diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8b70b378c..5877243d9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pallet-contracts-primitives",
  "pallet-contracts-rpc-runtime-api",
  "pallet-ddc-metrics-offchain-worker",
+ "pallet-ddc-staking",
  "pallet-democracy",
  "pallet-election-provider-multi-phase",
  "pallet-election-provider-support-benchmarking",
diff --git a/runtime/cere/Cargo.toml b/runtime/cere/Cargo.toml
index 30c080f8f..1109484df 100644
--- a/runtime/cere/Cargo.toml
+++ b/runtime/cere/Cargo.toml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ pallet-cere-ddc = { version = "4.8.0", default-features = false, path = "../../p
 pallet-erc721 = { version = "4.8.0", default-features = false, path = "../../pallets/erc721" }
 pallet-erc20 = { version = "4.8.0", default-features = false, path = "../../pallets/erc20" }
 pallet-ddc-metrics-offchain-worker = { version = "4.8.0", default-features = false, path = "../../pallets/ddc-metrics-offchain-worker" }
+pallet-ddc-staking = { version = "4.8.0", default-features = false, path = "../../pallets/ddc-staking" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 substrate-wasm-builder = { version = "5.0.0-dev", git = "https://github.com/paritytech/substrate.git", branch = "polkadot-v0.9.30" }
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ std = [
 	"sp-io/std",
 	"pallet-child-bounties/std",
 	"pallet-ddc-metrics-offchain-worker/std",
+	"pallet-ddc-staking/std",
 	"cere-runtime-common/std",
 	"cere-runtime-constants/std"
 ]
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ runtime-benchmarks = [
 	"pallet-child-bounties/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-collective/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-contracts/runtime-benchmarks",
+	"pallet-ddc-staking/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-democracy/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-election-provider-multi-phase/runtime-benchmarks",
 	"pallet-election-provider-support-benchmarking/runtime-benchmarks",
diff --git a/runtime/cere/src/lib.rs b/runtime/cere/src/lib.rs
index 33150f46f..a51cdf7c6 100644
--- a/runtime/cere/src/lib.rs
+++ b/runtime/cere/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub use pallet_cere_ddc;
 pub use pallet_chainbridge;
 use pallet_contracts::weights::WeightInfo;
 pub use pallet_ddc_metrics_offchain_worker;
+pub use pallet_ddc_staking;
 use pallet_election_provider_multi_phase::SolutionAccuracyOf;
 use pallet_grandpa::{
 	fg_primitives, AuthorityId as GrandpaId, AuthorityList as GrandpaAuthorityList,
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ use sp_runtime::{
 	transaction_validity::{TransactionPriority, TransactionSource, TransactionValidity},
 	ApplyExtrinsicResult, FixedPointNumber, FixedU128, Perbill, Percent, Permill, Perquintill,
 };
+use sp_staking::EraIndex;
 use sp_std::prelude::*;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "std", test))]
 use sp_version::NativeVersion;
@@ -1315,6 +1317,25 @@ impl pallet_ddc_metrics_offchain_worker::Config for Runtime {
 	type RuntimeCall = RuntimeCall;
 }
 
+parameter_types! {
+	pub const DefaultEdgeBondSize: Balance = 100 * DOLLARS;
+	pub const DefaultEdgeChillDelay: EraIndex = 7 * 24 * 60 / 2; // approx. 1 week with 2 min DDC era
+	pub const DefaultStorageBondSize: Balance = 100 * DOLLARS;
+	pub const DefaultStorageChillDelay: EraIndex = 7 * 24 * 60 / 2; // approx. 1 week with 2 min DDC era
+}
+
+impl pallet_ddc_staking::Config for Runtime {
+	type BondingDuration = BondingDuration;
+	type Currency = Balances;
+	type DefaultEdgeBondSize = DefaultEdgeBondSize;
+	type DefaultEdgeChillDelay = DefaultEdgeChillDelay;
+	type DefaultStorageBondSize = DefaultStorageBondSize;
+	type DefaultStorageChillDelay = DefaultStorageChillDelay;
+	type RuntimeEvent = RuntimeEvent;
+	type UnixTime = Timestamp;
+	type WeightInfo = pallet_ddc_staking::weights::SubstrateWeight<Runtime>;
+}
+
 construct_runtime!(
 	pub enum Runtime where
 		Block = Block,
@@ -1366,6 +1387,7 @@ construct_runtime!(
 		Erc721: pallet_erc721::{Pallet, Call, Storage, Event<T>},
 		Erc20: pallet_erc20::{Pallet, Call, Storage, Event<T>},
 		DdcMetricsOffchainWorker: pallet_ddc_metrics_offchain_worker::{Pallet, Call, Storage, Event<T>},
+		DdcStaking: pallet_ddc_staking,
 	}
 );