diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/files/fleet.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/files/fleet.service
index 7d5ecb6601..6d97badcbb 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/files/fleet.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/files/fleet.service
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=fleet
+
 Wants=etcd.service
 After=etcd.service
 
+Wants=fleet.socket
+After=fleet.socket
+
 [Service]
 ExecStart=/usr/bin/fleet
 Restart=always
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/files/fleet.socket b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/files/fleet.socket
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fc446e8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/files/fleet.socket
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=/var/run/fleet.sock
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/fleet-0.7.1-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/fleet-0.7.1-r2.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/fleet-0.7.1-r1.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/fleet-0.7.1-r2.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/fleet-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/fleet-9999.ebuild
index a0f7828265..7b93b149c3 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/fleet-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/fleet/fleet-9999.ebuild
@@ -34,4 +34,5 @@ src_install() {
 	dobin ${S}/bin/fleetctl
 
 	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.service
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.socket
 }