diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2023-03-08-systemd-elfutils.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2023-03-08-systemd-elfutils.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ff4ebecbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2023-03-08-systemd-elfutils.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Enabled elfutils support in systemd-coredump. A backtrace will now appear in the journal for any program that dumps core ([coreos-overlay#2489](https://github.com/flatcar/coreos-overlay/pull/2489))
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 e710d28c4d..62ab683076 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
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sys-libs/ncurses	minimal
 sys-libs/pam		audit
 
 # enable journal gateway, bootctl and container features
-sys-apps/systemd audit gnuefi http importd iptables
+sys-apps/systemd audit elfutils gnuefi http importd iptables
 
 # epoll is needed for systemd-journal-remote to work. coreos/bugs#919
 net-libs/libmicrohttpd epoll