diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos/conf/distro/include/belden-coreos-base.inc b/layers/meta-belden-coreos/conf/distro/include/belden-coreos-base.inc
index 1d6ca82..d6df330 100644
--- a/layers/meta-belden-coreos/conf/distro/include/belden-coreos-base.inc
+++ b/layers/meta-belden-coreos/conf/distro/include/belden-coreos-base.inc
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 # it should support the most basic distro without optional coreos
 # features
 
+# Using :coreos override should work on all CoreOS based distro
+# Note that :belden-coreos does not work on CoreOS based distro but will
+# work when build for the belden-coreos distro
+DISTROOVERRIDES = "coreos:${DISTRO}"
+
 INHERIT += "coreos_metadata_scm"
 
 # Distro features and policies