diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/files/amd64_defconfig-4.4 b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/files/amd64_defconfig-4.4
index a23b6fa934..0ba084a193 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/files/amd64_defconfig-4.4
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/files/amd64_defconfig-4.4
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ CONFIG_XEN_PCIDEV_FRONTEND=m
 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI=y
 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI=y
 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_ACPI_IBM=m
+CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/files/arm64_defconfig-4.4 b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/files/arm64_defconfig-4.4
index 99de8475d9..9ed567debc 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/files/arm64_defconfig-4.4
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/sys-kernel/coreos-kernel/files/arm64_defconfig-4.4
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
 CONFIG_CMA=y
 CONFIG_SECCOMP=y
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
+CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y
 CONFIG_NET=y