diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/oem-vagrant-0.0.1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/oem-vagrant-0.0.1.ebuild
index 736b540adf..657cce3a92 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/oem-vagrant-0.0.1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vagrant/oem-vagrant-0.0.1.ebuild
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64"
 IUSE=""
 
+# no source directory
+S="${WORKDIR}"
+
 src_install() {
 	insinto "/"
 	doins "${FILESDIR}/vagrant.pub"