diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fe9a52fb8..4959461be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Added
 
 - [#1489](https://github.com/nf-core/sarek/pull/1489) - Added a `testdata.nf-core.sarek` key in `conf/igenomes.config` for small reference
+- [#1493](https://github.com/nf-core/sarek/pull/1493) - Added a `wave` profile
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/nextflow.config b/nextflow.config
index e32da2cb9..dfe46747a 100644
--- a/nextflow.config
+++ b/nextflow.config
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ profiles {
         shifter.enabled        = false
         singularity.enabled    = false
     }
+    wave {
+        apptainer.ociAutoPull = true
+        singularity.ociAutoPull = true
+        wave.enabled            = true
+        wave.freeze             = true
+        wave.strategy           = 'conda,container'
+    }
     gitpod {
         executor.cpus          = 4
         executor.memory        = 8.GB