diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-0.0.1.ebuild
index fa17d8a109..881ac70097 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-0.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ EAPI="4"
 CROS_WORKON_COMMIT="fc7ed6285432bded9c784a749cae78bd0412324a"
 CROS_WORKON_PROJECT="coreos/installer"
 CROS_WORKON_LOCALNAME="installer"
+CROS_WORKON_LOCALDIR="src/platform"
 CROS_WORKON_OUTOFTREE_BUILD=1
 CROS_WORKON_REPO="git://github.com"
 
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-9999.ebuild
index 4bbee7568d..05254068d2 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-installer/coreos-installer-9999.ebuild
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 EAPI="4"
 CROS_WORKON_PROJECT="coreos/installer"
 CROS_WORKON_LOCALNAME="installer"
+CROS_WORKON_LOCALDIR="src/platform"
 CROS_WORKON_OUTOFTREE_BUILD=1
 CROS_WORKON_REPO="git://github.com"