diff --git a/meta/files/bitbake-setup.schema.json b/meta/files/bitbake-setup.schema.json
index 5101b0de53e..72d56f8ad8d 100644
--- a/meta/files/bitbake-setup.schema.json
+++ b/meta/files/bitbake-setup.schema.json
@@ -37,9 +37,16 @@
                                 "type": "string",
                                 "description": "Human-readable description of the configuration"
                             },
-                            "bb-layers": {
+                            "bb-layers-in-sources": {
                                 "type": "array",
-                                "description": "List of BitBake layers to include",
+                                "description": "List of BitBake layer paths to include, relative to the sources checkout directory",
+                                "items": {
+                                    "type": "string"
+                                }
+                            },
+                            "bb-layers-in-this-dir": {
+                                "type": "array",
+                                "description": "List of BitBake layers paths to include, relative to the directory with the configuration file",
                                 "items": {
                                     "type": "string"
                                 }