diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-cloudinit/coreos-cloudinit-1.5.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-cloudinit/coreos-cloudinit-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-cloudinit/coreos-cloudinit-1.5.1.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-cloudinit/coreos-cloudinit-1.5.1-r1.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-cloudinit/coreos-cloudinit-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-cloudinit/coreos-cloudinit-9999.ebuild
index 15b6540c45..4bb9f20b5e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-cloudinit/coreos-cloudinit-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-cloudinit/coreos-cloudinit-9999.ebuild
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ src_prepare() {
 	fi
 }
 
+src_compile() {
+	GO_LDFLAGS="-X main.version $(git describe --dirty)" || die
+	coreos-go_src_compile
+}
+
 src_install() {
 	dobin ${GOBIN}/coreos-cloudinit
 	udev_dorules units/*.rules