diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
index 4145922564..641b433bda 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/targets/sdk/package.use
@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ x11-libs/pixman static-libs
 
 # Get latest EDK2 firmware for Secure Boot on arm64.
 app-emulation/qemu -pin-upstream-blobs
+
+# Needed for signed sysexts using systemd-repart
+sys-apps/systemd cryptsetup