diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
index 88223ba39a..2dcfbdbe50 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.c
@@ -661,6 +661,21 @@ gst_caps_has_vaapi_surface (GstCaps * caps)
   return _gst_caps_has_feature (caps, GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_VAAPI_SURFACE);
 }
 
+gboolean
+gst_caps_is_video_raw (GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  GstStructure *structure;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (caps != NULL, FALSE);
+
+  if (!gst_caps_is_fixed (caps))
+    return FALSE;
+  if (!_gst_caps_has_feature (caps, GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_SYSTEM_MEMORY))
+    return FALSE;
+  structure = gst_caps_get_structure (caps, 0);
+  return gst_structure_has_name (structure, "video/x-raw");
+}
+
 void
 gst_video_info_change_format (GstVideoInfo * vip, GstVideoFormat format,
     guint width, guint height)
diff --git a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
index 34aea9cd1e..eb5633bf93 100644
--- a/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
+++ b/gst/vaapi/gstvaapipluginutil.h
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 gboolean
 gst_caps_has_vaapi_surface (GstCaps * caps);
 
+G_GNUC_INTERNAL
+gboolean
+gst_caps_is_video_raw (GstCaps * caps);
+
 G_GNUC_INTERNAL
 void
 gst_video_info_change_format (GstVideoInfo * vip, GstVideoFormat format,