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 0f5b66f60e..517d75aa3d 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
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ net-libs/libmicrohttpd -ssl
 sys-boot/syslinux       -custom-cflags
 
 sys-apps/flashrom -dediprog -ft2232_spi -serprog
+
+# break dependency loop between pkg-config and glib
+dev-util/pkgconfig internal-glib