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 ecfa6c0e94..d89d97d6f7 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
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ src_configure() {
 	# https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=394508
 	# https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=394241
 	if use cros_host; then
-		append-flags -nopie
-		append-ldflags -nopie
+		append-flags -no-pie
+		append-ldflags -no-pie
 	fi
 
 	local myeconfargs=(