diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service
index c47a87aed6..2cf5cd964d 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/files/flanneld.service
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ ExecStart=/usr/bin/rkt run --net=host \
    --volume ssl,kind=host,source=${ETCD_SSL_DIR},readOnly=true \
    --volume certs,kind=host,source=/usr/share/ca-certificates,readOnly=true \
    --volume resolv,kind=host,source=/etc/resolv.conf,readOnly=true \
+   --volume hosts,kind=host,source=/etc/hosts,readOnly=true \
    --mount volume=runsystemd,target=/run/systemd \
    --mount volume=runflannel,target=/run/flannel \
    --mount volume=ssl,target=${ETCD_SSL_DIR} \
    --mount volume=certs,target=/etc/ssl/certs \
    --mount volume=resolv,target=/etc/resolv.conf \
+   --mount volume=hosts,target=/etc/hosts \
    ${FLANNEL_IMG}:${FLANNEL_VER} \
    --exec /opt/bin/flanneld \
    -- --ip-masq=true
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.1-r4.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.1-r4.ebuild
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000..98cd0d968f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-admin/flannel/flannel-0.6.1-r4.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+flannel-9999.ebuild
\ No newline at end of file