diff --git a/.buildkite/metricbeat/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/metricbeat/pipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..34321b61161b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/metricbeat/pipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/buildkite/pipeline-schema/main/schema.json
+
+steps:
+  - label: "Example test"
+    command: echo "Hello!"
diff --git a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
index ef9a84c3fe38..2cfac0a00b25 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
+++ b/.buildkite/pull-requests.json
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@
             "skip_target_branches": [ ],
             "skip_ci_on_only_changed": [ ],
             "always_require_ci_on_changed": [ ]
+        },
+        {
+            "enabled": true,
+            "pipelineSlug": "beats-metricbeat",
+            "allow_org_users": true,
+            "allowed_repo_permissions": ["admin", "write"],
+            "allowed_list": [ ],
+            "set_commit_status": true,
+            "build_on_commit": true,
+            "build_on_comment": true,
+            "trigger_comment_regex": "^/test metricbeat$",
+            "always_trigger_comment_regex": "^/test metricbeat$",
+            "skip_ci_labels": [  ],
+            "skip_target_branches": [ ],
+            "skip_ci_on_only_changed": [ ],
+            "always_require_ci_on_changed": [ "^metricbeat/.*", ".buildkite/metricbeat/.*", "^go.mod", "^pytest.ini", "^dev-tools/.*", "^libbeat/.*", "^testing/.*"]
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/catalog-info.yaml b/catalog-info.yaml
index 21067775289c..3ccb648d0979 100644
--- a/catalog-info.yaml
+++ b/catalog-info.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Component
 metadata:
   name: beats
-  description: :tropical_fish: Beats - Lightweight shippers for Elasticsearch & Logstash
+  description: ":tropical_fish: Beats - Lightweight shippers for Elasticsearch & Logstash"
   links:
     - title: Beats Documentation
       icon: file-doc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ spec:
   lifecycle: production
 
 ---
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elasticmachine/988b80dae436cafea07d9a4a460a011d/raw/e57ee3bed7a6f73077a3f55a38e76e40ec87a7cf/rre.schema.json
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elasticmachine/988b80dae436cafea07d9a4a460a011d/raw/rre.schema.json
 apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Resource
 metadata:
@@ -62,6 +62,52 @@ spec:
         everyone:
           access_level: READ_ONLY
 
+---
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elasticmachine/988b80dae436cafea07d9a4a460a011d/raw/rre.schema.json
+apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Resource
+metadata:
+  name: buildkite-pipeline-metricbeat
+  description: 'Beats: Metricbeat pipeline'
+  links:
+    - title: Pipeline
+      url: https://buildkite.com/elastic/beats-metricbeat
+
+spec:
+  type: buildkite-pipeline
+  owner: group:ingest-fp
+  system: buildkite
+  implementation:
+    apiVersion: buildkite.elastic.dev/v1
+    kind: Pipeline
+    metadata:
+      name: beats-metricbeat
+      description: 'Beats Metricbeat pipeline'
+    spec:
+      branch_configuration: "main 7.* 8.* v7.* v8.*"
+      pipeline_file: ".buildkite/metricbeat/pipeline.yml"
+      maximum_timeout_in_minutes: 120
+      provider_settings:
+        build_pull_request_forks: false
+        build_pull_requests: true # requires filter_enabled and filter_condition settings as below when used with buildkite-pr-bot
+        build_tags: true
+        filter_enabled: true
+        filter_condition: >-
+          build.pull_request.id == null || (build.creator.name == 'elasticmachine' && build.pull_request.id != null)
+      repository: elastic/beats
+      cancel_intermediate_builds: true
+      cancel_intermediate_builds_branch_filter: '!main !7.* !8.*'
+      skip_intermediate_builds: true
+      skip_intermediate_builds_branch_filter: '!main !7.* !8.*'
+      # TODO uncomment this environment variable when pipeline definition is updated
+      # env:
+      #   ELASTIC_PR_COMMENTS_ENABLED: 'true'
+      teams:
+        ingest-fp:
+          access_level: MANAGE_BUILD_AND_READ
+        everyone:
+          access_level: READ_ONLY
+
 ---
 # yaml-language-server: $schema=https://gist.githubusercontent.com/elasticmachine/988b80dae436cafea07d9a4a460a011d/raw/e57ee3bed7a6f73077a3f55a38e76e40ec87a7cf/rre.schema.json
 apiVersion: backstage.io/v1alpha1