diff --git a/meta-google/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend b/meta-google/recipes-core/dropbear/dropbear_%.bbappend
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+# Allow SSH to the mgmt node on DEV builds
+do_install_append_gbmc_dev() {
+  nftables_dir=${D}${sysconfdir}/nftables
+  rules=$nftables_dir/50-dropbear-dev.rules
+  install -d -m0755 $nftables_dir
+  echo 'table inet filter {' >"$rules"
+  echo '    chain mgmt_pub_input {' >>"$rules"
+  echo '        tcp dport 22 accept' >>"$rules"
+  echo '    }' >>"$rules"
+  echo '}' >>"$rules"
+}