diff --git a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/res/spring/geomag-ingest.xml b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/res/spring/geomag-ingest.xml
index ae419da81f..e1c61ec17e 100644
--- a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/res/spring/geomag-ingest.xml
+++ b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/res/spring/geomag-ingest.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
 		<property name="dao" ref="geomagDao" />
 	</bean>
 	
+	<bean id="geomagDistRegistry" factory-bean="distributionSrv"
+		factory-method="register">
+		<constructor-arg ref="geomagPluginName" />
+		<constructor-arg value="jms-durable:queue:Ingest.GeoMag"/>
+	</bean>
+
   	<bean id="trig1minCalc" class="gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag.TrigKCalculation" />	
 	
     <camelContext id="geomag-camel"
diff --git a/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/utility/edex_static/base/distribution/geomag.xml b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/utility/edex_static/base/distribution/geomag.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9861985150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ncep/gov.noaa.nws.ncep.edex.plugin.geomag/utility/edex_static/base/distribution/geomag.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<requestPatterns xmlns:ns2="group">
+    <!-- this is a placeholder file for distribution registration. 
+    Actual distribution patterns can be added by overriding this file in localization -->
+    <regex>^GEOMAG_FILE$</regex>
+</requestPatterns>