diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
index 822555791b..d75510874f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-9999.ebuild
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		# no deps
 		--enable-efi
 		--enable-ima
+		# used for stacktraces in log messages, leave off for now
+		--disable-elfutils
 		# optional components/dependencies
 		$(use_enable acl)
 		$(use_enable audit)