diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.9.0-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.9.0-r2.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.9.0-r1.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-1.9.0-r2.ebuild
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
index 8f24c89d6a..c62f7fbb99 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 	if [ "${rkt_coreos_version}" != "${PXE_VERSION}" ]; then
 		die "CoreOS versions in ebuild and rkt build scripts are mismatched expecting ${rkt_stage1_coreos}!"
 	fi
+
+	autotools-utils_src_prepare
 }
 
 src_configure() {