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 71dfb579f2..eac7fcf10e 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
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ app-admin/sudo		ldap sssd
 app-editors/vim		minimal -crypt
 # minimal: Don't pull app-vim/gentoo-syntax
 app-editors/vim-core	minimal
+
+# Install our modifications and compatibility symlinks for ssh
+coreos-base/misc-files openssh
+
 dev-lang/python		gdbm
 dev-libs/dbus-glib	tools
 dev-libs/elfutils	-utils