diff --git a/sysdep/pal-distro.mk b/sysdep/pal-distro.mk
index 704a55daef8f492be45da7e329ab94bc952614c2..ac4d2277595dd585c00c3f631157a18b8fb05952 100644
--- a/sysdep/pal-distro.mk
+++ b/sysdep/pal-distro.mk
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ ifndef _paldistro_mk
   _paldistro:=$(shell ${SHELL} ${ROBOTPKG_DIR}/wip/sysdep/pal-distro.sh)
   export PALDISTRO:=  $(word 1,${_paldistro})
 
-#ifeq (yes,$(call exists,${ROBOTPKG_DIR}/wip/sysdep/platform/${PALDISTRO}.mk))
-#  include ${ROBOTPKG_DIR}/wip/sysdep/platform/${PALDISTRO}.mk
-#else
-#  $(error missing wip/sysdep/platform/${PALDISTRO}.mk)
-#endif
+  ifeq (palerbium,${PALDISTRO})
+     ifeq (yes,$(call exists,${ROBOTPKG_DIR}/wip/sysdep/platform/${PALDISTRO}.mk))
+	include ${ROBOTPKG_DIR}/wip/sysdep/platform/${PALDISTRO}.mk
+     else
+        $(error missing wip/sysdep/platform/${PALDISTRO}.mk)
+     endif
+  endif
 
 endif # ERBIUM_ROS_FLAVOR
diff --git a/sysdep/platform/palerbium.mk b/sysdep/platform/palerbium.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c3f62ede64f3dc11c561ca01df1913f0680c47a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdep/platform/palerbium.mk
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH+=/opt/pal/erbium