diff --git a/conf/real-from-d2-ana/simulation.yml b/conf/real-from-d2-ana/simulation.yml
index 844b988251f242960e90f0899b4e710b6fd202cf..ed8083f4e068d51e5b7d6e724f5b7a83760ac980 100644
--- a/conf/real-from-d2-ana/simulation.yml
+++ b/conf/real-from-d2-ana/simulation.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ simulation:
   lateral_boundary_grid_filename: icon_grid_0047_R19B07_L_lbc.nc
   parent_grid_filename: icon_grid_0028_R02B07_N02.nc
   lbc_hhl_filepath: "%HPCROOTDIR%/proj/templates/real-from-d2-ana/HHL.grib"
+  lbc_wz_attach: True
+  lbc_wz_filepath: "%HPCROOTDIR%/proj/templates/real-from-d2-ana/WZ.grib"
 
   date_format: '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'
   namelist_paths:
diff --git a/templates/real-from-d2-ana/WZ.grib b/templates/real-from-d2-ana/WZ.grib
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88000d3be4e598de81ac04e29db4b10562950848
Binary files /dev/null and b/templates/real-from-d2-ana/WZ.grib differ
diff --git a/templates/real-from-d2-ana/prepare_date_remote.sh b/templates/real-from-d2-ana/prepare_date_remote.sh
index f2d90b9469567dd6dd8d3cb8ea74211d98729226..14235205705815ab9164522b0dacd78077d2bc0c 100644
--- a/templates/real-from-d2-ana/prepare_date_remote.sh
+++ b/templates/real-from-d2-ana/prepare_date_remote.sh
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ if [ "${IC_DATA_IS_LOCAL}" != "True" ]; then
 
   grib_set -s stepRange=0,dataTime=0,dataDate=${STARTDATE:0:8} "%simulation.lbc_hhl_filepath%" ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/HHL.grib 
 
+  if [ "%simulation.lbc_wz_attach%" -eq "True" ]; then
+    grib_copy "%simulation.lbc_wz_filepath%" ${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/WZ.grib 
+  fi
+
   if [ ! -f "${COMMON_DATE_FOLDER}/HHL.grib"  ]; then
     echo "Invariant height field HHL.grib for date ${STARTDATE} not created!"
     exit 1