diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/cloud-config.yml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/cloud-config.yml
index b2e8e3845f..62fbdd325d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/cloud-config.yml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/cloud-config.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ coreos:
           After=gce-setup-environment.service
 
           [Service]
+          Type=oneshot
           EnvironmentFile=/etc/environment
           ExecStart=/usr/share/oem/bin/gce-coreos-cloudinit
       - name: gce-setup-environment.service