diff --git a/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.%.bbappend b/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.%.bbappend
index bfb7457..645790a 100644
--- a/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.%.bbappend
+++ b/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.%.bbappend
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 hostname = "imbus-mini"
+
+FILESEXTRAPATHS:prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
diff --git a/recipes-core/base-files/files/issue b/recipes-core/base-files/files/issue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad5809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/base-files/files/issue
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ ___           _               __  __ _       _ 
+|_ _|_ __ ___ | |__  _   _ ___|  \\/  (_)_ __ (_)
+ | || '_ ` _ \\| '_ \\| | | / __| |\\/| | | '_ \\| |
+ | || | | | | | |_) | |_| \\__ \\ |  | | | | | | |
+|___|_| |_| |_|_.__/ \\__,_|___/_|  |_|_|_| |_|_|
+