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 0599628c3a..a829f6fc6c 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
@@ -103,3 +103,6 @@ dev-db/etcd -etcdctl
 # can be removed with socat-2.0.0; this is the openssl/readline license
 # incompatibility 
 net-misc/socat -ssl
+
+# Prevent pulling in a ton of perl dependencies
+sys-apps/man-db -nls