diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0b27580e..19b44a94 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -45,3 +45,6 @@
 	branch = honister
 [submodule "layers/meta-compulab-bsp"]
 	branch = honister
+[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..f932ab83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layers/meta-balena-hab
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f932ab83a95e495609f0bad8b0f48278ada03e98