diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2021-12-21-iproute-with-elf.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2021-12-21-iproute-with-elf.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c84ccdfaad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2021-12-21-iproute-with-elf.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Backported `elf` support for `iproute2` [flatcar-linux/coreos-overlay#1256](https://github.com/flatcar-linux/coreos-overlay/pull/1526)
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
index 3ed6fb20da..a7abcfcb6e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.use
@@ -139,3 +139,6 @@ sys-auth/polkit -introspection
 net-misc/openssh -bindist
 
 dev-libs/openssl fips
+
+# enables ELF support to e.g. allow tc to handle BPF filters.
+sys-apps/iproute2 elf