diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2022-04-07-google-gve.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2022-04-07-google-gve.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1273d09105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/changes/2022-04-07-google-gve.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- GCE: Enabled GVE kernel driver, which adds support for Google Virtual NIC on GCP ([PR#1802](https://github.com/flatcar-linux/coreos-overlay/pull/1802))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/amd64_defconfig-5.15 b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/amd64_defconfig-5.15
index 4525dd45e1..348b17f861 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/amd64_defconfig-5.15
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-modules/files/amd64_defconfig-5.15
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ CONFIG_FCOE_FNIC=m
 CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS=y
 CONFIG_FUNCTION_PROFILER=y
 CONFIG_GART_IOMMU=y
+CONFIG_GVE=m
 CONFIG_HANGCHECK_TIMER=m
 CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR=y
 CONFIG_HID=m