diff --git a/changelog/changes/2025-05-21-nftables.md b/changelog/changes/2025-05-21-nftables.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..841cf11930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/changes/2025-05-21-nftables.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `nftables-load.service` and `nftables-store.service` services to load/store rules from/in `/var/lib/nftables/rules-save` ([Flatcar#900](https://github.com/flatcar/Flatcar/issues/900))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-firewall/nftables b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-firewall/nftables
deleted file mode 100644
index f8e35864ca..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/net-firewall/nftables
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-nftables_install_mask=" /usr/libexec/nftables /var/lib/nftables /usr/lib/systemd/system/nftables-load.service /usr/lib/systemd/system/nftables-store.service "
-
-INSTALL_MASK+=${nftables_install_mask}
-PKG_INSTALL_MASK+=${nftables_install_mask}
-unset nftables_install_mask
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 3bc3c99d6d..4ffcf1389e 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
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ 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