diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/automake/automake-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/automake/automake-9999.ebuild
index 0fef18d0c6..0c72cfe6e4 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/automake/automake-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-devel/automake/automake-9999.ebuild
@@ -109,8 +109,13 @@ src_install() {
 	done
 	popd >/dev/null || die
 
-	local major="$(ver_cut 1)"
-	local minor="$(ver_cut 2)"
+	if [[ ${PV} == 9999 ]]; then
+		local major="89"
+		local minor="999"
+	else
+		local major="$(ver_cut 1)"
+		local minor="$(ver_cut 2)"
+	fi
 	local idx="$((99999-(major*1000+minor)))"
 	newenvd - "06automake${idx}" <<-EOF
 	INFOPATH="${infopath}"