diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/COPYING.MIT b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/COPYING.MIT
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+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 
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+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 
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+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in 
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
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diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/README b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/README
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+This README file contains information on the contents of the meta-belden-bsp layer.
+
+Please see the corresponding sections below for details.
+
+Dependencies
+============
+
+  URI: <first dependency>
+  branch: <branch name>
+
+  URI: <second dependency>
+  branch: <branch name>
+
+  .
+  .
+  .
+
+Patches
+=======
+
+Please submit any patches against the meta-belden-bsp layer to the xxxx mailing list (xxxx@zzzz.org)
+and cc: the maintainer:
+
+Maintainer: XXX YYYYYY <xxx.yyyyyy@zzzzz.com>
+
+Table of Contents
+=================
+
+  I. Adding the meta-belden-bsp layer to your build
+ II. Misc
+
+
+I. Adding the meta-belden-bsp layer to your build
+=================================================
+
+Run 'bitbake-layers add-layer meta-belden-bsp'
+
+II. Misc
+========
+
+--- replace with specific information about the meta-belden-bsp layer ---
diff --git a/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/layer.conf b/layers/meta-belden-coreos-bsp/conf/layer.conf
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+# We have a conf and classes directory, add to BBPATH
+BBPATH .= ":${LAYERDIR}"
+
+# We have recipes-* directories, add to BBFILES
+BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bb \
+            ${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"
+
+BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "meta-belden-coreos-bsp"
+BBFILE_PATTERN_meta-belden-bsp = "^${LAYERDIR}/"
+BBFILE_PRIORITY_meta-belden-bsp = "6"
+
+LAYERDEPENDS_meta-belden-bsp = "core meta-belden-coreos"
+LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_meta-belden-bsp = "kirkstone"
diff --git a/templates/bblayers.conf.sample b/templates/bblayers.conf.sample
index ab16e37..9699cdc 100644
--- a/templates/bblayers.conf.sample
+++ b/templates/bblayers.conf.sample
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ BBFILES ?= ""
 BBLAYERS ?= " \
   ##OEROOT##/meta \
   ##COREOS_LAYERSDIR##/meta-belden-coreos \
+  ##COREOS_LAYERSDIR##/meta-belden-coreos-bsp \
   ##COREOS_LAYERSDIR##/meta-belden-marvell-bsp \
   "