diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/index.ts b/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/index.ts
index 9a4a007317..1dd5d77d51 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/index.ts
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@
 
 export * from './types';
 export * from './constants';
+export * from './permissions';
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/permissions.ts b/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/permissions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd42498f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/permissions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { createPermission } from '@backstage/plugin-permission-common';
+
+import { RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-common';
+
+export const azureDevOpsPullRequestReadPermission = createPermission({
+  name: 'azure.devops.pullrequest.read',
+  attributes: { action: 'read' },
+  resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
+});
+
+export const azureDevOpsPullRequestDashboardReadPermission = createPermission({
+  name: 'azure.devops.pullrequest.dashboard.read',
+  attributes: { action: 'read' },
+});
+
+export const azureDevOpsPipelineReadPermission = createPermission({
+  name: 'azure.devops.pipeline.read',
+  attributes: { action: 'read' },
+  resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
+});
+export const azureDevOpsGitTagReadPermission = createPermission({
+  name: 'azure.devops.gittag.read',
+  attributes: { action: 'read' },
+  resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
+});
+export const azureDevOpsReadmeReadPermission = createPermission({
+  name: 'azure.devops.readme.read',
+  attributes: { action: 'read' },
+  resourceType: RESOURCE_TYPE_CATALOG_ENTITY,
+});
+
+export const azureDevOpsPermissions = [
+  azureDevOpsPullRequestReadPermission,
+  azureDevOpsPipelineReadPermission,
+  azureDevOpsGitTagReadPermission,
+  azureDevOpsReadmeReadPermission,
+  azureDevOpsPullRequestDashboardReadPermission,
+];
diff --git a/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/types.ts b/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/types.ts
index 0390bb1f6e..ab53af66cb 100644
--- a/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/azure-devops-common/src/types.ts
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ export interface Team {
 export interface ReadmeConfig {
   project: string;
   repo: string;
+  entityRef: string;
   host?: string;
   org?: string;
   path?: string;