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 25efd486ad..5c27e283ec 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
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ net-dns/bind-tools gssapi
 dev-libs/cyrus-sasl kerberos -berkdb -gdbm
 
 # don't build manpages for sssd
-sys-auth/sssd -manpages -python kerberos gssapi
+sys-auth/sssd -manpages -python kerberos gssapi ssh
 
 # needed for realmd build
 sys-auth/polkit introspection