diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
index cd526669b7..88a5d05da9 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/eclass/coreos-kernel.eclass
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ kmake() {
 		KBUILD_OUTPUT="../build" \
 		KCFLAGS="${kernel_cflags}" \
 		LDFLAGS="" \
+		"V=1" \
 		"$@"
 }