diff --git a/sys/va/gstvacaps.c b/sys/va/gstvacaps.c
index 1e3d2c9f3d..9a4ccb4ee2 100644
--- a/sys/va/gstvacaps.c
+++ b/sys/va/gstvacaps.c
@@ -504,3 +504,9 @@ gst_caps_is_vamemory (GstCaps * caps)
 {
   return _caps_is (caps, "memory:VAMemory");
 }
+
+gboolean
+gst_caps_is_raw (GstCaps * caps)
+{
+  return _caps_is (caps, GST_CAPS_FEATURE_MEMORY_SYSTEM_MEMORY);
+}
diff --git a/sys/va/gstvacaps.h b/sys/va/gstvacaps.h
index 710c9f7d1c..c36ef05019 100644
--- a/sys/va/gstvacaps.h
+++ b/sys/va/gstvacaps.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ gboolean              gst_caps_set_format_array           (GstCaps * caps,
 
 gboolean              gst_caps_is_dmabuf                  (GstCaps * caps);
 gboolean              gst_caps_is_vamemory                (GstCaps * caps);
+gboolean              gst_caps_is_raw                     (GstCaps * caps);
 
 G_END_DECLS