diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/virtual/data/meson.build b/src/libcamera/pipeline/virtual/data/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce63f9a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/virtual/data/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+install_data('virtual.yaml',
+             install_dir : pipeline_data_dir / 'virtual',
+             install_tag : 'runtime',
+             rename: 'virtual.yaml.example')
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/virtual/meson.build b/src/libcamera/pipeline/virtual/meson.build
index 4786fe2e0..c84345936 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/virtual/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/virtual/meson.build
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ libjpeg = dependency('libjpeg', required : true)
 
 libcamera_deps += [libyuv_dep]
 libcamera_deps += [libjpeg]
+
+subdir('data')