diff --git a/skainet-backends/skainet-backend-native-cpu/build.gradle.kts b/skainet-backends/skainet-backend-native-cpu/build.gradle.kts
index 064250ae..0dbc6747 100644
--- a/skainet-backends/skainet-backend-native-cpu/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/skainet-backends/skainet-backend-native-cpu/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.kotlinMultiplatform)
+    alias(libs.plugins.vanniktech.mavenPublish)
 }
 
 kotlin {
diff --git a/skainet-backends/skainet-backend-native-cpu/gradle.properties b/skainet-backends/skainet-backend-native-cpu/gradle.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00fe7645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/skainet-backends/skainet-backend-native-cpu/gradle.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+POM_ARTIFACT_ID=skainet-backend-native-cpu
+POM_NAME=skainet native (FFM) CPU kernel provider
diff --git a/skainet-bom/build.gradle.kts b/skainet-bom/build.gradle.kts
index 828b25e4..a066f364 100644
--- a/skainet-bom/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/skainet-bom/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ dependencies {
         // Backend abstraction + CPU backend
         api(project(":skainet-backends:skainet-backend-api"))
         api(project(":skainet-backends:skainet-backend-cpu"))
+        // Native (FFM) priority-100 kernel provider — bundles a
+        // libskainet_kernels shared library and overrides the
+        // priority-50 Panama kernels for Q4_K and FP32 matmul on
+        // hosts where the native lib resolves. Cascades to Panama
+        // otherwise (missing arch, sandbox, kill-switch).
+        api(project(":skainet-backends:skainet-backend-native-cpu"))
 
         // IO modules
         api(project(":skainet-io:skainet-io-core"))