diff --git a/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/files/cip-swupdate-snakeoil.cert.pem b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/files/cip-swupdate-snakeoil.cert.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a44cb7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/files/cip-swupdate-snakeoil.cert.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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diff --git a/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/files/cip-swupdate-snakeoil.key.pem b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/files/cip-swupdate-snakeoil.key.pem
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dd3d3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/files/cip-swupdate-snakeoil.key.pem
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
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diff --git a/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key-snakeoil_0.1.bb b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key-snakeoil_0.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa2ce23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key-snakeoil_0.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# CIP Core, generic profile
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2023
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Jan Kiszka <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+DEBIAN_DEPENDS += "swupdate-certificates-snakeoil"
+
+require swupdate-certificates-key.inc
+
+SWU_SIGN_KEY = "cip-swupdate-snakeoil.key.pem"
+
+DEBIAN_CONFLICTS = "swupdate-certificates-key"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key.inc b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fafce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# CIP Core, generic profile
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2023
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Jan Kiszka <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+inherit dpkg-raw
+
+PROVIDES += "swupdate-certificates-key"
+
+SWU_SIGN_KEY ??= ""
+
+SRC_URI:append = " ${@ "file://"+d.getVar('SWU_SIGN_KEY') if d.getVar('SWU_SIGN_KEY') else '' }"
+
+do_install() {
+    if [ -z ${SWU_SIGN_KEY} ] ]; then
+        bbfatal "You must set SWU_SIGN_KEY and provide the required file as artifacts to this recipe"
+    fi
+    TARGET=${D}/usr/share/swupdate-signing/
+    install -d -m 0700 ${TARGET}
+    install -m 0700 ${WORKDIR}/${SWU_SIGN_KEY} ${TARGET}/swupdate-sign.key
+}
+
+do_prepare_build:append() {
+    echo "Provides: swupdate-certificates-key" >> ${S}/debian/control
+}
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key_0.1.bb b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key_0.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45864fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-key_0.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#
+# CIP Core, generic profile
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2023
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Jan Kiszka <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+DEBIAN_DEPENDS += "swupdate-certificates"
+
+require swupdate-certificates-key.inc
+
+DEBIAN_CONFLICTS = "swupdate-certificates-key-snakeoil"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-snakeoil_0.1.bb b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-snakeoil_0.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e45b6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates-snakeoil_0.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#
+# CIP Core, generic profile
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2023
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Jan Kiszka <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+require swupdate-certificates.inc
+
+SWU_SIGN_CERT = "cip-swupdate-snakeoil.cert.pem"
+
+DEBIAN_CONFLICTS = "swupdate-certificates"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates.inc b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92f9715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#
+# CIP Core, generic profile
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2023
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Jan Kiszka <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+inherit dpkg-raw
+
+PROVIDES += "swupdate-certificates"
+
+SWU_SIGN_CERT ??= ""
+
+SRC_URI:append = " ${@ "file://"+d.getVar('SWU_SIGN_CERT') if d.getVar('SWU_SIGN_CERT') else '' }"
+
+do_install() {
+    if [ -z ${SWU_SIGN_CERT} ] ]; then
+        bbfatal "You must set SWU_SIGN_CERT and provide the required file as artifacts to this recipe"
+    fi
+    TARGET=${D}/usr/share/swupdate-signing/
+    install -d -m 0700 ${TARGET}
+    install -m 0700 ${WORKDIR}/${SWU_SIGN_CERT} ${TARGET}/swupdate-sign.crt
+}
+
+do_prepare_build:append() {
+    echo "Provides: swupdate-certificates" >> ${S}/debian/control
+}
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates_0.1.bb b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates_0.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41d07a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-devtools/swupdate-certificates/swupdate-certificates_0.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# CIP Core, generic profile
+#
+# Copyright (c) Siemens AG, 2023
+#
+# Authors:
+#  Jan Kiszka <quirin.gylstorff@siemens.com>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+require swupdate-certificates.inc
+
+DEBIAN_CONFLICTS = "swupdate-certificates-snakeoil"
