diff --git a/internal/backend/local/backend_local.go b/internal/backend/local/backend_local.go
index d34d76f769df..7ca85f1c05f7 100644
--- a/internal/backend/local/backend_local.go
+++ b/internal/backend/local/backend_local.go
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ func (b *Local) localRunForPlanFile(op *backendrun.Operation, pf *planfile.Reade
 		return nil, snap, diags
 	}
 	loader := configload.NewLoaderFromSnapshot(snap)
+	loader.AllowLanguageExperiments(op.ConfigLoader.AllowsLanguageExperiments())
 	config, configDiags := loader.LoadConfig(snap.Modules[""].Dir)
 	diags = diags.Append(configDiags)
 	if configDiags.HasErrors() {
diff --git a/internal/configs/configload/loader.go b/internal/configs/configload/loader.go
index 06d92db55e62..6ad987b7d1dc 100644
--- a/internal/configs/configload/loader.go
+++ b/internal/configs/configload/loader.go
@@ -164,3 +164,10 @@ func (l *Loader) ImportSourcesFromSnapshot(snap *Snapshot) {
 func (l *Loader) AllowLanguageExperiments(allowed bool) {
 	l.parser.AllowLanguageExperiments(allowed)
 }
+
+// AllowsLanguageExperiments returns the value most recently passed to
+// [Loader.AllowLanguageExperiments], or false if that method has not been
+// called on this object.
+func (l *Loader) AllowsLanguageExperiments() bool {
+	return l.parser.AllowsLanguageExperiments()
+}
diff --git a/internal/configs/parser.go b/internal/configs/parser.go
index 26b900161835..91e1325df85a 100644
--- a/internal/configs/parser.go
+++ b/internal/configs/parser.go
@@ -121,3 +121,10 @@ func (p *Parser) ForceFileSource(filename string, src []byte) {
 func (p *Parser) AllowLanguageExperiments(allowed bool) {
 	p.allowExperiments = allowed
 }
+
+// AllowsLanguageExperiments returns the value most recently passed to
+// [Parser.AllowLanguageExperiments], or false if that method has not been
+// called on this object.
+func (p *Parser) AllowsLanguageExperiments() bool {
+	return p.allowExperiments
+}