diff --git a/profiles/categories b/profiles/categories
index 7ea32802a6d12..0c7e2e64184b3 100644
--- a/profiles/categories
+++ b/profiles/categories
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ dev-perl
 dev-php
 dev-python
 dev-qt
+dev-ros
 dev-ruby
 dev-scheme
 dev-tcltk