diff --git a/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bbappend b/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..869d60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/base-files/base-files_3.0.14.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+FILESEXTRAPATHS_prepend := "${THISDIR}/files:"
+
diff --git a/recipes-core/base-files/files/motd b/recipes-core/base-files/files/motd
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index 0000000..e7eeb6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-core/base-files/files/motd
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+
+______                  _     ______                 ______ _            _    
+| ___ \                | |    | ___ \                | ___ \ |          | |   
+| |_/ / ___  __ _  __ _| | ___| |_/ / ___  _ __   ___| |_/ / | __ _  ___| | __
+| ___ \/ _ \/ _` |/ _` | |/ _ \ ___ \/ _ \| '_ \ / _ \ ___ \ |/ _` |/ __| |/ /
+| |_/ /  __/ (_| | (_| | |  __/ |_/ / (_) | | | |  __/ |_/ / | (_| | (__|   < 
+\____/ \___|\__,_|\__, |_|\___\____/ \___/|_| |_|\___\____/|_|\__,_|\___|_|\_\
+                   __/ |                                                      
+                  |___/                                                       
+
+