diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-0.0.1-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-0.0.1-r1.ebuild
index 12643e00b9..d3c0377dfb 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-0.0.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos-init/coreos-init-0.0.1-r1.ebuild
@@ -32,4 +32,6 @@ src_install() {
 
 	systemd_dounit update-engine.service
 	systemd_enable_service multi-user.target update-engine.service
+
+	systemd_enable_service multi-user.target sshd.socket
 }