diff --git a/src/connectedk8s/HISTORY.rst b/src/connectedk8s/HISTORY.rst
index 5536ba31906..d69e56115c9 100644
--- a/src/connectedk8s/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/connectedk8s/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Release History
 ===============
+1.5.3
+++++++
+* Add support to get AKS-EE kubernetes distro
 
 1.5.2
 ++++++
diff --git a/src/connectedk8s/azext_connectedk8s/custom.py b/src/connectedk8s/azext_connectedk8s/custom.py
index 81312d3df1d..2ee0c134366 100644
--- a/src/connectedk8s/azext_connectedk8s/custom.py
+++ b/src/connectedk8s/azext_connectedk8s/custom.py
@@ -648,6 +648,10 @@ def get_kubernetes_distro(api_response):  # Heuristic
                 return "eks"
             if labels.get("minikube.k8s.io/version"):
                 return "minikube"
+            if annotations.get("node.aksedge.io/distro") == 'aks_edge_k3s':
+                return "aks_edge_k3s"
+            if annotations.get("node.aksedge.io/distro") == 'aks_edge_k8s':
+                return "aks_edge_k8s"
             if provider_id.startswith("kind://"):
                 return "kind"
             if provider_id.startswith("k3s://"):
diff --git a/src/connectedk8s/setup.py b/src/connectedk8s/setup.py
index 4f1158a4961..d92528e8cd6 100644
--- a/src/connectedk8s/setup.py
+++ b/src/connectedk8s/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 # TODO: Confirm this is the right version number you want and it matches your
 # HISTORY.rst entry.
 
-VERSION = '1.5.2'
+VERSION = '1.5.3'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers