diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/package.use
index 8ef3c98ded..c2227d4ed1 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/amd64/generic/package.use
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ sys-apps/coreutils	    selinux
 # Enable SELinux for tar
 app-arch/tar                selinux
 
+# Enable SELinux for docker-runc
+app-emulation/docker-runc selinux
+
 # Only ship microcode currently distributed by Intel
 # See https://bugs.gentoo.org/654638#c11 by iucode-tool maintainer
 sys-firmware/intel-microcode vanilla