diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
index d00237ee4cae..7f933ff89fd4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-dev.c
@@ -1095,6 +1095,67 @@ void video_unregister_device(struct video_device *vdev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(video_unregister_device);
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER)
+
+__must_check int video_device_pipeline_start(struct video_device *vdev,
+					     struct media_pipeline *pipe)
+{
+	struct media_entity *entity = &vdev->entity;
+
+	if (entity->num_pads != 1)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return media_pipeline_start(entity, pipe);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(video_device_pipeline_start);
+
+__must_check int __video_device_pipeline_start(struct video_device *vdev,
+					       struct media_pipeline *pipe)
+{
+	struct media_entity *entity = &vdev->entity;
+
+	if (entity->num_pads != 1)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return __media_pipeline_start(entity, pipe);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__video_device_pipeline_start);
+
+void video_device_pipeline_stop(struct video_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct media_entity *entity = &vdev->entity;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(entity->num_pads != 1))
+		return;
+
+	return media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(video_device_pipeline_stop);
+
+void __video_device_pipeline_stop(struct video_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct media_entity *entity = &vdev->entity;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(entity->num_pads != 1))
+		return;
+
+	return __media_pipeline_stop(entity);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__video_device_pipeline_stop);
+
+struct media_pipeline *video_device_pipeline(struct video_device *vdev)
+{
+	struct media_entity *entity = &vdev->entity;
+
+	if (WARN_ON(entity->num_pads != 1))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return media_entity_pipeline(entity);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(video_device_pipeline);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER */
+
 /*
  *	Initialise video for linux
  */
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
index 5cf1edefb822..4ccc24f5918a 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-dev.h
@@ -539,4 +539,94 @@ static inline int video_is_registered(struct video_device *vdev)
 	return test_bit(V4L2_FL_REGISTERED, &vdev->flags);
 }
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER)
+
+/**
+ * video_device_pipeline_start - Mark a pipeline as streaming
+ * @vdev: Starting video device
+ * @pipe: Media pipeline to be assigned to all entities in the pipeline.
+ *
+ * Mark all entities connected to a given video device through enabled links,
+ * either directly or indirectly, as streaming. The given pipeline object is
+ * assigned to every entity in the pipeline and stored in the media_entity pipe
+ * field.
+ *
+ * Calls to this function can be nested, in which case the same number of
+ * video_device_pipeline_stop() calls will be required to stop streaming. The
+ * pipeline pointer must be identical for all nested calls to
+ * video_device_pipeline_start().
+ *
+ * The video device must contain a single pad.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience wrapper to media_pipeline_start().
+ */
+__must_check int video_device_pipeline_start(struct video_device *vdev,
+					     struct media_pipeline *pipe);
+
+/**
+ * __video_device_pipeline_start - Mark a pipeline as streaming
+ *
+ * @vdev: Starting video device
+ * @pipe: Media pipeline to be assigned to all entities in the pipeline.
+ *
+ * ..note:: This is the non-locking version of video_device_pipeline_start()
+ *
+ * The video device must contain a single pad.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience wrapper to __media_pipeline_start().
+ */
+__must_check int __video_device_pipeline_start(struct video_device *vdev,
+					       struct media_pipeline *pipe);
+
+/**
+ * video_device_pipeline_stop - Mark a pipeline as not streaming
+ * @vdev: Starting video device
+ *
+ * Mark all entities connected to a given entity through enabled links, either
+ * directly or indirectly, as not streaming. The media_entity pipe field is
+ * reset to %NULL.
+ *
+ * If multiple calls to media_pipeline_start() have been made, the same
+ * number of calls to this function are required to mark the pipeline as not
+ * streaming.
+ *
+ * The video device must contain a single pad.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience wrapper to media_pipeline_stop().
+ */
+void video_device_pipeline_stop(struct video_device *vdev);
+
+/**
+ * __video_device_pipeline_stop - Mark a pipeline as not streaming
+ *
+ * @vdev: Starting video device
+ *
+ * .. note:: This is the non-locking version of media_pipeline_stop()
+ *
+ * The video device must contain a single pad.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience wrapper to __media_pipeline_stop().
+ */
+void __video_device_pipeline_stop(struct video_device *vdev);
+
+/**
+ * video_device_pipeline - Get the media pipeline a video device is part of
+ * @vdev: The video device
+ *
+ * This function returns the media pipeline that a video device has been
+ * associated with when constructing the pipeline with
+ * video_device_pipeline_start(). The pointer remains valid until
+ * video_device_pipeline_stop() is called.
+ *
+ * Return: The media_pipeline the video device is part of, or NULL if the video
+ * device is not part of any pipeline.
+ *
+ * The video device must contain a single pad.
+ *
+ * This is a convenience wrapper to media_entity_pipeline().
+ */
+struct media_pipeline *video_device_pipeline(struct video_device *vdev);
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_MEDIA_CONTROLLER */
+
 #endif /* _V4L2_DEV_H */
