diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index 6440e68114..809e52767c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -111,3 +111,6 @@ dev-util/checkbashisms
 
 # flex 2.6.1 breaks cross-compiling, but 2.6.3 adds a configure workaround
 =sys-devel/flex-2.6.3 **
+
+# xfsprogs 4.5.0 has install conflicts, and versions in between fail to link
+=sys-fs/xfsprogs-4.9.0 **