diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/packages b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/packages
index b90afca4b4..f215370699 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/packages
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/packages
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+*app-alternatives/awk
 -*sys-apps/busybox
 *app-arch/lbzip2
 *sys-libs/nss-usrfiles
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/packages.build b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/packages.build
index 158c50349b..075074c719 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/packages.build
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/profiles/coreos/base/packages.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+app-alternatives/awk
 app-arch/lbzip2
 sys-apps/which
 sys-libs/nss-usrfiles