diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index ab2ea8e639..0d8b6e242d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -69,3 +69,6 @@ dev-libs/cyrus-sasl kerberos -berkdb -gdbm
 
 # don't build manpages for sssd
 sys-auth/sssd -manpages -python
+
+# needed for realmd build
+>=sys-auth/polkit-0.113 introspection