diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
index 71eb366f80..37ca82573e 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/rkt/rkt-9999.ebuild
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ src_install() {
 		einfo $(basename "${stage1aci}")
 	done
 
+	# symlink old stage1 aci directory to the new install location
+	dosym ../$(get_libdir)/rkt/stage1-images /usr/share/rkt
+
 	systemd_dounit "${S}"/dist/init/systemd/${PN}-gc.service
 	systemd_dounit "${S}"/dist/init/systemd/${PN}-gc.timer
 	systemd_enable_service multi-user.target ${PN}-gc.timer