diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index eb877d8c..48821a31 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -38,3 +38,6 @@
 	path = layers/meta-imx8mp-isp-imx219
 	url = https://github.com/compulab-yokneam/meta-imx8mp-isp-imx219.git
 	branch = kirkstone-2.2.0
+[submodule "layers/meta-balena-hab"]
+	path = layers/meta-balena-hab
+	url = git@github.com:balena-os/meta-balena-hab.git
diff --git a/layers/meta-balena-hab b/layers/meta-balena-hab
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..c0862967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layers/meta-balena-hab
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c08629678a1cd2322006d0942dc349467add0e7b
diff --git a/layers/meta-balena-imx8mplus/conf/samples/bblayers.conf.sample b/layers/meta-balena-imx8mplus/conf/samples/bblayers.conf.sample
index dbee80e7..8d567ec4 100644
--- a/layers/meta-balena-imx8mplus/conf/samples/bblayers.conf.sample
+++ b/layers/meta-balena-imx8mplus/conf/samples/bblayers.conf.sample
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ BBLAYERS ?= " \
     ${TOPDIR}/../layers/meta-balena/meta-balena-common \
     ${TOPDIR}/../layers/meta-balena/meta-balena-kirkstone \
     ${TOPDIR}/../layers/meta-balena-imx8mplus \
+    ${TOPDIR}/../layers/meta-balena-hab \
     ${TOPDIR}/../layers/poky/meta \
     ${TOPDIR}/../layers/poky/meta-poky \
     ${TOPDIR}/../layers/meta-openembedded/meta-oe \