diff --git a/examples/pip_parse/BUILD.bazel b/examples/pip_parse/BUILD.bazel
index 6ed8d26286..37a25fe873 100644
--- a/examples/pip_parse/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/examples/pip_parse/BUILD.bazel
@@ -79,5 +79,8 @@ py_test(
         "WHEEL_DIST_INFO_CONTENTS": "$(rootpaths @pypi//requests:dist_info)",
         "YAMLLINT_ENTRY_POINT": "$(rlocationpath :yamllint)",
     },
-    deps = ["@rules_python//python/runfiles"],
+    deps = [
+        "@pypi//libclang",
+        "@rules_python//python/runfiles",
+    ],
 )
diff --git a/examples/pip_parse/requirements.in b/examples/pip_parse/requirements.in
index 9d9e766d21..e4af3b1efe 100644
--- a/examples/pip_parse/requirements.in
+++ b/examples/pip_parse/requirements.in
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ s3cmd~=2.1.0
 yamllint~=1.28.0
 sphinx
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml
+libclang
diff --git a/examples/pip_parse/requirements_lock.txt b/examples/pip_parse/requirements_lock.txt
index dc34b45a45..13a2bba1e6 100644
--- a/examples/pip_parse/requirements_lock.txt
+++ b/examples/pip_parse/requirements_lock.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@ jinja2==3.1.6 \
     --hash=sha256:0137fb05990d35f1275a587e9aee6d56da821fc83491a0fb838183be43f66d6d \
     --hash=sha256:85ece4451f492d0c13c5dd7c13a64681a86afae63a5f347908daf103ce6d2f67
     # via sphinx
+libclang==18.1.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:0b2e143f0fac830156feb56f9231ff8338c20aecfe72b4ffe96f19e5a1dbb69a \
+    --hash=sha256:3f0e1f49f04d3cd198985fea0511576b0aee16f9ff0e0f0cad7f9c57ec3c20e8 \
+    --hash=sha256:4dd2d3b82fab35e2bf9ca717d7b63ac990a3519c7e312f19fa8e86dcc712f7fb \
+    --hash=sha256:54dda940a4a0491a9d1532bf071ea3ef26e6dbaf03b5000ed94dd7174e8f9592 \
+    --hash=sha256:69f8eb8f65c279e765ffd28aaa7e9e364c776c17618af8bff22a8df58677ff4f \
+    --hash=sha256:6f14c3f194704e5d09769108f03185fce7acaf1d1ae4bbb2f30a72c2400cb7c5 \
+    --hash=sha256:83ce5045d101b669ac38e6da8e58765f12da2d3aafb3b9b98d88b286a60964d8 \
+    --hash=sha256:a1214966d08d73d971287fc3ead8dfaf82eb07fb197680d8b3859dbbbbf78250 \
+    --hash=sha256:c533091d8a3bbf7460a00cb6c1a71da93bffe148f172c7d03b1c31fbf8aa2a0b \
+    --hash=sha256:cf4a99b05376513717ab5d82a0db832c56ccea4fd61a69dbb7bccf2dfb207dbe
+    # via -r requirements.in
 markupsafe==2.1.3 \
     --hash=sha256:05fb21170423db021895e1ea1e1f3ab3adb85d1c2333cbc2310f2a26bc77272e \
     --hash=sha256:0a4e4a1aff6c7ac4cd55792abf96c915634c2b97e3cc1c7129578aa68ebd754e \
diff --git a/examples/pip_parse/requirements_windows.txt b/examples/pip_parse/requirements_windows.txt
index 78c1a45690..7a1329d521 100644
--- a/examples/pip_parse/requirements_windows.txt
+++ b/examples/pip_parse/requirements_windows.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ jinja2==3.1.6 \
     --hash=sha256:0137fb05990d35f1275a587e9aee6d56da821fc83491a0fb838183be43f66d6d \
     --hash=sha256:85ece4451f492d0c13c5dd7c13a64681a86afae63a5f347908daf103ce6d2f67
     # via sphinx
+libclang==18.1.1 \
+    --hash=sha256:0b2e143f0fac830156feb56f9231ff8338c20aecfe72b4ffe96f19e5a1dbb69a \
+    --hash=sha256:3f0e1f49f04d3cd198985fea0511576b0aee16f9ff0e0f0cad7f9c57ec3c20e8 \
+    --hash=sha256:4dd2d3b82fab35e2bf9ca717d7b63ac990a3519c7e312f19fa8e86dcc712f7fb \
+    --hash=sha256:54dda940a4a0491a9d1532bf071ea3ef26e6dbaf03b5000ed94dd7174e8f9592 \
+    --hash=sha256:69f8eb8f65c279e765ffd28aaa7e9e364c776c17618af8bff22a8df58677ff4f \
+    --hash=sha256:6f14c3f194704e5d09769108f03185fce7acaf1d1ae4bbb2f30a72c2400cb7c5 \
+    --hash=sha256:83ce5045d101b669ac38e6da8e58765f12da2d3aafb3b9b98d88b286a60964d8 \
+    --hash=sha256:a1214966d08d73d971287fc3ead8dfaf82eb07fb197680d8b3859dbbbbf78250 \
+    --hash=sha256:c533091d8a3bbf7460a00cb6c1a71da93bffe148f172c7d03b1c31fbf8aa2a0b \
+    --hash=sha256:cf4a99b05376513717ab5d82a0db832c56ccea4fd61a69dbb7bccf2dfb207dbe
+    # via -r requirements.in
 markupsafe==2.1.3 \
     --hash=sha256:05fb21170423db021895e1ea1e1f3ab3adb85d1c2333cbc2310f2a26bc77272e \
