diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.11.6-r4.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.11.6-r4.ebuild
index 589911530b..56f8239be7 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.11.6-r4.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.11.6-r4.ebuild
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ src_compile() {
 src_install() {
 	default
 
+	# dissuade Portage from removing our dir file
+	touch "${ED}"/usr/share/${P}/info/.keepinfodir || die
+
 	rm \
 		"${ED}"/usr/bin/{aclocal,automake} \
 		"${ED}"/usr/share/man/man1/{aclocal,automake}.1 || die
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.17-r2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.17-r2.ebuild
index 346bcc2d97..22b6780f1a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.17-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.17-r2.ebuild
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ src_test() {
 src_install() {
 	default
 
+	# dissuade Portage from removing our dir file
+	touch "${ED}"/usr/share/${P}/info/.keepinfodir || die
+
 	rm "${ED}"/usr/share/aclocal/README || die
 	rmdir "${ED}"/usr/share/aclocal || die
 	rm \
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.18.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.18.1.ebuild
index 9a93eeab8c..730dd6a935 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.18.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-1.18.1.ebuild
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ src_test() {
 src_install() {
 	default
 
+	# dissuade Portage from removing our dir file
+	touch "${ED}"/usr/share/${P}/info/.keepinfodir || die
+
 	rm "${ED}"/usr/share/aclocal/README || die
 	rmdir "${ED}"/usr/share/aclocal || die
 	rm \
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-9999.ebuild
index a126027842..8d2944b514 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/dev-build/automake/automake-9999.ebuild
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ src_test() {
 src_install() {
 	default
 
+	# dissuade Portage from removing our dir file
+	touch "${ED}"/usr/share/${P}/info/.keepinfodir || die
+
 	rm "${ED}"/usr/share/aclocal/README || die
 	rmdir "${ED}"/usr/share/aclocal || die
 	rm \