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 35e7a8fe88..4fb4e507f1 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
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ sys-libs/gdbm berkdb
 
 dev-vcs/git -perl -iconv
 
-net-analyzer/nmap ncat -system-lua
+# symlink: to add a link between ncat and nc
+net-analyzer/nmap ncat -system-lua symlink
 
 # removes mta dependencies
 app-admin/sudo -sendmail