diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12-r2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12-r3.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12-r2.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12-r3.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12.ebuild
index ea4fd65dcc..4e3515c559 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/dbus/dbus-1.6.12.ebuild
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ src_install() {
 
 	# needs to exist for dbus sessions to launch
 	keepdir /usr/share/dbus-1/services
+	keepdir /etc/dbus-1/session.d
+	keepdir /etc/dbus-1/system.d
 	# machine-id symlink from pkg_postinst()
 	keepdir /var/lib/dbus