diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/units/vmtoolsd.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/units/vmtoolsd.service
index 0cc3af343c..85efdeb719 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/units/vmtoolsd.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/units/vmtoolsd.service
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ConditionVirtualization=vmware
 ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/ln -sfT /usr/share/oem/vmware-tools /etc/vmware-tools
 ExecStart=/usr/share/oem/bin/vmtoolsd
 TimeoutStopSec=5
+PrivateTmp=true
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target