diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service
index 0c10e5efc7..4f9d260c55 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Before=early-docker.target
 
 [Service]
 Type=notify
+Restart=always
+RestartSec=5
 Environment="TMPDIR=/var/tmp/"
 Environment="DOCKER_HOST=unix:///var/run/early-docker.sock"
 Environment="FLANNEL_VER={{flannel_ver}}"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.1.0-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.1.0-r2.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.1.0-r1.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.1.0-r2.ebuild