diff --git a/conf/distro/include/ros-common.inc b/conf/distro/include/ros-common.inc
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+# OE DISTRO configuration settings common to both ROS 1 and ROS 2 distros.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 LG Electronics, Inc.
+
+DISTRO_CODENAME = "${ROS_DISTRO}"
+DISTRO_VERSION = "${ROS_DISTRO_METADATA_VERSION}"
+
+MAINTAINER = "Open Source Robotics Foundation, Inc. <info@openrobotics.org>"
diff --git a/conf/distro/ros1.conf b/conf/distro/ros1.conf
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 LG Electronics, Inc.
+
+DISTRO_NAME = "Robot Operating System (ROS)"
+
+require conf/distro/include/ros-common.inc
+
+# Unfortunately, opkg requires Python 3.
+# PNBLACKLIST[python3] ?= "Python 3 not supported for ROS 1"
diff --git a/conf/distro/ros2.conf b/conf/distro/ros2.conf
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 LG Electronics, Inc.
+
+DISTRO_NAME = "Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2)"
+
+require conf/distro/include/ros-common.inc