diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-codeql.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-codeql.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3da2c9137c4e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-codeql.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elasticmachine/988b80dae436cafea07d9a4a460a011d/raw/rre.schema.json
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Resource
+metadata:
+  name: bk-kibana-codeql
+  description: Run CodeQL
+  links:
+    - title: Pipeline link
+      url: https://buildkite.com/elastic/kibana-codeql
+spec:
+  type: buildkite-pipeline
+  owner: group:kibana-operations
+  system: buildkite
+  implementation:
+    apiVersion: buildkite.elastic.dev/v1
+    kind: Pipeline
+    metadata:
+      name: kibana / codeql
+      description: Run CodeQL
+    spec:
+      env:
+        SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_CHANNEL: "#kibana-operations-alerts"
+        ELASTIC_SLACK_NOTIFICATIONS_ENABLED: "false"
+      repository: elastic/kibana
+      branch_configuration: main
+      default_branch: main
+      pipeline_file: ".buildkite/pipelines/codeql/codeql.yml"
+      provider_settings:
+        trigger_mode: none
+      teams:
+        kibana-operations:
+          access_level: MANAGE_BUILD_AND_READ
+        everyone:
+          access_level: READ_ONLY
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
index 45a155d21280e..5144982a0627d 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/locations.yml
@@ -44,3 +44,4 @@ spec:
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/security-solution-quality-gate/kibana-serverless-security-solution-quality-gate-rule-management.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/trigger-version-dependent-jobs.yml
     - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-pointer-compression.yml
+    - https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/main/.buildkite/pipeline-resource-definitions/kibana-codeql.yml
diff --git a/.buildkite/pipelines/codeql/codeql.yml b/.buildkite/pipelines/codeql/codeql.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..52fc4f910713a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/pipelines/codeql/codeql.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+steps:
+  - command: echo "Placeholder"