diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2023-02-09-systemd.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2023-02-09-systemd.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..493a082c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2023-02-09-systemd.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Switched systemd log reporting to the combined format of both unit description, as before, and now the unit name to easily find the unit ([coreos-overlay#2436](https://github.com/flatcar/coreos-overlay/pull/2436))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-252.5.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-252.5.ebuild
index 367a7c2411..6e743db7f6 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-252.5.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-apps/systemd/systemd-252.5.ebuild
@@ -409,6 +409,9 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		# for https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/36
 		-Ddefault-net-naming-scheme=latest
 
+		# Flatcar: Combined log format: name plus description
+		-Dstatus-unit-format-default=combined
+
 		# Flatcar: Unported options, still needed?
 		-Dquotaon-path=/usr/sbin/quotaon
 		-Dquotacheck-path=/usr/sbin/quotacheck