diff --git a/lib/wp/core.c b/lib/wp/core.c
index 2a0e1a21..b6b2d546 100644
--- a/lib/wp/core.c
+++ b/lib/wp/core.c
@@ -219,3 +219,4 @@ G_DEFINE_QUARK (pw-remote, wp_global_pw_remote)
 G_DEFINE_QUARK (endpoint, wp_global_endpoint)
 G_DEFINE_QUARK (factory, wp_global_factory)
 G_DEFINE_QUARK (module, wp_global_module)
+G_DEFINE_QUARK (policy-manager, wp_global_policy_manager)
diff --git a/lib/wp/core.h b/lib/wp/core.h
index 6e9af37a..e9b331f6 100644
--- a/lib/wp/core.h
+++ b/lib/wp/core.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ GQuark wp_global_factory_quark (void);
 #define WP_GLOBAL_MODULE (wp_global_module_quark ())
 GQuark wp_global_module_quark (void);
 
+#define WP_GLOBAL_POLICY_MANAGER (wp_global_policy_manager_quark ())
+GQuark wp_global_policy_manager_quark (void);
+
 G_END_DECLS
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/wp/meson.build b/lib/wp/meson.build
index f6d2a88e..beadafac 100644
--- a/lib/wp/meson.build
+++ b/lib/wp/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ wp_lib_sources = [
   'error.c',
   'factory.c',
   'module.c',
+  'policy.c',
 ]
 
 wp_lib_headers = [
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ wp_lib_headers = [
   'error.h',
   'factory.h',
   'module.h',
+  'policy.h',
   'wp.h',
 ]
 
diff --git a/lib/wp/policy.c b/lib/wp/policy.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8045e293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/wp/policy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+/* WirePlumber
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2019 Collabora Ltd.
+ *    @author George Kiagiadakis <george.kiagiadakis@collabora.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#include "policy.h"
+
+/* WpPolicyManager */
+
+struct _WpPolicyManager
+{
+  GObject parent;
+  GList *policies;
+};
+
+G_DEFINE_TYPE (WpPolicyManager, wp_policy_manager, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
+
+static void
+wp_policy_manager_init (WpPolicyManager *self)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+wp_policy_manager_finalize (GObject *object)
+{
+  WpPolicyManager *self = WP_POLICY_MANAGER (object);
+
+  g_list_free_full (self->policies, g_object_unref);
+
+  G_OBJECT_CLASS (wp_policy_manager_parent_class)->finalize (object);
+}
+
+static void
+wp_policy_manager_class_init (WpPolicyManagerClass *klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
+
+  object_class->finalize = wp_policy_manager_finalize;
+}
+
+static void
+policy_mgr_endpoint_added (WpCore *core, GQuark key, WpEndpoint *ep,
+    WpPolicyManager *self)
+{
+  GList *l;
+  WpPolicy *p;
+  gboolean handled = FALSE;
+
+  for (l = g_list_first (self->policies); l; l = g_list_next (l)) {
+    p = WP_POLICY (l->data);
+
+    if (WP_POLICY_GET_CLASS (p)->endpoint_added)
+      WP_POLICY_GET_CLASS (p)->endpoint_added (p, ep);
+
+    if (!handled && WP_POLICY_GET_CLASS (p)->handle_endpoint)
+      handled = WP_POLICY_GET_CLASS (p)->handle_endpoint (p, ep);
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+policy_mgr_endpoint_removed (WpCore *core, GQuark key, WpEndpoint *ep,
+    WpPolicyManager *self)
+{
+  GList *l;
+  WpPolicy *p;
+
+  for (l = g_list_first (self->policies); l; l = g_list_next (l)) {
+    p = WP_POLICY (l->data);
+
+    if (WP_POLICY_GET_CLASS (p)->endpoint_removed)
+      WP_POLICY_GET_CLASS (p)->endpoint_removed (p, ep);
+  }
+}
+
+static WpPolicyManager *
+wp_policy_manager_new (WpCore *core)
+{
+  WpPolicyManager *mgr = g_object_new (WP_TYPE_POLICY_MANAGER, NULL);
+
+  g_signal_connect_object (core, "global-added::endpoint",
+      (GCallback) policy_mgr_endpoint_added, mgr, 0);
+  g_signal_connect_object (core, "global-removed::endpoint",
+      (GCallback) policy_mgr_endpoint_removed, mgr, 0);
+
+  wp_core_register_global (core, WP_GLOBAL_POLICY_MANAGER, mgr,
+      g_object_unref);
+
+  return mgr;
+}
+
+/* WpPolicy */
+
+/**
+ * WpPolicyClass::endpoint_added:
+ * @self: the policy
+ * @ep: the endpoint
+ *
+ * Called when a new endpoint has been added.
+ * This is only informative, to be used for internal bookeeping purposes.
+ * No action should be taken to do something with this endpoint.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * WpPolicyClass::endpoint_removed:
+ * @self: the policy
+ * @ep: the endpoint
+ *
+ * Called when an endpoint has been removed.
