diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/files/hosts b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/files/hosts
index edc5f1ac85..61c0c6b265 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/files/hosts
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/files/hosts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-169.254.169.254 metadata
+169.254.169.254 metadata metadata.google.internal
 127.0.0.1 localhost