diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index e9e815fde366..ea38f1553240 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ option('gstreamer',
 
 option('pipelines',
         type : 'array',
-        choices : ['ipu3', 'raspberrypi', 'rkisp1', 'simple', 'uvcvideo', 'vimc'],
+        choices : ['ipu3', 'raspberrypi', 'rkisp1', 'simple', 'uvcvideo', 'vimc', 'vivid'],
         description : 'Select which pipeline handlers to include')
 
 option('qcam',
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vivid/meson.build b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vivid/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..086bb825387c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vivid/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+
+libcamera_sources += files([
+    'vivid.cpp',
+])
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vivid/vivid.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vivid/vivid.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4418f616fe84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vivid/vivid.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2020, Google Inc.
+ *
+ * vivid.cpp - Pipeline handler for the vivid capture device
+ */
+
+#include "libcamera/internal/log.h"
+#include "libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h"
+
+namespace libcamera {
+
+LOG_DEFINE_CATEGORY(VIVID)
+
+class PipelineHandlerVivid : public PipelineHandler
+{
+public:
+	PipelineHandlerVivid(CameraManager *manager);
+
+	CameraConfiguration *generateConfiguration(Camera *camera,
+						   const StreamRoles &roles) override;
+	int configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *config) override;
+
+	int exportFrameBuffers(Camera *camera, Stream *stream,
+			       std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FrameBuffer>> *buffers) override;
+
+	int start(Camera *camera) override;
+	void stop(Camera *camera) override;
+
+	int queueRequestDevice(Camera *camera, Request *request) override;
+
+	bool match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator) override;
+};
+
+PipelineHandlerVivid::PipelineHandlerVivid(CameraManager *manager)
+	: PipelineHandler(manager)
+{
+}
+
+CameraConfiguration *PipelineHandlerVivid::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera,
+								 const StreamRoles &roles)
+{
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+int PipelineHandlerVivid::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *config)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int PipelineHandlerVivid::exportFrameBuffers(Camera *camera, Stream *stream,
+					     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FrameBuffer>> *buffers)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+int PipelineHandlerVivid::start(Camera *camera)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+void PipelineHandlerVivid::stop(Camera *camera)
+{
+}
+
+int PipelineHandlerVivid::queueRequestDevice(Camera *camera, Request *request)
+{
+	return -1;
+}
+
+bool PipelineHandlerVivid::match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
+REGISTER_PIPELINE_HANDLER(PipelineHandlerVivid);
+
+} /* namespace libcamera */