diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/bugfixes/2022-04-25-fix-dev-container-module-builds.md b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/bugfixes/2022-04-25-fix-dev-container-module-builds.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43e313a564
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/changelog/bugfixes/2022-04-25-fix-dev-container-module-builds.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added pahole to developer container, without it kernel modules built against /usr/src/linux may fail to probe with an 'invalid relocation target' error ([PR#1839](https://github.com/flatcar-linux/coreos-overlay/pull/1839))
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-dev/coreos-dev-0.1.0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-dev/coreos-dev-0.1.0.ebuild
index ef4c610f83..013e8d3e5f 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-dev/coreos-dev-0.1.0.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-dev/coreos-dev-0.1.0.ebuild
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ RDEPEND="
 	coreos-base/emerge-gitclone
 	dev-lang/python
 	dev-util/strace
+	dev-util/pahole
 	dev-vcs/repo
 	net-analyzer/netperf
 	net-dialup/minicom
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
index 72aed4414f..449247c63e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ SLOT="0/${PVR}"
 SRC_URI=""
 IUSE=""
 
+BDEPEND="dev-util/pahole"
 DEPEND="=sys-kernel/coreos-sources-${COREOS_SOURCE_VERSION}"
 
 # Do not analyze or strip installed files
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-5.15.35.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-5.15.35.ebuild
index 22f5b03358..421b7fb651 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-5.15.35.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-sources/coreos-sources-5.15.35.ebuild
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ else
 	PATCH_DIR="${FILESDIR}/${KV_MAJOR}.${KV_MINOR}"
 fi
 
+# make modules_prepare depends on pahole
+RDEPEND="dev-util/pahole"
+
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
 IUSE=""