diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/ros-comm-msgs.inc b/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/ros-comm-msgs.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e747cfcd46d3e82b3b6a4b702e567e70eab9dd6a
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+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/ros-comm-msgs.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+SRC_URI = "https://github.com/ros/${ROS_SPN}/archive/${PV}.tar.gz;downloadfilename=${ROS_SP}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "380dcc7fe8fdf76e4e88c05b234054a9"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e4c45e4504ec9751c2f89fea9f1d4fcfeba563435a4445a299b153255705e793"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${ROS_SP}/${ROS_BPN}"
+
+inherit catkin
+
+ROS_SPN = "ros_comm_msgs"
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/rosgraph-msgs_1.11.1.bb b/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/rosgraph-msgs_1.11.1.bb
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5837994b0d3ebb0b46e7513c84626aa8d6104b02
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+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/rosgraph-msgs_1.11.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "C++ ROS message and service generators."
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=8;endline=8;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+DEPENDS = "message-generation message-runtime std-msgs roscpp-serialization"
+
+require ros-comm-msgs.inc
diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/std-srvs_1.11.1.bb b/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/std-srvs_1.11.1.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9f88c0823e7d0b673778c1c931303f4bb982b9de
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+++ b/recipes-ros/ros-comm-msgs/std-srvs_1.11.1.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Common service definitions. Currently just the 'Empty' service."
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://package.xml;beginline=6;endline=6;md5=d566ef916e9dedc494f5f793a6690ba5"
+
+DEPENDS = "message-generation message-runtime"
+
+require ros-comm-msgs.inc