diff --git a/meta-skeleton/conf/layer.conf b/meta-skeleton/conf/layer.conf
index 99830d823f..aca1633420 100644
--- a/meta-skeleton/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-skeleton/conf/layer.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 BBPATH .= ":${LAYERDIR}"
 
 # We have recipes-* directories, add to BBFILES
-BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bb"
+BBFILES += "${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bb ${LAYERDIR}/recipes-*/*/*.bbappend"
 
 BBFILE_COLLECTIONS += "skeleton"
 BBFILE_PATTERN_skeleton = "^${LAYERDIR}/"