diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/default/linux/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/default/linux/package.use
index 948ae016a6..159efbcac1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/default/linux/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/default/linux/package.use
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ app-emulation/qemu	aio caps curl jpeg ncurses png python seccomp threads uuid vh
 dev-libs/libaio		static-libs
 cross-armv7a-cros-linux-gnueabi/gcc   hardfp
 cross-armv6j-cros-linux-gnueabi/gcc   hardfp -thumb
+# we need aufs and bridging in the kernel for docker
+sys-kernel/coreos-kernel aufs bridge
 # pciutils is required by flashrom / mosys which is required to be statically
 # compiled to reduce dependency during auto update.
 sys-apps/pciutils	static-libs
@@ -48,7 +50,6 @@ sys-apps/pciutils	static-libs
 app-arch/xz-utils	static-libs
 
 
-
 =sys-libs/gdbm-1.8.3-r4 berkdb
 >=sys-libs/libseccomp-1.0.1 static-libs
 =app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.05-r1 cups