diff --git a/etc/makefiles/sketch.mk b/etc/makefiles/sketch.mk
index caa2af6c12..16acb7edcc 100644
--- a/etc/makefiles/sketch.mk
+++ b/etc/makefiles/sketch.mk
@@ -161,12 +161,20 @@ ifneq ($(KALEIDOSCOPE_LOCAL_LIB_DIR),)
 _arduino_local_libraries_prop =  --libraries "${KALEIDOSCOPE_LOCAL_LIB_DIR}"
 endif
 
-compile: kaleidoscope-hardware-configured
+# Check if the .kaleidoscope_board file exists
+ifneq ("$(wildcard ${SKETCH_DIR}/.kaleidoscope_board)","")
+    # Read the content of the file
+    KALEIDOSCOPE_BOARD_CONTENT := $(shell cat ${SKETCH_DIR}/.kaleidoscope_board)
+
+    # Set the kaleidoscope_board_config variable
+    kaleidoscope_board_config := --build-property compiler.cpp.extra_flags=-DKALEIDOSCOPE_HARDWARE_H=\"$(KALEIDOSCOPE_BOARD_CONTENT)\"
+endif
 
 
+compile: kaleidoscope-hardware-configured
 	-$(QUIET) install -d "${OUTPUT_PATH}"
 	$(QUIET) $(ARDUINO_CLI) compile --fqbn "${FQBN}" ${ARDUINO_VERBOSE} ${ccache_wrapper_property} ${local_cflags_property} \
-	  ${_arduino_local_libraries_prop} ${_ARDUINO_CLI_COMPILE_CUSTOM_FLAGS} \
+	  ${_arduino_local_libraries_prop} ${_ARDUINO_CLI_COMPILE_CUSTOM_FLAGS} ${kaleidoscope_board_config}\
 	  --library "${KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR}" \
 	  --libraries "${KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR}/plugins/" \
 	  --build-path "${BUILD_PATH}" \
diff --git a/examples/Devices/Keyboardio/Model101/.kaleidoscope_board b/examples/Devices/Keyboardio/Model101/.kaleidoscope_board
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..185bbd8b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Devices/Keyboardio/Model101/.kaleidoscope_board
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Kaleidoscope-Hardware-Keyboardio-Model101.h
diff --git a/examples/Devices/Keyboardio/Model101/Model101.ino b/examples/Devices/Keyboardio/Model101/Model101.ino
index 247fe330d0..9129f0bcb2 100644
--- a/examples/Devices/Keyboardio/Model101/Model101.ino
+++ b/examples/Devices/Keyboardio/Model101/Model101.ino
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
  * as well as the Kaleidoscope plugins we use in the Model 100's firmware
  */
 
+
 // The Kaleidoscope core
+
 #include "Kaleidoscope.h"
 
 // Support for storing the keymap in EEPROM