diff --git a/index.yaml b/index.yaml
index 79cfec25eb34a..d949cfc48402e 100644
--- a/index.yaml
+++ b/index.yaml
@@ -15,5 +15,8 @@ distributions:
   jade:
     distribution: [jade/distribution.yaml]
     distribution_cache: http://repositories.ros.org/rosdistro_cache/jade-cache.yaml.gz
+  kinetic:
+    distribution: [kinetic/distribution.yaml]
+    distribution_cache: http://repositories.ros.org/rosdistro_cache/kinetic-cache.yaml.gz
 type: index
 version: 3
diff --git a/kinetic/distribution.yaml b/kinetic/distribution.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7ac070d9bfcca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kinetic/distribution.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+%YAML 1.1
+# ROS distribution file
+# see REP 143: http://ros.org/reps/rep-0143.html
+---
+release_platforms:
+  fedora:
+  - '23'
+  - '24'
+  ubuntu:
+  - wily
+  - xenial
+repositories:
+type: distribution
+version: 2