diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-0.0.1.ebuild
index 01175643b8..2b32bb2b16 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-0.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ src_install() {
 	doins update_engine.dbusclient.h
 
 	# PXE
-	insinto /usr/lib/coreos/
-	doins "${S}"/pxe/pxe_update_engine
+	exeinto /usr/lib/coreos/
+	doexe "${S}"/pxe/pxe_update_engine
 	systemd_dounit "${S}"/pxe/pxe-update-engine.service
 	systemd_dounit "${S}"/pxe/pxe-update-engine.timer
 	systemd_enable_service default.target pxe-update-engine.timer
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
index 4d6f38de93..e08d63b7ce 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/update_engine/update_engine-9999.ebuild
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ src_install() {
 	doins update_engine.dbusclient.h
 
 	# PXE
-	insinto /usr/lib/coreos/
-	doins "${S}"/pxe/pxe_update_engine
+	exeinto /usr/lib/coreos/
+	doexe "${S}"/pxe/pxe_update_engine
 	systemd_dounit "${S}"/pxe/pxe-update-engine.service
 	systemd_dounit "${S}"/pxe/pxe-update-engine.timer
 	systemd_enable_service default.target pxe-update-engine.timer