diff --git a/app.briar.gtk.json b/app.briar.gtk.json
index 715b8bf9c853fe161d6984770aa610a2312e62f7..03f73952d3f9c33e62b5f0588e028dc66bef2753 100644
--- a/app.briar.gtk.json
+++ b/app.briar.gtk.json
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@
                 "/usr/lib/sdk/openjdk10/enable.sh"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "name": "briar-headless",
+            "buildsystem": "simple",
+            "build-commands": [
+                "mkdir -p /app/briar",
+                "install -Dm644 briar-headless.jar /app/briar/briar-headless.jar"
+            ],
+            "sources": [
+                {
+                    "type" : "file",
+                    "url" : "https://media.dorfbrunnen.eu/briar/briar-headless.jar",
+                    "sha256": "d4d610ebdc9822f05ade455487921d0eb21469c23ae162fe63da1f557008d586"
+                }
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "name": "briar_gtk",
             "buildsystem": "meson",
@@ -60,4 +75,4 @@
             ]
         }
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}