diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/files/waagent.conf b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/files/waagent.conf
index 9d9fd6739f..6d050240eb 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/files/waagent.conf
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/files/waagent.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Provisioning.SshHostKeyPairType=ed25519
 Provisioning.MonitorHostName=y
 
 # Decode CustomData from Base64.
-Provisioning.DecodeCustomData=n
+Provisioning.DecodeCustomData=y
 
 # Execute CustomData after provisioning.
 Provisioning.ExecuteCustomData=n
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/wa-linux-agent-2.1.3-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/wa-linux-agent-2.1.3-r2.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/wa-linux-agent-2.1.3-r1.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/wa-linux-agent/wa-linux-agent-2.1.3-r2.ebuild