diff --git a/src/libcamera/hw/ipu3/ipu3_pipeline_manager.cpp b/src/libcamera/hw/ipu3/ipu3_pipeline_manager.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4593fb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/hw/ipu3/ipu3_pipeline_manager.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * ipu3_pipeline_manager.cpp - Intel IPU3 pipeline manager
+ */
+
+#include "hw/ipu3/ipu3_pipeline_manager.h"
+
+/**
+ * \file ipu3_pipeline_manager.h
+ * \brief Intel IPU3 pipeline manager
+ */
+
+namespace libcamera {
+
+/**
+ * \class IPU3PipelineManager
+ * \brief Intel IPU3 pipeline manager
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \fn int IPU3PipelineManager::init()
+ * \brief Initialize the IPU3 pipeline manager
+ *
+ * The Intel IPU3 ISP exposes two media controllers, one for the
+ * cio2 interface, and one for the imgU unit.
+ *
+ * Open and enumerate entities from both the media graphs.
+ */
+int IPU3PipelineManager::init()
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+} /* namespace libcamera */
diff --git a/src/libcamera/hw/ipu3/meson.build b/src/libcamera/hw/ipu3/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5a74a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/hw/ipu3/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+libcamera_sources += files([
+    'ipu3_pipeline_manager.cpp',
+])
diff --git a/src/libcamera/hw/meson.build b/src/libcamera/hw/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f434c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/hw/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+subdir('ipu3')
diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/hw/ipu3/ipu3_pipeline_manager.h b/src/libcamera/include/hw/ipu3/ipu3_pipeline_manager.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74d0a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/hw/ipu3/ipu3_pipeline_manager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * ipu3_pipeline_manager.h - Intel IPU3 pipeline manager
+ */
+#ifndef __LIBCAMERA_HW_IPU3_PIPELINE_MANAGER_H__
+#define __LIBCAMERA_HW_IPU3_PIPELINE_MANAGER_H__
+
+#include "pipeline_manager.h"
+
+namespace libcamera {
+
+class IPU3PipelineManager : public PipelineManager
+{
+public:
+	~IPU3PipelineManager() { }
+	int init(void);
+};
+
+} /* namespace libcamera */
+#endif /* __LIBCAMERA_HW_IPU3_PIPELINE_MANAGER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_manager.h b/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_manager.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1722d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/pipeline_manager.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * pipeline_manager.h - Media pipeline managers interface definition
+ */
+#ifndef __LIBCAMERA_PIPELINE_MANAGER_H__
+#define __LIBCAMERA_PIPELINE_MANAGER_H__
+
+/**
+ * \file pipeline_manager.h
+ */
+
+namespace libcamera {
+
+/**
+ * \class PipelineManager
+ * \brief Pure virtual pipeline manager base class
+ *
+ * The PipelineManager abstract class defines the pipeline manager
+ * interface that HW-specific implementations have to realize.
+ */
+class PipelineManager
+{
+public:
+	virtual ~PipelineManager() { };
+
+	/**
+	 * \fn int PipelineManager::init()
+	 * \brief Initialize the pipeline manager
+	 */
+	virtual int init(void) = 0;
+};
+
+} /* namespace libcamera */
+#endif /* __LIBCAMERA_PIPELINE_MANAGER_H__ */
diff --git a/src/libcamera/main.cpp b/src/libcamera/main.cpp
index 7ed37df..ef327b0 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/main.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/main.cpp
@@ -8,11 +8,18 @@
 #include <libcamera/libcamera.h>

 #include "log.h"
+#include "pipeline_manager.h"
+#include "hw/ipu3/ipu3_pipeline_manager.h"

 namespace libcamera {

 void libcamera::init_lib(void)
 {
+	PipelineManager *pipeline = new IPU3PipelineManager;
+	int ret = pipeline->init();
+	if (ret)
+		LOG(Error) << "Failed to initialize pipeline manager: " << ret;
+
 	LOG(Info) << "Lib Camera Init";
 }

diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index 0c44b5a..10a71a6 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ includes = [
     include_directories('include'),
 ]

+subdir('hw')
+
 libcamera = shared_library('camera',
                            libcamera_sources,
                            install : true,