diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/categories b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/categories
index 6c9a7f4078..7247c29a86 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/categories
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/categories
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ dev-php
 dev-php5
 dev-python
 dev-ruby
+dev-rust
 dev-scheme
 dev-tcltk
 dev-tex
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
index fff7b13fbb..c6f76470a0 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/package.accept_keywords
@@ -115,3 +115,7 @@ dev-util/checkbashisms
 =app-editors/vim-7.4.712
 =app-editors/vim-core-7.4.712
 
+# Needed for Rust
+=app-eselect/eselect-rust-0.3_pre20150428 ~amd64
+=dev-lang/rust-bin-1.1.0 ~amd64
+=dev-rust/cargo-0.3.0 ~amd64