     --hash=sha256:0a4e4a1aff6c7ac4cd55792abf96c915634c2b97e3cc1c7129578aa68ebd754e \
diff --git a/python/private/pypi/BUILD.bazel b/python/private/pypi/BUILD.bazel
index aa96cf86a5..8194bb520d 100644
--- a/python/private/pypi/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/python/private/pypi/BUILD.bazel
@@ -415,6 +415,16 @@ bzl_library(
     srcs = ["whl_config_setting.bzl"],
 )
 
+bzl_library(
+    name = "whl_extract_bzl",
+    srcs = ["whl_extract.bzl"],
+    deps = [
+        ":whl_metadata_bzl",
+        "//python/private:repo_utils_bzl",
+        "@rules_python_internal//:rules_python_config_bzl",
+    ],
+)
+
 bzl_library(
     name = "whl_library_alias_bzl",
     srcs = ["whl_library_alias.bzl"],
@@ -435,6 +445,7 @@ bzl_library(
         ":patch_whl_bzl",
         ":pep508_requirement_bzl",
         ":pypi_repo_utils_bzl",
+        ":whl_extract_bzl",
         ":whl_metadata_bzl",
         ":whl_target_platforms_bzl",
         "//python/private:auth_bzl",
diff --git a/python/private/pypi/whl_extract.bzl b/python/private/pypi/whl_extract.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b2e0507ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/private/pypi/whl_extract.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+"""A simple whl extractor."""
+
+load("@rules_python_internal//:rules_python_config.bzl", rp_config = "config")
+load("//python/private:repo_utils.bzl", "repo_utils")
+load(":whl_metadata.bzl", "find_whl_metadata")
+
+def whl_extract(rctx, *, whl_path, logger):
+    """Extract whls in Starlark.
+
+    Args:
+        rctx: the repository ctx.
+        whl_path: the whl path to extract.
+        logger: The logger to use
+    """
+    install_dir_path = whl_path.dirname.get_child("site-packages")
+    repo_utils.extract(
+        rctx,
+        archive = whl_path,
+        output = install_dir_path,
+        supports_whl_extraction = rp_config.supports_whl_extraction,
+    )
+    metadata_file = find_whl_metadata(
+        install_dir = install_dir_path,
+        logger = logger,
+    )
+
+    # Get the <prefix>.dist_info dir name
+    dist_info_dir = metadata_file.dirname
+    rctx.file(
+        dist_info_dir.get_child("INSTALLER"),
+        "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python#pipstar",
+    )
+    repo_root_dir = whl_path.dirname
+
+    # Get the <prefix>.dist_info dir name
+    data_dir = dist_info_dir.dirname.get_child(dist_info_dir.basename[:-len(".dist-info")] + ".data")
+    if data_dir.exists:
+        for prefix, dest_prefix in {
+            # https://docs.python.org/3/library/sysconfig.html#posix-prefix
+            # We are taking this from the legacy whl installer config
+            "data": "data",
+            "headers": "include",
+            # In theory there may be directory collisions here, so it would be best to
+            # merge the paths here. We are doing for quite a few levels deep. What is
+            # more, this code has to be reasonably efficient because some packages like
+            # to not put everything to the top level, but to indicate explicitly if
+            # something is in `platlib` or `purelib` (e.g. libclang wheel).
+            "platlib": "site-packages",
+            "purelib": "site-packages",
+            "scripts": "bin",
+        }.items():
+            src = data_dir.get_child(prefix)
+            if not src.exists:
+                # The prefix does not exist in the wheel, we can continue
+                continue
+
+            for (src, dest) in merge_trees(src, repo_root_dir.get_child(dest_prefix)):
+                logger.debug(lambda: "Renaming: {} -> {}".format(src, dest))
+                rctx.rename(src, dest)
+
+            # TODO @aignas 2025-12-16: when moving scripts to `bin`, rewrite the #!python
+            # shebang to be something else, for inspiration look at the hermetic
+            # toolchain wrappers
+
+        # Ensure that there is no data dir left
+        rctx.delete(data_dir)
+
+def merge_trees(src, dest):
+    """Merge src into the destination path.
