diff --git a/src/ipa/vimc/data/meson.build b/src/ipa/vimc/data/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c844926da7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ipa/vimc/data/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+conf_files = files([
+    'vimc.conf',
+])
+
+install_data(conf_files,
+             install_dir : join_paths(ipa_data_dir, 'vimc'))
diff --git a/src/ipa/vimc/data/vimc.conf b/src/ipa/vimc/data/vimc.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3cda75801e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ipa/vimc/data/vimc.conf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Dummy configuration file for the vimc IPA.
diff --git a/src/ipa/vimc/meson.build b/src/ipa/vimc/meson.build
index a354096d8496..f8650ee80461 100644
--- a/src/ipa/vimc/meson.build
+++ b/src/ipa/vimc/meson.build
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ if ipa_sign_module
                   install : true,
                   install_dir : ipa_install_dir)
 endif
+
+subdir('data')