diff --git a/dsc/tests/dsc_discovery.tests.ps1 b/dsc/tests/dsc_discovery.tests.ps1
index bee5efdb..8c1c4897 100644
--- a/dsc/tests/dsc_discovery.tests.ps1
+++ b/dsc/tests/dsc_discovery.tests.ps1
@@ -2,6 +2,18 @@
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
 Describe 'tests for resource discovery' {
+    BeforeAll {
+        $env:DSC_RESOURCE_PATH = $testdrive
+    }
+
+    AfterEach {
+        Remove-Item -Path "$testdrive/test.dsc.resource.*" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+    }
+
+    AfterAll {
+        $env:DSC_RESOURCE_PATH = $null
+    }
+
     It 'Use DSC_RESOURCE_PATH instead of PATH when defined' {
         $resourceJson = @'
         {
@@ -14,15 +26,45 @@ Describe 'tests for resource discovery' {
           }
 '@
 
-        try {
-            $env:DSC_RESOURCE_PATH = $testdrive
-            Set-Content -Path "$testdrive/test.dsc.resource.json" -Value $resourceJson
-            $resources = dsc resource list | ConvertFrom-Json
-            $resources.Count | Should -Be 1
-            $resources.type | Should -BeExactly 'DSC/TestPathResource'
-        }
-        finally {
-            $env:DSC_RESOURCE_PATH = $null
-        }
+        Set-Content -Path "$testdrive/test.dsc.resource.json" -Value $resourceJson
+        $resources = dsc resource list | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $resources.Count | Should -Be 1
+        $resources.type | Should -BeExactly 'DSC/TestPathResource'
+    }
+
+    It 'support discovering <extension>' -TestCases @(
+        @{ extension = 'yaml' }
+        @{ extension = 'yml' }
+    ) {
+        param($extension)
+
+        $resourceYaml = @'
+        $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/08/bundled/resource/manifest.json
+        type: DSC/TestYamlResource
+        version: 0.1.0
+        get:
+          executable: dsc
+'@
+
+        Set-Content -Path "$testdrive/test.dsc.resource.$extension" -Value $resourceYaml
+        $resources = dsc resource list | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $resources.Count | Should -Be 1
+        $resources.type | Should -BeExactly 'DSC/TestYamlResource'
+    }
+
+    It 'does not support discovering a file with an extension that is not json or yaml' {
+        param($extension)
+
+        $resourceInput = @'
+        $schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PowerShell/DSC/main/schemas/2023/08/bundled/resource/manifest.json
+        type: DSC/TestYamlResource
+        version: 0.1.0
+        get:
+          executable: dsc
+'@
+
+        Set-Content -Path "$testdrive/test.dsc.resource.txt" -Value $resourceInput
+        $resources = dsc resource list | ConvertFrom-Json
+        $resources.Count | Should -Be 0
     }
 }
diff --git a/dsc_lib/Cargo.toml b/dsc_lib/Cargo.toml
index ad4c2f50..f32d78c4 100644
--- a/dsc_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dsc_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["blocking"] }
 schemars = { version = "0.8.12", features = ["preserve_order"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", features = ["preserve_order"] }
+serde_yaml = { version = "0.9.3" }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 chrono = "0.4.26"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
diff --git a/dsc_lib/src/discovery/command_discovery.rs b/dsc_lib/src/discovery/command_discovery.rs
index a7a939c0..5b13f4a5 100644
--- a/dsc_lib/src/discovery/command_discovery.rs
+++ b/dsc_lib/src/discovery/command_discovery.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use crate::dscresources::command_resource::invoke_command;
 use crate::dscerror::DscError;
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::env;
+use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::BufReader;
 use std::path::Path;
@@ -50,7 +51,10 @@ impl CommandDiscovery {
                     let path = entry.path();
                     if path.is_file() {
                         let file_name = path.file_name().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
-                        if file_name.to_lowercase().ends_with(".dsc.resource.json") {
+                        let file_name_lowercase = file_name.to_lowercase();
+                        if file_name_lowercase.ends_with(".dsc.resource.json") ||
+                           file_name_lowercase.ends_with(".dsc.resource.yaml") ||
+                           file_name_lowercase.ends_with(".dsc.resource.yml") {
                             let resource = match load_manifest(&path)
                             {
                                 Ok(r) => r,
@@ -203,12 +207,23 @@ impl ResourceDiscovery for CommandDiscovery {
 fn load_manifest(path: &Path) -> Result<DscResource, DscError> {
     let file = File::open(path)?;
     let reader = BufReader::new(file);
-    let manifest: ResourceManifest = match serde_json::from_reader(reader) {
-        Ok(manifest) => manifest,
-        Err(err) => {
-            return Err(DscError::Manifest(path.to_string_lossy().to_string(), err));
+    let manifest: ResourceManifest = if path.extension() == Some(OsStr::new("json")) {
+        match serde_json::from_reader(reader) {
+            Ok(manifest) => manifest,
+            Err(err) => {
+                return Err(DscError::Manifest(path.to_string_lossy().to_string(), err));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        match serde_yaml::from_reader(reader) {
+            Ok(manifest) => manifest,
+            Err(err) => {
+                return Err(DscError::ManifestYaml(path.to_string_lossy().to_string(), err));
+            }
         }
     };
+
     let resource = DscResource {
         type_name: manifest.resource_type.clone(),
         implemented_as: ImplementedAs::Command,
diff --git a/dsc_lib/src/dscerror.rs b/dsc_lib/src/dscerror.rs
index b5bb1fdb..214be45f 100644
--- a/dsc_lib/src/dscerror.rs
+++ b/dsc_lib/src/dscerror.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ pub enum DscError {
     #[error("Manifest: {0}\nJSON: {1}")]
     Manifest(String, serde_json::Error),
 
+    #[error("Manifest: {0}\nYAML: {1}")]
+    ManifestYaml(String, serde_yaml::Error),
+
     #[error("Missing manifest: {0}")]
     MissingManifest(String),