diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-util/pkgcheck b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-util/pkgcheck
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cab111a171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos/config/env/dev-util/pkgcheck
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+cros_post_src_install_create_default_config() {
+	dodir /etc/pkgcheck
+	# these must be indented with tabs, bash only strips leading
+	# tabs with "<<-", leading spaces won't do.
+	cat <<- EOF >"${ED}/etc/pkgcheck/pkgcheck.conf" || die
+	[DEFAULT]
+	keywords = -NonexistentDeps,-NonsolvableDepsInDev,-NonsolvableDepsInExp,-NonsolvableDepsInStable
+	EOF
+}