diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2022-04-08-kernel.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2022-04-08-kernel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e4640f401
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2022-04-08-kernel.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Enabled `CONFIG_INTEL_RAPL` on AMD64 Kernel config to compile `intel_rapl_common` module in order to allow power monitoring on modern Intel processors ([flatcar#coreos-overlay#1801](https://github.com/flatcar-linux/coreos-overlay/pull/1801))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/amd64_defconfig-5.15 b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/amd64_defconfig-5.15
index f0c9b4d247..4525dd45e1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/amd64_defconfig-5.15
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/amd64_defconfig-5.15
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ CONFIG_INTEL_IOATDMA=y
 CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU=y
 CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_ME=m
 CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_TXE=m
+CONFIG_INTEL_RAPL=m
 CONFIG_IP_VS_MH=m
 CONFIG_IRQ_REMAP=y
 CONFIG_ISCSI_IBFT=y
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ CONFIG_PCI_MMCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_PHYSICAL_ALIGN=0x1000000
 CONFIG_PMIC_OPREGION=y
 # CONFIG_PNP_DEBUG_MESSAGES is not set
+CONFIG_POWERCAP=y
 CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY=y
 CONFIG_PVPANIC=y
 CONFIG_PVPANIC_MMIO=m