+ * This is only informative, to be used for internal bookeeping purposes.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * WpPolicyClass::handle_endpoint:
+ * @self: the policy
+ * @ep: the endpoint
+ *
+ * Called when a new endpoint has been added.
+ * The policy is meant to decide if this endpoint needs to be linked
+ * somewhere and if so, create the link.
+ * This will only be called if no other higher-ranked policy has already
+ * handled this endpoint.
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE if this policy did handle the endpoint, FALSE to let some
+ *   lower-ranked policy to try
+ */
+
+/**
+ * WpPolicyClass::find_endpoint:
+ * @self: the policy
+ * @props: properties of the lookup
+ * @stream_id: (out): the relevant stream id of the returned endpoint
+ *
+ * Called to locate an endpoint with a specific set of properties,
+ * which may be used to implement decision making when multiple endpoints
+ * can match.
+ *
+ * The most notorious use case of this function is to locate a target
+ * device endpoint in order to link a client one.
+ *
+ * @props is expected to be a dictionary (a{sv}) GVariant with keys that
+ * describe the situation. Some of these keys can be:
+ *  * "action" (s): Currently the value can be "link" or "mixer". "link" is
+ *          to find a target for linking a client. "mixer" is to find a target
+ *          to modify mixer controls.
+ *  * "media.role" (s): the role of the media stream, as defined in pipewire
+ *  * "media.class" (s): the media class that the returned endpoint is supposed
+ *          to have (policy is free to ignore this)
+ *  * "target.properties" (a{sv}): the properties of the other endpoint in case
+ *          the action is "link"
+ *
+ * @stream_id is to be set to the stream id of the returned endpoint that
+ * the policy wants to be used for this action.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full) (nullable): the found endpoint, or NULL
+ */
+
+typedef struct _WpPolicyPrivate WpPolicyPrivate;
+struct _WpPolicyPrivate
+{
+  guint32 rank;
+  WpCore *core;
+};
+
+enum {
+  PROP_0,
+  PROP_RANK
+};
+
+G_DEFINE_ABSTRACT_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (WpPolicy, wp_policy, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
+
+static void
+wp_policy_init (WpPolicy *self)
+{
+}
+
+static void
+wp_policy_set_property (GObject * object, guint property_id,
+    const GValue * value, GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  WpPolicyPrivate *priv = wp_policy_get_instance_private (WP_POLICY (object));
+
+  switch (property_id) {
+  case PROP_RANK:
+    priv->rank = g_value_get_uint (value);
+    break;
+  default:
+    G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+static void
+wp_policy_get_property (GObject * object, guint property_id, GValue * value,
+    GParamSpec * pspec)
+{
+  WpPolicyPrivate *priv = wp_policy_get_instance_private (WP_POLICY (object));
+
+  switch (property_id) {
+  case PROP_RANK:
+    g_value_set_uint (value, priv->rank);
+    break;
+  default:
+    G_OBJECT_WARN_INVALID_PROPERTY_ID (object, property_id, pspec);
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+
+static void
+wp_policy_class_init (WpPolicyClass *klass)
+{
+  GObjectClass *object_class = (GObjectClass *) klass;
+
+  object_class->set_property = wp_policy_set_property;
+  object_class->get_property = wp_policy_get_property;
+
+  g_object_class_install_property (object_class, PROP_RANK,
+      g_param_spec_uint ("rank", "rank", "The rank of the policy",
+          0, G_MAXINT32, WP_POLICY_RANK_UPSTREAM,
+          G_PARAM_READWRITE | G_PARAM_CONSTRUCT_ONLY | G_PARAM_STATIC_STRINGS));
+}
+
+guint32
+wp_policy_get_rank (WpPolicy *self)
+{
+  WpPolicyPrivate *priv;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (WP_IS_POLICY (self), 0);
+
+  priv = wp_policy_get_instance_private (self);
+  return priv->rank;
+}
+
+WpCore *
+wp_policy_get_core (WpPolicy *self)
+{
+  WpPolicyPrivate *priv;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (WP_IS_POLICY (self), NULL);
+
+  priv = wp_policy_get_instance_private (self);
+  return priv->core ? g_object_ref (priv->core) : NULL;
+}
+
+static gint
+compare_ranks (const WpPolicy * a, const WpPolicy * b)
+{
+  WpPolicyPrivate *a_priv = wp_policy_get_instance_private ((WpPolicy *) a);
+  WpPolicyPrivate *b_priv = wp_policy_get_instance_private ((WpPolicy *) b);
+  return (gint) b_priv->rank - (gint) a_priv->rank;
+}
+
+void
+wp_policy_register (WpPolicy *self, WpCore *core)
+{
+  WpPolicyManager *mgr;
+  WpPolicyPrivate *priv;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (WP_IS_POLICY (self));
+  g_return_if_fail (WP_IS_CORE (core));
+
+  mgr = wp_core_get_global (core, WP_GLOBAL_POLICY_MANAGER);
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (!mgr))
+    mgr = wp_policy_manager_new (core);
+
+  mgr->policies = g_list_insert_sorted (mgr->policies, g_object_ref (self),
+      (GCompareFunc) compare_ranks);
+
+  priv = wp_policy_get_instance_private (self);
+  priv->core = core;
+}
+
+void
+wp_policy_unregister (WpPolicy *self)
+{
+  WpPolicyManager *mgr;
+  WpPolicyPrivate *priv;
+
+  g_return_if_fail (WP_IS_POLICY (self));
+
+  priv = wp_policy_get_instance_private (self);
+
+  if (priv->core) {
+    mgr = wp_core_get_global (priv->core, WP_GLOBAL_POLICY_MANAGER);
+    if (G_UNLIKELY (!mgr)) {
+      g_critical ("WpPolicy:%p seems registered, but the policy manager "
+          "is absent", self);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    mgr->policies = g_list_remove (mgr->policies, self);
+    g_object_unref (self);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * wp_policy_find_endpoint:
+ * @core: the #WpCore
+ * @props: properties of the lookup
+ * @stream_id: (out): the relevant stream id of the returned endpoint
+ *
+ * Calls #WpPolicyClass::find_endpoint on all policies, in order, until
+ * it finds a suitable endpoint.
