diff --git a/recipes-ros/ros-realtime-tests/timer-tests_git.bb b/recipes-ros/ros-realtime-tests/timer-tests_git.bb
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+DESCRIPTION = "Tests for validating the real-time capabilities of the ROS middleware"
+SECTION = "devel"
+LICENSE = "BSD"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=53d029b66e4cf837754fabf81702aad6"
+
+DEPENDS = "roscpp"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/bmwcarit/ros_realtime_tests.git"
+SRCREV = "11e234b4147d23136dd4f27e7c229872d795c610"
+PV = "0.0.1+git${SRCPV}"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git/timer_tests"
+
+inherit catkin