diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
index f18d396114..d3abca1c94 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/api-report.md
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ import { CatalogProcessorParser } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { CatalogProcessorRefreshKeysResult } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { CatalogProcessorRelationResult } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { CatalogProcessorResult } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
+import { CompoundEntityRef } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { ConditionalPolicyDecision } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
 import { Conditions } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-node';
 import { Config } from '@backstage/config';
 import { DeferredEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
+import { DiscoveryApi } from '@backstage/core-plugin-api';
 import { DocumentCollatorFactory } from '@backstage/plugin-search-common';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { EntityPolicy } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
@@ -64,9 +66,9 @@ export type AnalyzeLocationEntityField = {
 
 // @public
 export type AnalyzeLocationExistingEntity = {
-  location: LocationSpec;
-  isRegistered: boolean;
-  entity: Entity;
+  target: string;
+  exists: boolean | undefined;
+  entities: CompoundEntityRef[];
 };
 
 // @public
@@ -218,6 +220,7 @@ export type CatalogEnvironment = {
   config: Config;
   reader: UrlReader;
   permissions: PermissionEvaluator | PermissionAuthorizer;
+  discovery: DiscoveryApi;
 };
 
 // @alpha
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
index 64e1e52494..3619460c4d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
   permissionsServiceRef,
   urlReaderServiceRef,
   httpRouterServiceRef,
+  discoveryServiceRef,
 } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { CatalogBuilder } from './CatalogBuilder';
 import {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export const catalogPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
         permissions: permissionsServiceRef,
         database: databaseServiceRef,
         httpRouter: httpRouterServiceRef,
+        discovery: discoveryServiceRef,
       },
       async init({
         logger,
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ export const catalogPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
         database,
         permissions,
         httpRouter,
+        discovery,
       }) {
         const winstonLogger = loggerToWinstonLogger(logger);
         const builder = await CatalogBuilder.create({
@@ -94,6 +97,7 @@ export const catalogPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
           permissions,
           database,
           logger: winstonLogger,
+          discovery,
         });
         builder.addProcessor(...processingExtensions.processors);
         builder.addEntityProvider(...processingExtensions.entityProviders);