diff --git a/dashing/distribution.yaml b/dashing/distribution.yaml
index addcf5906043e..7386ce846c914 100644
--- a/dashing/distribution.yaml
+++ b/dashing/distribution.yaml
@@ -644,6 +644,25 @@ repositories:
       url: https://github.com/ros2/realtime_support.git
       version: master
     status: maintained
+  resource_retriever:
+    doc:
+      type: git
+      url: https://github.com/ros/resource_retriever.git
+      version: dashing
+    release:
+      packages:
+      - libcurl_vendor
+      - resource_retriever
+      tags:
+        release: release/dashing/{package}/{version}
+      url: https://github.com/ros2-gbp/resource_retriever-release.git
+      version: 2.1.0-1
+    source:
+      test_pull_requests: true
+      type: git
+      url: https://github.com/ros/resource_retriever.git
+      version: dashing
+    status: maintained
   rmw:
     doc:
       type: git