diff --git a/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/dummy.py b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/dummy.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7e0317a3f6a452a83efb5d2188f48081e71c386b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bob/bio/face/config/baseline/dummy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+from bob.pipelines import wrap
+from sklearn.pipeline import make_pipeline
+from bob.bio.base.pipelines.vanilla_biometrics import (
+    Distance,
+    VanillaBiometricsPipeline,
+)
+from bob.pipelines.transformers import SampleLinearize
+
+if "database" in locals():
+    annotation_type = database.annotation_type
+    fixed_positions = database.fixed_positions
+else:
+    annotation_type = None
+    fixed_positions = None
+
+
+import bob.ip.color
+from sklearn.base import TransformerMixin, BaseEstimator
+class ToGray(TransformerMixin, BaseEstimator):
+
+    def transform(self, X, annotations=None):
+        return [bob.ip.color.rgb_to_gray(data)[0:10,0:10] for data in X]
+
+    def _more_tags(self):
+        return {"stateless": True, "requires_fit": False}
+
+    def fit(self, X, y=None):
+        return self
+
+
+def load(annotation_type, fixed_positions=None):
+
+    transform_extra_arguments = (("annotations", "annotations"),)
+
+    transformer = make_pipeline(
+        wrap(
+            ["sample"],
+            ToGray(),
+            transform_extra_arguments=transform_extra_arguments,
+        ),
+        SampleLinearize(),
+    )
+
+    algorithm = Distance()
+
+    return VanillaBiometricsPipeline(transformer, algorithm)
+
+
+pipeline = load(annotation_type, fixed_positions)
+transformer = pipeline.transformer
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9066286989f37a2ca4b0920d719ef2853fb2fa3d..d8e733b0aaccc39cf3dcb2feb4eac079454a0664 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ setup(
           'arcface_insight_tf = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.arcface_insight_tf:transformer',
           'gabor_graph = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.gabor_graph:transformer',
           'lgbphs = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.lgbphs:transformer',
+          'dummy = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.dummy:transformer',
         ],
 
         #baselines
@@ -156,6 +157,7 @@ setup(
           'arcface_insight_tf = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.arcface_insight_tf:pipeline',
           'lgbphs = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.lgbphs:pipeline',
           'lda = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.lda:pipeline',
+          'dummy = bob.bio.face.config.baseline.dummy:pipeline',
         ],