diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
index 6b0995b4b5..6485099681 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	sys-apps/systemd
 	sys-apps/systemd-sysv-utils
 	app-admin/systemd-rest
+	coreos-base/motd-http
 	sys-apps/util-linux
 	sys-auth/pam_pwdfile
 	sys-fs/e2fsprogs
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/motd-http/files/motd-http.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/motd-http/files/motd-http.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..600e2e9940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/motd-http/files/motd-http.service
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/sbin/motd-http
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/motd-http/motd-http-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/motd-http/motd-http-9999.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dc46501a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/motd-http/motd-http-9999.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Brandon Philips. All rights reserved.
+# Distributed under the terms of the MIT License
+# $Header:$
+#
+
+EAPI=2
+CROS_WORKON_PROJECT="coreos/motd-http"
+CROS_WORKON_LOCALNAME="motd-http"
+inherit toolchain-funcs cros-workon systemd
+
+DESCRIPTION="systemd over rest"
+HOMEPAGE="https://bitbucket.org/coreos/motd-http"
+SRC_URI=""
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~x86"
+IUSE=""
+
+DEPEND=">=dev-lang/go-1.0.2"
+GOROOT="${ED}usr/$(get_libdir)/go"
+GOPKG="${PN}"
+
+src_compile() {
+	GOPATH="${S}" go build ${PN}
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dosbin ${S}/${PN}
+	systemd_dounit "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}.service
+	systemd_enable_service multi-user.target ${PN}.service
+}