diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index eb39246e..48dba0db 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-## [0.1.2] / 31 March 2022
-- Removed all `Cluster.Sharding` methods that rely on `ClusterShardingSettings`, since it's not practical to create those prior to starting the `ActorSystem`.
+## [0.1.3] / 31 March 2022
+- Added `ShardRegionProxy` support to Akka.Cluster.Hosting
+- Added `DistributedPubSub` support to Akka.Cluster.Hosting
diff --git a/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/AkkaClusterHostingExtensions.cs b/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/AkkaClusterHostingExtensions.cs
index d0473d7d..c91e93ba 100644
--- a/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/AkkaClusterHostingExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Akka.Cluster.Hosting/AkkaClusterHostingExtensions.cs
@@ -164,5 +164,85 @@ public static AkkaConfigurationBuilder WithShardRegion<TKey>(this AkkaConfigurat
                 registry.TryRegister<TKey>(shardRegion);
             });
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Starts a ShardRegionProxy that points to a <see cref="ShardRegion"/> hosted on a different role inside the cluster
+        /// and registers the <see cref="IActorRef"/> with <see cref="TKey"/> in the
+        /// <see cref="ActorRegistry"/> for this <see cref="ActorSystem"/>. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="builder">The builder instance being configured.</param>
+        /// <param name="typeName">The name of the entity type</param>
+        /// <param name="roleName">The role of the Akka.Cluster member that is hosting this <see cref="ShardRegion"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="extractEntityId">
+        /// Partial function to extract the entity id and the message to send to the entity from the incoming message,
+        /// if the partial function does not match the message will be `unhandled`,
+        /// i.e.posted as `Unhandled` messages on the event stream
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name="extractShardId">
+        /// Function to determine the shard id for an incoming message, only messages that passed the `extractEntityId` will be used
+        /// </param>
+        /// <typeparam name="TKey">The type key to use to retrieve the <see cref="IActorRef"/> for this <see cref="ShardRegion"/>.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>The same <see cref="AkkaConfigurationBuilder"/> instance originally passed in.</returns>
+        public static AkkaConfigurationBuilder WithShardRegionProxy<TKey>(this AkkaConfigurationBuilder builder,
+            string typeName, string roleName, ExtractEntityId extractEntityId, ExtractShardId extractShardId)
+        {
+            return builder.WithActors(async (system, registry) =>
+            {
+                var shardRegionProxy = await ClusterSharding.Get(system)
+                    .StartProxyAsync(typeName, roleName, extractEntityId, extractShardId);
+                registry.TryRegister<TKey>(shardRegionProxy);
+            });
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Starts a ShardRegionProxy that points to a <see cref="ShardRegion"/> hosted on a different role inside the cluster
+        /// and registers the <see cref="IActorRef"/> with <see cref="TKey"/> in the
+        /// <see cref="ActorRegistry"/> for this <see cref="ActorSystem"/>. 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="builder">The builder instance being configured.</param>
+        /// <param name="typeName">The name of the entity type</param>
+        /// <param name="roleName">The role of the Akka.Cluster member that is hosting this <see cref="ShardRegion"/>.</param>
+        /// <param name="messageExtractor">
+        /// Functions to extract the entity id, shard id, and the message to send to the entity from the incoming message.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <typeparam name="TKey">The type key to use to retrieve the <see cref="IActorRef"/> for this <see cref="ShardRegion"/>.</typeparam>
+        /// <returns>The same <see cref="AkkaConfigurationBuilder"/> instance originally passed in.</returns>
+        public static AkkaConfigurationBuilder WithShardRegionProxy<TKey>(this AkkaConfigurationBuilder builder,
+            string typeName, string roleName, IMessageExtractor messageExtractor)
+        {
+            return builder.WithActors(async (system, registry) =>
+            {
+                var shardRegionProxy = await ClusterSharding.Get(system)
+                    .StartProxyAsync(typeName, roleName, messageExtractor);
+                registry.TryRegister<TKey>(shardRegionProxy);
+            });
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Starts <see cref="DistributedPubSub"/> on this node immediately upon <see cref="ActorSystem"/> startup.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="builder">The builder instance being configured.</param>
+        /// <param name="role">Specifies which role <see cref="DistributedPubSub"/> will broadcast gossip to. If this value
+        /// is left blank then ALL roles will be targeted.</param>
+        /// <returns>The same <see cref="AkkaConfigurationBuilder"/> instance originally passed in.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Stores the mediator <see cref="IActorRef"/> in the registry using the <see cref="DistributedPubSub"/> key.
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static AkkaConfigurationBuilder WithDistributedPubSub(this AkkaConfigurationBuilder builder,
+            string role)
+        {
+            var middle = builder.AddHocon(DistributedPubSub.DefaultConfig());
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(role)) // add role config
+            {
+                middle = middle.AddHocon($"akka.cluster.pub-sub = \"{role}\"");
+            }
+                
+            return middle.WithActors((system, registry) =>
+            {
+                // force the initialization
+                var mediator = DistributedPubSub.Get(system).Mediator;
+                registry.TryRegister<DistributedPubSub>(mediator);
+            });
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index bb408a45..6cfd5247 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
    <Copyright>Copyright © 2013-2022 Akka.NET Team</Copyright>
     <Authors>Akka.NET Team</Authors>
-    <VersionPrefix>0.1.2</VersionPrefix>
-    <PackageReleaseNotes>• Removed all Cluster.Sharding methods that rely on ClusterShardingSettings%2C since it's not practical to create those prior to starting the ActorSystem.</PackageReleaseNotes>
+    <VersionPrefix>0.1.3</VersionPrefix>
+    <PackageReleaseNotes>• Added ShardRegionProxy support to Akka.Cluster.Hosting
+• Added DistributedPubSub support to Akka.Cluster.Hosting</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <PackageIconUrl>
     </PackageIconUrl>
     <PackageProjectUrl>