diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/coreos-c10n b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/coreos-c10n
index f2a3644e39..613bf4108f 100755
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/coreos-c10n
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ami/files/coreos-c10n
@@ -113,3 +113,6 @@ echo "[Service]
 Environment=ETCD_NAME=${IP}
 Environment=ETCD_ADDR=${IP}:4001
 Environment=ETCD_PEER_ADDR=${IP}:7001" > ${ETCD_SERVICE_D}/23-c10n.conf
+
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl --no-block start etcd