diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/etcd-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/etcd-9999.ebuild
index a8503f564f..d88bc61a21 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/etcd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/dev-db/etcd/etcd-9999.ebuild
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RDEPEND="!dev-db/etcd:0
 	!dev-db/etcdctl"
 
 src_compile() {
-	GO_LDFLAGS="-X ${COREOS_GO_PACKAGE}/version.GitSHA ${CROS_WORKON_COMMIT:0:7}"
+	GO_LDFLAGS="-X ${COREOS_GO_PACKAGE}/version.GitSHA=${CROS_WORKON_COMMIT:0:7}"
 	go_build "${COREOS_GO_PACKAGE}"
 	go_build "${COREOS_GO_PACKAGE}/etcdctl"
 }