diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-arch/torcx/files/dockerd-wrapper.sh b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-arch/torcx/files/dockerd-wrapper.sh
index 2a94d06561..19c440bdda 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-arch/torcx/files/dockerd-wrapper.sh
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-arch/torcx/files/dockerd-wrapper.sh
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ parse_docker_args "$@"
 USE_SELINUX=""
 # Do not override selinux if it is already explicitly configured.
 if [[ -z "${ARG_SELINUX}" ]]; then
-        # If unspecified, default on
-        USE_SELINUX="--selinux-enabled"
+        # If unspecified, default off
+        USE_SELINUX="--selinux-enabled=false"
 fi
 
 exec dockerd "$@" ${USE_SELINUX}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/dockerd b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/dockerd
index 2a94d06561..19c440bdda 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/dockerd
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker/files/dockerd
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ parse_docker_args "$@"
 USE_SELINUX=""
 # Do not override selinux if it is already explicitly configured.
 if [[ -z "${ARG_SELINUX}" ]]; then
-        # If unspecified, default on
-        USE_SELINUX="--selinux-enabled"
+        # If unspecified, default off
+        USE_SELINUX="--selinux-enabled=false"
 fi
 
 exec dockerd "$@" ${USE_SELINUX}