diff --git a/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/MODULE.bazel b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7452b975afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module(
+    name = "backward-cpp",
+    version = "1.6",
+    compatibility_level = 0,
+)
+
+bazel_dep(name = "rules_cc", version = "0.0.17")
diff --git a/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/overlay/BUILD.bazel b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/overlay/BUILD.bazel
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b80e855b27d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/overlay/BUILD.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+load("@rules_cc//cc:defs.bzl", "cc_library")
+
+cc_library(
+    name = "backward-cpp",
+    srcs = ["backward.cpp"],
+    hdrs = ["backward.hpp"],
+    includes = ["."],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/overlay/MODULE.bazel b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/overlay/MODULE.bazel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..9b599e3ad9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/overlay/MODULE.bazel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../MODULE.bazel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/presubmit.yml b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/presubmit.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83d1936ebd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/presubmit.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+matrix:
+  platform:
+    - debian10
+    - debian11
+    - macos
+    - macos_arm64
+    - ubuntu2004
+    - ubuntu2204
+    - ubuntu2404
+    - windows
+  bazel: [7.x, 8.x]
+tasks:
+  verify_targets:
+    name: Verify build targets
+    platform: ${{ platform }}
+    bazel: ${{ bazel }}
+    build_targets:
+      - '@backward-cpp//...'
diff --git a/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/source.json b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/source.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..268e47c679a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backward-cpp/1.6/source.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "url": "https://github.com/bombela/backward-cpp/archive/refs/tags/v1.6.tar.gz",
+    "integrity": "sha256-xlTQkj1D8c6iPQhnKWc0mOR0H7JFfoBs+urqeyDJfBA=",
+    "strip_prefix": "backward-cpp-1.6",
+    "patch_strip": 0,
+    "overlay": {
+        "BUILD.bazel": "sha256-B/C2vXPipQwhWjxKXla8fVqpHrHLqBypwmC/SfvndPk=",
+        "MODULE.bazel": "sha256-jRtJQq1VoUXJbvuu3x5HtMjmZt8GEComBrXxoimdcWI="
+    }
+}
diff --git a/modules/backward-cpp/metadata.json b/modules/backward-cpp/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c380042038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/backward-cpp/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "homepage": "https://github.com/bombela/backward-cpp",
+    "maintainers": [
+        {
+            "github": "hofbi",
+            "name": "Markus Hofbauer"
+        }
+    ],
+    "repository": [
+        "github:bombela/backward-cpp"
+    ],
+    "versions": [
+        "1.6"
+    ],
+    "yanked_versions": {}
+}