diff --git a/client/gulpfile.js b/client/gulpfile.js
index 06d918958288..5338acac958a 100644
--- a/client/gulpfile.js
+++ b/client/gulpfile.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ const INSTALL_PLUGIN_BUILD_IDS = [
     "phylocanvas",
     "plotly",
     "venn",
+    "vitessce",
     "vizarr",
 ]; // todo: derive from XML
 const DIST_PLUGIN_BUILD_IDS = ["new_user"];
diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/vitessce/config/vitessce.xml b/config/plugins/visualizations/vitessce/config/vitessce.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c33e0102807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/plugins/visualizations/vitessce/config/vitessce.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE visualization SYSTEM "../../visualization.dtd">
+<visualization name="Vitessce">
+    <description>Visual integration tool for exploration of spatial single cell experiments.</description>
+    <data_sources>
+        <data_source>
+            <model_class>HistoryDatasetAssociation</model_class>
+            <test test_attr="ext" result_type="datatype">json</test>
+            <to_param param_attr="id">dataset_id</to_param>
+        </data_source>
+    </data_sources>
+    <params>
+        <param type="dataset" var_name_in_template="hda" required="true">dataset_id</param>
+    </params>
+    <requirements>
+        <requirement type="npm" version="0.0.0" package="galaxy-vitessce"/>
+    </requirements>
+    <entry_point entry_point_type="script" src="dist/index.js" css="dist/index.css" />
+</visualization>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/vitessce/static/logo.png b/config/plugins/visualizations/vitessce/static/logo.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79cebd6025f4
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