diff --git a/.buckconfig b/.buckconfig
index 20f9fd8d077..dfd072408de 100644
--- a/.buckconfig
+++ b/.buckconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [cells]
 gh_facebook_folly = .
-gh_facebook_buck2_shims_meta = shim
+shim_DISABLED = shim
 
 [cell_aliases]
 root = gh_facebook_folly
diff --git a/.buckconfig.d/external_cells/facebook/buck2-shims-meta/external_cell.buckconfig b/.buckconfig.d/external_cells/facebook/buck2-shims-meta/external_cell.buckconfig
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b69a911f8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buckconfig.d/external_cells/facebook/buck2-shims-meta/external_cell.buckconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[cells]
+gh_facebook_buck2_shims_meta = gh_facebook_buck2_shims_meta
+
+[external_cells]
+gh_facebook_buck2_shims_meta = git
+
+[external_cell_gh_facebook_buck2_shims_meta]
+git_origin = https://github.com/facebook/buck2-shims-meta.git
+commit_hash = 971b2cb76e43b31983d868c6ccb9ee51c441f6e8