diff --git a/.changeset/rare-waves-hammer.md b/.changeset/rare-waves-hammer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9981b20440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-waves-hammer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-common': patch
+---
+
+Add `CatalogEntityPermission` convenience type.
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-common/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-common/api-report.md
index 12ad6af751..c15cbae103 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-common/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-common/api-report.md
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ export interface CatalogEntityDocument extends IndexableDocument {
   type: string;
 }
 
+// @alpha
+export type CatalogEntityPermission = ResourcePermission<
+  typeof RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY
+>;
+
 // @alpha
 export const catalogEntityReadPermission: ResourcePermission<'catalog-entity'>;
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-common/src/index.ts b/plugins/catalog-common/src/index.ts
index 08184eb871..dfa90c448b 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-common/src/index.ts
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ export {
   catalogLocationCreatePermission,
   catalogLocationDeletePermission,
 } from './permissions';
+export type { CatalogEntityPermission } from './permissions';
 
 export * from './search';
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-common/src/permissions.ts b/plugins/catalog-common/src/permissions.ts
index 51a15bb85e..aa95e8c00f 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-common/src/permissions.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-common/src/permissions.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import { createPermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+import {
+  createPermission,
+  ResourcePermission,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 
 /**
  * Permission resource type which corresponds to catalog entities.
@@ -24,6 +27,15 @@ import { createPermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
  */
 export const RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY = 'catalog-entity';
 
+/**
+ * Convenience type for catalog entity
+ * {@link @backstage/plugin-permission-common#ResourcePermission}s.
+ * @alpha
+ */
+export type CatalogEntityPermission = ResourcePermission<
+  typeof RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY
+>;
+
 /**
  * This permission is used to authorize actions that involve reading one or more
  * entities from the catalog.