diff --git a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
index 1b61232e6ba..cd0a3745a55 100644
--- a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Default values use the format IMG_DEFAULT_<opt>.
 
 VALID_IMG_TYPES=(
+    akamai
     ami
     ami_vmdk
     azure
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ VALID_IMG_TYPES=(
 
 #list of oem package names, minus the oem- prefix
 VALID_OEM_PACKAGES=(
+    akamai
     azure
     cloudsigma
     cloudstack
@@ -325,6 +327,11 @@ IMG_kubevirt_OEM_USE=kubevirt
 IMG_kubevirt_OEM_SYSEXT=oem-kubevirt
 IMG_kubevirt_DISK_EXTENSION=qcow2
 
+## akamai (Linode)
+IMG_akamai_OEM_PACKAGE=common-oem-files
+IMG_akamai_OEM_USE=akamai
+IMG_akamai_OEM_SYSEXT=oem-akamai
+
 ###########################################################
 
 # Print the default vm type for the specified board
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0-r8.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0-r8.ebuild
index 705942df0de..9c69deac343 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0-r8.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/common-oem-files/common-oem-files-0-r8.ebuild
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if [[ ${1:-} = 'flatcar-local-variables' ]]; then
 fi
 
 COMMON_OEMIDS=(
+    akamai
     ami
     azure
     hetzner
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-akamai/metadata.xml b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-akamai/metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..097975e3adc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-akamai/metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-akamai/oem-akamai-0.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-akamai/oem-akamai-0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0e36a012e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-akamai/oem-akamai-0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2013 CoreOS, Inc.. All rights reserved.
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DESCRIPTION="OEM suite for Akamai (previously Linode)"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.linode.com"
+SRC_URI=""
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64"
+IUSE=""
+
+OEM_NAME="Akamai"