diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index 16ea91f571..b008b6fee3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -76,3 +76,6 @@
 # Assorted bugfixes, avoids corrupting filesystems by updating UUID
 =sys-fs/e2fsprogs-1.42.9 ~amd64
 =sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs-1.42.9 ~amd64
+
+# Really really hoping this fixes our compile issues
+=dev-lang/python-2.7.6 ~amd64
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.mask b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.mask
index 8062c72550..50234ab62f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.mask
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.mask
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@
 # chromeos build system for now
 >=sys-boot/syslinux-3.90
 >=net-misc/tlsdate-0.0.6
+
+# Stick with python 2 for now
+>=dev-lang/python-3