diff --git a/.changeset/polite-zoos-pay.md b/.changeset/polite-zoos-pay.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9596d1356c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/polite-zoos-pay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-catalog-node': minor
+---
+
+Allow setting EntityDataParser using CatalogModelExtensionPoint
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
index 255df84d58..1b4a6fba51 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/CatalogPlugin.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
 } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node/alpha';
 import {
   CatalogProcessor,
+  CatalogProcessorParser,
   EntityProvider,
   PlaceholderResolver,
   ScmLocationAnalyzer,
@@ -137,6 +138,21 @@ class CatalogModelExtensionPointImpl implements CatalogModelExtensionPoint {
   get fieldValidators() {
     return this.#fieldValidators;
   }
+
+  #entityDataParser?: CatalogProcessorParser;
+
+  setEntityDataParser(parser: CatalogProcessorParser): void {
+    if (this.#entityDataParser) {
+      throw new Error(
+        'Attempted to install second EntityDataParser. Only one can be set.',
+      );
+    }
+    this.#entityDataParser = parser;
+  }
+
+  get entityDataParser() {
+    return this.#entityDataParser;
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -205,6 +221,11 @@ export const catalogPlugin = createBackendPlugin({
         }
         builder.addProcessor(...processingExtensions.processors);
         builder.addEntityProvider(...processingExtensions.entityProviders);
+
+        if (modelExtensions.entityDataParser) {
+          builder.setEntityDataParser(modelExtensions.entityDataParser);
+        }
+
         Object.entries(processingExtensions.placeholderResolvers).forEach(
           ([key, resolver]) => builder.setPlaceholderResolver(key, resolver),
         );
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/api-report-alpha.md b/plugins/catalog-node/api-report-alpha.md
index e43d1bd49f..17ad6e7c1e 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-node/api-report-alpha.md
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/api-report-alpha.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ```ts
 import { CatalogApi } from '@backstage/catalog-client';
 import { CatalogProcessor } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
+import { CatalogProcessorParser } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { EntitiesSearchFilter } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
 import { Entity } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { EntityProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-node';
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ export const catalogAnalysisExtensionPoint: ExtensionPoint<CatalogAnalysisExtens
 
 // @alpha (undocumented)
 export interface CatalogModelExtensionPoint {
+  setEntityDataParser(parser: CatalogProcessorParser): void;
   setFieldValidators(validators: Partial<Validators>): void;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/catalog-node/src/extensions.ts b/plugins/catalog-node/src/extensions.ts
index 763e934176..09a7e1d894 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-node/src/extensions.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-node/src/extensions.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import { createExtensionPoint } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 import { Entity, Validators } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import {
   CatalogProcessor,
+  CatalogProcessorParser,
   EntitiesSearchFilter,
   EntityProvider,
   PlaceholderResolver,
@@ -55,6 +56,12 @@ export interface CatalogModelExtensionPoint {
    * @param validators - The (subset of) validators to set
    */
   setFieldValidators(validators: Partial<Validators>): void;
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the entity data parser which is used to read raw data from locations
+   * @param parser - Parser which will used to extract entities from raw data
+   */
+  setEntityDataParser(parser: CatalogProcessorParser): void;
 }
 
 /**