diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-metadata/coreos-metadata-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-metadata/coreos-metadata-9999.ebuild
index d99776f792..b02f3e183a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-metadata/coreos-metadata-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-metadata/coreos-metadata-9999.ebuild
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ IUSE=""
 
 src_compile() {
 	export GO15VENDOREXPERIMENT="1"
-	GO_LDFLAGS="-X main.version $(git describe --dirty)" || die
+	GO_LDFLAGS="-X main.version=$(git describe --dirty)" || die
 	go_build "${COREOS_GO_PACKAGE}/internal"
 }