diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index 5c0c490fb2..9bf0d98eb8 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 =sys-cluster/ipvsadm-1.27-r1 **
 
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
+=sys-devel/automake-1.16.5-r1 ~arm64
 =sys-firmware/edk2-aarch64-18.02 **
 
 # FIPS support is still being tested.