diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index 6ffd638f14..a05049fefd 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -162,3 +162,4 @@ dev-util/bpftool -llvm
 
 # Do not tinker with /boot partition at installation time.
 sys-firmware/intel-microcode -initramfs
+sys-fs/zfs-kmod -initramfs