diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.accept_keywords b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.accept_keywords
index cc561c4b09..d18a22544a 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.accept_keywords
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.accept_keywords
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ dev-python/botocore ~amd64
 # Accept unstable host Rust compilers
 dev-lang/rust ~amd64
 dev-util/cargo ~amd64
+virtual/rust ~amd64
 
 # Match binutils versions with the host
 =cross-aarch64-cros-linux-gnu/binutils-2.28.1 ~arm64