+
+    This will attempt to merge-move src files to the destination directory if there are
+    existing files. Fails at directory depth is 10000 or if there are collisions.
+
+    Args:
+        src: {type}`path` a src path to rename.
+        dest: {type}`path` a dest path to rename to.
+
+    Returns:
+        A list of tuples for src and destination paths.
+    """
+    ret = []
+    remaining = [(src, dest)]
+    collisions = []
+    for _ in range(10000):
+        if collisions or not remaining:
+            break
+
+        tmp = []
+        for (s, d) in remaining:
+            if not d.exists:
+                ret.append((s, d))
+                continue
+
+            if not s.is_dir or not d.is_dir:
+                collisions.append(s)
+                continue
+
+            for file_or_dir in s.readdir():
+                tmp.append((file_or_dir, d.get_child(file_or_dir.basename)))
+
+        remaining = tmp
+
+    if remaining:
+        fail("Exceeded maximum directory depth of 10000 during tree merge.")
+
+    if collisions:
+        fail("Detected collisions between {} and {}: {}".format(src, dest, collisions))
+
+    return ret
diff --git a/python/private/pypi/whl_library.bzl b/python/private/pypi/whl_library.bzl
index c368dea733..3c4b6beeaf 100644
--- a/python/private/pypi/whl_library.bzl
+++ b/python/private/pypi/whl_library.bzl
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ load(":parse_whl_name.bzl", "parse_whl_name")
 load(":patch_whl.bzl", "patch_whl")
 load(":pep508_requirement.bzl", "requirement")
 load(":pypi_repo_utils.bzl", "pypi_repo_utils")
-load(":whl_metadata.bzl", "find_whl_metadata", "whl_metadata")
+load(":whl_extract.bzl", "whl_extract")
+load(":whl_metadata.bzl", "whl_metadata")
 load(":whl_target_platforms.bzl", "whl_target_platforms")
 
 _CPPFLAGS = "CPPFLAGS"
@@ -265,48 +266,6 @@ def _create_repository_execution_environment(rctx, python_interpreter, logger =
         env[_CPPFLAGS] = " ".join(cppflags)
     return env
 
-def _extract_whl_star(rctx, *, whl_path, logger):
-    install_dir_path = whl_path.dirname.get_child("site-packages")
-    repo_utils.extract(
-        rctx,
-        archive = whl_path,
-        output = install_dir_path,
-        supports_whl_extraction = rp_config.supports_whl_extraction,
-    )
-    metadata_file = find_whl_metadata(
-        install_dir = install_dir_path,
-        logger = logger,
-    )
-
-    # Get the <prefix>.dist_info dir name
-    dist_info_dir = metadata_file.dirname
-    rctx.file(
-        dist_info_dir.get_child("INSTALLER"),
-        "https://github.com/bazel-contrib/rules_python#pipstar",
-    )
-    repo_root_dir = whl_path.dirname
-
-    # Get the <prefix>.dist_info dir name
-    data_dir = dist_info_dir.dirname.get_child(dist_info_dir.basename[:-len(".dist-info")] + ".data")
-    if data_dir.exists:
-        for prefix, dest in {
-            # https://docs.python.org/3/library/sysconfig.html#posix-prefix
-            # We are taking this from the legacy whl installer config
-            "data": "data",
-            "headers": "include",
-            "platlib": "site-packages",
-            "purelib": "site-packages",
-            "scripts": "bin",
-        }.items():
-            src = data_dir.get_child(prefix)
-            dest = repo_root_dir.get_child(dest)
-            if src.exists:
-                rctx.rename(src, dest)
-
-            # TODO @aignas 2025-12-16: when moving scripts to `bin`, rewrite the #!python
-            # shebang to be something else, for inspiration look at the hermetic
-            # toolchain wrappers
-
 def _extract_whl_py(rctx, *, python_interpreter, args, whl_path, environment, logger):
     target_platforms = rctx.attr.experimental_target_platforms or []
     if target_platforms:
@@ -448,7 +407,7 @@ def _whl_library_impl(rctx):
             )
 
     if enable_pipstar_extract:
-        _extract_whl_star(rctx, whl_path = whl_path, logger = logger)
+        whl_extract(rctx, whl_path = whl_path, logger = logger)
     else:
         _extract_whl_py(
             rctx,