diff --git a/blackberry-qnx/playbook/.project b/blackberry-qnx/playbook/.project
index 0888f69215..ec3673ca15 100644
--- a/blackberry-qnx/playbook/.project
+++ b/blackberry-qnx/playbook/.project
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@
 		<nature>com.qnx.tools.ide.bbt.core.bbtnature</nature>
 	</natures>
 	<linkedResources>
+		<link>
+			<name>overlays</name>
+			<type>2</type>
+			<locationURI>PARENT-2-PROJECT_LOC/media/overlays</locationURI>
+		</link>
 		<link>
 			<name>src/griffin.c</name>
 			<type>1</type>
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_bbqnx.c b/frontend/frontend_bbqnx.c
index c329e3ae01..e24138926f 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_bbqnx.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend_bbqnx.c
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ int rarch_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
    config_load();
 
+   if (g_settings.input.overlay[0] == '\0')
+   {
+      RARCH_LOG("Setting default overlay %s ...\n", "app/native/overlays/snes-landscape.cfg");
+      strlcpy(g_settings.input.overlay, "app/native/overlays/snes-landscape.cfg", sizeof(g_settings.input.overlay));
+   }
+
    g_extern.verbose = true;
 
    menu_init();