnalyzerResult as it contains packages and projects with the same ids"
+        }
+    }
+})