diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
index e1adc647ca..65c384a9c2 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/generic/make.defaults
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ INSTALL_MASK="${INSTALL_MASK}
 # Exclude assorted config files that we can do without
 INSTALL_MASK="${INSTALL_MASK}
   /etc/bash_completion.d
+  /etc/DIR_COLORS
   /etc/dmtab
   /etc/e2fsck.conf
   /etc/libnl