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 e15c1afc1f..7ffe7cbf5c 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
@@ -165,3 +165,6 @@ sys-fs/zfs-kmod -initramfs
 # For sys-auth/sssd
 net-dns/bind       gssapi
 net-dns/bind-tools gssapi
+
+# Seems to be needed for switching from 2.78.x to 2.80.y.
+dev-libs/glib introspection