diff --git a/meta-chromium/classes/chromium-extension-package.bbclass b/meta-chromium/classes/chromium-extension-package.bbclass
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dee663af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-chromium/classes/chromium-extension-package.bbclass
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# class for defining extension dir for chromium
+CHROMIUM_EXTENSION_DIR = "${datadir}/chromium/extensions"
diff --git a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium-extensions/chrome-virtual-keyboard_git.bb b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium-extensions/chrome-virtual-keyboard_git.bb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99c58faca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium-extensions/chrome-virtual-keyboard_git.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+SUMMARY = "Chromium Virtual Keyboard"
+DESCRIPTION = "Virtual Keyboard Extension for Chromium/Chrome"
+HOMEPAGE = "https://apps.xontab.com/VirtualKeyboard"
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=a8366463bacd4f2ec5edd419e8a113ff"
+
+SRC_URI = " \
+            git://github.com/xontab/${BPN}.git \
+"
+SRCREV = "e2b9adf4885cc4ed600cd9bccb77e0df8ff549aa"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+PV = "1.11.3+git${SRCPV}"
+
+inherit allarch chromium-extension-package
+
+do_compile[noexec] = "1"
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${CHROMIUM_EXTENSION_DIR}/
+    cp -r ${S} ${D}${CHROMIUM_EXTENSION_DIR}/${BPN}
+
+    # remove unecessary artifacts
+    rm  -f ${D}${CHROMIUM_EXTENSION_DIR}/${BPN}/_config.yml
+    rm  -rf ${D}${CHROMIUM_EXTENSION_DIR}/${BPN}/.git/
+}
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${CHROMIUM_EXTENSION_DIR}/${BPN}"
diff --git a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-gn.inc b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-gn.inc
index 92b5115ec..3b8d4b780 100644
--- a/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-gn.inc
+++ b/meta-chromium/recipes-browser/chromium/chromium-gn.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ require chromium.inc
 require chromium-unbundle.inc
 require gn-utils.inc
 
-inherit features_check gtk-icon-cache qemu
+inherit features_check gtk-icon-cache qemu chromium-extension-package
 
 # The actual directory name in out/ is irrelevant for GN.
 OUTPUT_DIR = "out/Release"
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ GN_ARGS:append:libc-musl = ' use_allocator_shim=false use_allocator="none"'
 CHROMIUM_EXTRA_ARGS ?= " \
         ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'use-egl', '--use-gl=egl', '', d)} \
         ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'kiosk-mode', '--kiosk --no-first-run --incognito', '', d)} \
+        load-extension=$(find ${CHROMIUM_EXTENSION_DIR} -maxdepth 1 | sed 1d | tr \\\\n , ) \
 "
 
 # V8's JIT infrastructure requires binaries such as mksnapshot and