diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/engine/vic.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/engine/vic.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b0dc4c695c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/include/nvkm/engine/vic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef __NVKM_VIC_H__
+#define __NVKM_VIC_H__
+#include <core/engine.h>
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/Kbuild b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/Kbuild
index 42e32e1d2858..c2c8d2ac01b8 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/Kbuild
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/Kbuild
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ include $(src)/nvkm/engine/nvdec/Kbuild
 include $(src)/nvkm/engine/pm/Kbuild
 include $(src)/nvkm/engine/sec/Kbuild
 include $(src)/nvkm/engine/sw/Kbuild
+include $(src)/nvkm/engine/vic/Kbuild
 include $(src)/nvkm/engine/vp/Kbuild
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/priv.h b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/priv.h
index 52bca635364f..e80f6ab1c415 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/priv.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/device/priv.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <engine/pm.h>
 #include <engine/sec.h>
 #include <engine/sw.h>
+#include <engine/vic.h>
 #include <engine/vp.h>
 
 int  nvkm_device_ctor(const struct nvkm_device_func *,
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/vic/Kbuild b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/vic/Kbuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ed4fb6488013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/nvkm/engine/vic/Kbuild
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#nvkm-y += nvkm/engine/vic/base.o