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 736735cf52..ccd8fef77a 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
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ sys-libs/ldb -lmdb -python
 
 # Enable nftables backend for the iptables instead of legacy backend
 net-firewall/iptables nftables
+net-firewall/nftables json
 
 # Install `perl` with a minimal set of dependencies
 dev-lang/perl minimal