diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace/files/cloud-config.yml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace/files/cloud-config.yml
index 0d609db662..81638f49f4 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace/files/cloud-config.yml
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace/files/cloud-config.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,9 @@ coreos:
       name: Rackspace Cloud Servers
       home-url: https://www.rackspace.com/cloud/servers/
       bug-report-url: https://github.com/coreos/coreos-overlay
+write_files:
+    - path: /run/systemd/system/etcd.service.d/10-oem.conf
+      permissions: 0644
+      content: |
+        [Service]
+        Environment=ETCD_PEER_ELECTION_TIMEOUT=1200
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace/oem-rackspace-0.0.1-r5.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace/oem-rackspace-0.0.1-r6.ebuild
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace/oem-rackspace-0.0.1-r5.ebuild
rename to sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-rackspace/oem-rackspace-0.0.1-r6.ebuild