diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
index fa10490c8e..e1e6ab74c1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
@@ -119,6 +119,12 @@ src_configure() {
 		append-ldflags -nopie
 	fi
 
+	export CC=$(tc-getCC)
+	export CGO_ENABLED=1
+	export CGO_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
+	export CGO_CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS}"
+	export CGO_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
+	export CGO_LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS}"
 	export BUILDDIR
 	export V=1