diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-vm-images.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-vm-images.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dd8a6c945c455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-vm-images.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elasticmachine/988b80dae436cafea07d9a4a460a011d/raw/rre.schema.json
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Resource
+metadata:
+  name: bk-kibana-vm-images
+  description: Build CI agent VM images for Kibana
+  links:
+    - url: 'https://buildkite.com/elastic/kibana-vm-images'
+      title: Pipeline link
+spec:
+  type: buildkite-pipeline
+  owner: group:kibana-operations
+  system: buildkite
+  implementation:
+    apiVersion: buildkite.elastic.dev/v1
+    kind: Pipeline
+    metadata:
+      name: kibana / vm images
+      description: Build CI agent VM images for Kibana
+    spec:
+      env:
+        SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_CHANNEL: '#kibana-operations-alerts'
+        ELASTIC_SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED: 'true'
+      default_branch: main
+      repository: elastic/ci-agent-images
+      pipeline_file: vm-images/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+      skip_intermediate_builds: false
+      provider_settings:
+        trigger_mode: none
+      schedules:
+        daily kibana image build:
+          branch: main
+          cronline: '0 0 * * *'
+          env:
+            IMAGES_CONFIG: kibana/images.yml
+          message: Builds Kibana VM images daily
+        daily kibana fips image build:
+          branch: main
+          cronline: '0 4 * * *' # make sure this runs after the daily kibana image build
+          env:
+            BASE_IMAGES_CONFIG: 'core/images.yml,kibana/images.yml'
+            IMAGES_CONFIG: kibana/fips.yml
+          message: Builds Kibana FIPS VM image daily
+      teams:
+        kibana-operations:
+          access_level: MANAGE_BUILD_AND_READ
+        everyone:
+          access_level: BUILD_AND_READ
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
index ce0ab7750d489..7f96bff2b51b4 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ spec:
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-serverless-quality-gates.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-serverless-release-testing.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-serverless-release.yml
+    - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-vm-images.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/scalability_testing-daily.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/security-solution-ess/security-solution-ess.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/security-solution-quality-gate/kibana-serverless-security-solution-quality-gate-defend-workflows.yml