diff --git a/rosdep/base.yaml b/rosdep/base.yaml
index daafd3c8d37fe..e9677af3a045c 100644
--- a/rosdep/base.yaml
+++ b/rosdep/base.yaml
@@ -795,6 +795,15 @@ emacs:
   gentoo: [virtual/emacs]
   openembedded: [emacs@meta-oe]
   ubuntu: [emacs]
+embree:
+  arch: [embree]
+  debian:
+    bullseye: [libembree-dev]
+  fedora: [embree]
+  ubuntu:
+    '*': [libembree-dev]
+    bionic: null
+    xenial: null
 enblend:
   debian: [enblend]
   fedora: [enblend]