diff --git a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-cmdline.bbappend b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-cmdline.bbappend
index 8ae43d118..ba9e8b872 100644
--- a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-cmdline.bbappend
+++ b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/bootfiles/rpi-cmdline.bbappend
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@ CMDLINE += " ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','osdev-image',"console=tty1
 CMDLINE += " cgroup_enable=memory"
 CMDLINE:remove = "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2"
 CMDLINE_DEBUG = ""
+
+# Necessary for balena bootloader to work
+# These will not be passed to the actual kernel
+CMDLINE:append:raspberrypi4-64 := " balena_stage2 nr_cpus=1"
diff --git a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-core/images/balena-image.bbappend b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-core/images/balena-image.bbappend
index 5f85e4f0d..835995d53 100644
--- a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-core/images/balena-image.bbappend
+++ b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-core/images/balena-image.bbappend
@@ -30,6 +30,16 @@ BALENA_BOOT_PARTITION_FILES:rpi = " \
     bootfiles:/ \
     "
 
+BALENA_BOOT_PARTITION_FILES:remove:raspberrypi4-64 = " \
+    u-boot.bin:/${SDIMG_KERNELIMAGE} \
+    boot.scr:/boot.scr \
+    "
+
+BALENA_BOOT_PARTITION_FILES:append:raspberrypi4-64 = " \
+    balena-bootloader/${KERNEL_IMAGETYPE}-initramfs-${MACHINE}.bin:/${SDIMG_KERNELIMAGE} \
+    balena-bootloader/bootenv:/bootenv \
+    "
+
 BALENA_BOOT_PARTITION_FILES:append:revpi-core-3 = " revpi-core-dt-blob-overlay.dtb:/dt-blob.bin"
 
 BALENA_BOOT_PARTITION_FILES:append:revpi-connect = " revpi-connect-dt-blob-overlay.dtb:/dt-blob.bin"
@@ -63,6 +73,11 @@ python overlay_dtbs_handler () {
 do_resin_boot_dirgen_and_deploy[prefuncs] += "overlay_dtbs_handler"
 
 IMAGE_INSTALL:append:rpi = " u-boot"
+IMAGE_INSTALL:remove:raspberrypi4-64 = " u-boot"
+IMAGE_INSTALL:append:raspberrypi4-64 = " grub-editenv"
+
+do_rootfs[depends] += "${@oe.utils.conditional('MACHINE','raspberrypi4-64',' virtual/balena-bootloader:do_deploy','',d)}"
+do_image_balenaos_img[depends] += "${@oe.utils.conditional('MACHINE','raspberrypi4-64',' virtual/balena-bootloader:do_deploy','',d)}"
 
 do_resin_boot_dirgen_and_deploy[depends] += "virtual/kernel:do_install"
 
diff --git a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-balena-bootloader_6.1.bb b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-balena-bootloader_6.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1f7ba9e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-balena-bootloader_6.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+LINUX_VERSION ?= "6.1.64"
+LINUX_RPI_BRANCH ?= "rpi-6.1.y"
+LINUX_RPI_KMETA_BRANCH ?= "yocto-6.1"
+
+SRCREV_machine = "dad5d57939cfae7af363e7c9862b59d33d96794b"
+SRCREV_meta = "f845a7f37d7114230d6609e2bd630070f2f6cd9b"
+
+KMETA = "kernel-meta"
+
+SRC_URI = " \
+          git://github.com/raspberrypi/linux.git;name=machine;branch=${LINUX_RPI_BRANCH};protocol=https \
+          git://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-kernel-cache;type=kmeta;name=meta;branch=${LINUX_RPI_KMETA_BRANCH};destsuffix=${KMETA} \
+"
+SRC_URI:remove = "file://initramfs-image-bundle.cfg"
+SRC_URI:remove = "file://vc4graphics.cfg"
+
+require recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
+
+inherit balena-bootloader
+
+BALENA_DEFCONFIG_NAME = "${KBUILD_DEFCONFIG}"
+
+BALENA_CONFIGS:append = " \
+    rpisense \
+    "
+
+BALENA_CONFIGS[rpisense] = " \
+    CONFIG_MFD_RPISENSE_CORE=n \
+    CONFIG_FB_RPISENSE=n \
+    "
+
+do_deploy:append () {
+    BOOTENV_FILE="${DEPLOYDIR}/${KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME}/bootenv"
+    grub-editenv "${BOOTENV_FILE}" create
+    grub-editenv "${BOOTENV_FILE}" set "resin_root_part=A"
+    grub-editenv "${BOOTENV_FILE}" set "bootcount=0"
+    grub-editenv "${BOOTENV_FILE}" set "upgrade_available=0"
+}
+
+do_deploy[depends] += " grub-native:do_populate_sysroot"
+
+KERNEL_DTC_FLAGS += "-@ -H epapr"
+
+INITRAMFS_IMAGE = "balena-image-bootloader-initramfs"
+
+KERNEL_PACKAGE_NAME = "balena-bootloader"
+
+KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "${RPI_KERNEL_DEVICETREE}"
+
+PROVIDES = "virtual/balena-bootloader"
diff --git a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-support/hostapp-update-hooks/hostapp-update-hooks.bbappend b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-support/hostapp-update-hooks/hostapp-update-hooks.bbappend
index d30c267bc..5e876c74b 100644
--- a/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-support/hostapp-update-hooks/hostapp-update-hooks.bbappend
+++ b/layers/meta-balena-raspberrypi/recipes-support/hostapp-update-hooks/hostapp-update-hooks.bbappend
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ FILESEXTRAPATHS:append := ":${THISDIR}/files"
 
 HOSTAPP_HOOKS += " 99-resin-uboot 999-resin-boot-cleaner"
 HOSTAPP_HOOKS:append:revpi-core-3 = " 9999-bootfiles"
+
+HOSTAPP_HOOKS:remove:raspberrypi4-64 = "99-resin-uboot 999-resin-boot-cleaner"
+HOSTAPP_HOOKS:append:raspberrypi4-64 = " 99-balena-bootloader"