diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-base/coreos-base-0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-base/coreos-base-0.ebuild
index 8fc520b3f3..d41a7d1a16 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-base/coreos-base-0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-base/coreos-base-0.ebuild
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ pkg_setup() {
 }
 
 src_install() {
+	dosym /usr/lib/systemd/systemd /sbin/init || die
+
 	insinto /etc
 	#doins "${FILESDIR}"/sysctl.conf || die