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full) (nullable): the found endpoint, or NULL
+ */
+WpEndpoint *
+wp_policy_find_endpoint (WpCore *core, GVariant *props,
+    guint32 *stream_id)
+{
+  WpPolicyManager *mgr;
+  GList *l;
+  WpPolicy *p;
+  WpEndpoint * ret;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (WP_IS_CORE (core), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (g_variant_is_of_type (props, G_VARIANT_TYPE_VARDICT), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (stream_id != NULL, NULL);
+
+  mgr = wp_core_get_global (core, WP_GLOBAL_POLICY_MANAGER);
+  if (mgr) {
+    for (l = g_list_first (mgr->policies); l; l = g_list_next (l)) {
+      p = WP_POLICY (l->data);
+
+      if (WP_POLICY_GET_CLASS (p)->find_endpoint &&
+          (ret = WP_POLICY_GET_CLASS (p)->find_endpoint (p, props, stream_id)))
+        return ret;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/lib/wp/policy.h b/lib/wp/policy.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b58fdd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/wp/policy.h
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* WirePlumber
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2019 Collabora Ltd.
+ *    @author George Kiagiadakis <george.kiagiadakis@collabora.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+ */
+
+#ifndef __WIREPLUMBER_POLICY_H__
+#define __WIREPLUMBER_POLICY_H__
+
+#include "endpoint.h"
+
+G_BEGIN_DECLS
+
+/**
+ * WpPolicyRank:
+ * @WP_POLICY_RANK_UPSTREAM: should only be used inside WirePlumber
+ * @WP_POLICY_RANK_PLATFORM: policies provided by the platform
+ * @WP_POLICY_RANK_VENDOR: policies provided by hardware vendors
+ *
+ * The rank of a policy is an unsigned integer that can take an arbitrary
+ * value from 0 to G_MAXINT32 (0x7fffffff). On invocation, policies ranked
+ * with a higher number are tried first, which is how one can implement
+ * overrides. This enum provides default values for certain kinds of policies.
+ * Feel free to add/substract numbers to these constants in order to make a
+ * hierarchy, if you are implementing multiple different policies that need to
+ * be tried in a certain order.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+  WP_POLICY_RANK_UPSTREAM = 1,
+  WP_POLICY_RANK_PLATFORM = 128,
+  WP_POLICY_RANK_VENDOR = 256,
+} WpPolicyRank;
+
+#define WP_TYPE_POLICY_MANAGER (wp_policy_manager_get_type ())
+G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE (WpPolicyManager, wp_policy_manager, WP, POLICY_MANAGER, GObject)
+
+#define WP_TYPE_POLICY (wp_policy_get_type ())
+G_DECLARE_DERIVABLE_TYPE (WpPolicy, wp_policy, WP, POLICY, GObject)
+
+struct _WpPolicyClass
+{
+  GObjectClass parent_class;
+
+  void (*endpoint_added) (WpPolicy *self, WpEndpoint *ep);
+  void (*endpoint_removed) (WpPolicy *self, WpEndpoint *ep);
+
+  gboolean (*handle_endpoint) (WpPolicy *self, WpEndpoint *ep);
+
+  WpEndpoint * (*find_endpoint) (WpPolicy *self, GVariant *props,
+      guint32 *stream_id);
+};
+
+guint32 wp_policy_get_rank (WpPolicy *self);
+WpCore *wp_policy_get_core (WpPolicy *self);
+
+void wp_policy_register (WpPolicy *self, WpCore *core);
+void wp_policy_unregister (WpPolicy *self);
+
+WpEndpoint * wp_policy_find_endpoint (WpCore *core, GVariant *props,
+    guint32 *stream_id);
+
+G_END_DECLS
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/wp/wp.h b/lib/wp/wp.h
index 8463404c..aa8906df 100644
--- a/lib/wp/wp.h
+++ b/lib/wp/wp.h
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@
 #include "error.h"
 #include "factory.h"
 #include "module.h"
+#include "policy.h"