diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
index 8ce54cb4d1..e6a81f1aac 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/package.use
@@ -40,3 +40,8 @@ app-shells/bash -net vanilla
 
 # disable nss utilities
 dev-libs/nss -utils
+
+# enable seccomp support in docker
+app-emulation/docker seccomp
+app-emulation/containerd seccomp
+sys-libs/libseccomp static-libs