diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
index 9e1f7edc50..7edd513d59 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/coreos/coreos-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 	app-crypt/go-tspi
 	app-crypt/tpmpolicy
 	app-editors/vim
+	app-emulation/qemu-guest-agent
 	app-containers/cri-tools
 	app-misc/ca-certificates
 	app-misc/jq
@@ -211,7 +212,6 @@ RDEPEND="${RDEPEND}
 # OEM specific bits that need to go in USR
 RDEPEND+="
 	amd64? (
-		app-emulation/qemu-guest-agent
 		sys-auth/google-oslogin
 	)
 "
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 4a862654a2..c3ac662a48 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
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 # Needed by arm64-native SDK.
 =app-emulation/open-vmdk-1.0 *
 
+# Keep versions on both arches in sync.
+=app-emulation/qemu-guest-agent-8.2.0 ~arm64
+
 # Keep versions on both arches in sync.
 =dev-cpp/abseil-cpp-20230125.3-r4 ~arm64