Try like this without creating subclass also it is possible. Also you can set the width ans radius accordingly:-
[imgView setWantsLayer:YES];
imgView.layer.borderWidth = 1.0;
imgView.layer.cornerRadius = 8.0;
imgView.layer.masksToBounds = YES;
CGColorRef color = CGColorRetain([NSColor colorWithCalibratedRed:0 green:100 blue:0 alpha:0.5f].CGColor);
[imgView.layer setBorderColor:color];