diff --git a/app/render/backend/CMakeLists.txt b/app/render/backend/CMakeLists.txt
index ec218f040..7c92ceb15 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/render/backend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 add_subdirectory(audio)
 add_subdirectory(opengl)
-add_subdirectory(vulkan)
+add_subdirectory(osl)
 
 set(OLIVE_SOURCES
   ${OLIVE_SOURCES}
diff --git a/app/render/backend/vulkan/CMakeLists.txt b/app/render/backend/osl/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 84%
rename from app/render/backend/vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
rename to app/render/backend/osl/CMakeLists.txt
index 00002eff9..4d6aaf902 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/render/backend/osl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
 set(OLIVE_SOURCES
   ${OLIVE_SOURCES}
-  render/backend/vulkan/vulkanbackend.h
-  render/backend/vulkan/vulkanbackend.cpp
+  render/backend/osl/oslbackend.h
+  render/backend/osl/oslbackend.cpp
+  render/backend/osl/oslworker.h
+  render/backend/osl/oslworker.cpp
   PARENT_SCOPE
 )
diff --git a/app/render/backend/osl/oslbackend.cpp b/app/render/backend/osl/oslbackend.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14a1b87ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/render/backend/osl/oslbackend.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#include "oslbackend.h"
+
+#include <QEventLoop>
+#include <QThread>
+
+#include "oslworker.h"
+
+OSLBackend::OSLBackend(QObject *parent) :
+  VideoRenderBackend(parent)
+{
+}
+
+OSLBackend::~OSLBackend()
+{
+  Close();
+}
+
+bool OSLBackend::InitInternal()
+{
+  if (!VideoRenderBackend::InitInternal()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Initiate one thread per CPU core
+  for (int i=0;i<threads().size();i++) {
+    // Create one processor object for each thread
+    OSLWorker* processor = new OSLWorker(frame_cache());
+    processor->SetParameters(params());
+    processors_.append(processor);
+  }
+
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool OSLBackend::CompileInternal()
+{
+  return true;
+}
+
+void OSLBackend::DecompileInternal()
+{
+}
diff --git a/app/render/backend/osl/oslbackend.h b/app/render/backend/osl/oslbackend.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2613c39fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/render/backend/osl/oslbackend.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#ifndef OSLBACKEND_H
+#define OSLBACKEND_H
+
+#include "../videorenderbackend.h"
+
+class OSLBackend : public VideoRenderBackend
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  OSLBackend(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+
+  virtual ~OSLBackend() override;
+
+protected:
+  virtual bool InitInternal() override;
+
+  virtual bool CompileInternal() override;
+
+  virtual void DecompileInternal() override;
+
+  virtual void ParamsChangedEvent() override;
+
+};
+
+#endif // OSLBACKEND_H
diff --git a/app/render/backend/osl/oslworker.cpp b/app/render/backend/osl/oslworker.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4953f2e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/render/backend/osl/oslworker.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "oslworker.h"
+
+#include "common/clamp.h"
+#include "core.h"
+#include "node/block/transition/transition.h"
+#include "node/node.h"
+#include "render/colormanager.h"
+#include "render/pixelservice.h"
+
+OSLWorker::OSLWorker(VideoRenderFrameCache *frame_cache, QObject *parent) :
+  VideoRenderWorker(frame_cache, parent)
+{
+}
+
+void OSLWorker::FrameToValue(StreamPtr stream, FramePtr frame, NodeValueTable *table)
+{
+}
+
+void OSLWorker::RunNodeAccelerated(const Node *node, const TimeRange &range, const NodeValueDatabase &input_params, NodeValueTable *output_params)
+{
+}
+
+void OSLWorker::TextureToBuffer(const QVariant &tex_in, QByteArray &buffer)
+{
+}
diff --git a/app/render/backend/osl/oslworker.h b/app/render/backend/osl/oslworker.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af13c4187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/render/backend/osl/oslworker.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef OSLWORKER_H
+#define OSLWORKER_H
+
+#include "../videorenderworker.h"
+
+class OSLWorker : public VideoRenderWorker
+{
+  Q_OBJECT
+public:
+  OSLWorker(VideoRenderFrameCache* frame_cache,
+            QObject* parent = nullptr);
+
+protected:
+  virtual void FrameToValue(StreamPtr stream, FramePtr frame, NodeValueTable* table) override;
+
+  virtual void RunNodeAccelerated(const Node *node, const TimeRange &range, const NodeValueDatabase &input_params, NodeValueTable* output_params) override;
+
+  virtual void TextureToBuffer(const QVariant& texture, QByteArray& buffer) override;
+
+};
+
+#endif // OSLWORKER_H
diff --git a/app/render/backend/videorenderbackend.cpp b/app/render/backend/videorenderbackend.cpp
index 29fd55ec7..d69ebc57e 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/videorenderbackend.cpp
+++ b/app/render/backend/videorenderbackend.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,11 @@ void VideoRenderBackend::ConnectWorkerToThis(RenderWorker *processor)
   connect(video_processor, &VideoRenderWorker::HashAlreadyExists, this, &VideoRenderBackend::ThreadHashAlreadyExists, Qt::QueuedConnection);
 }
 
+void VideoRenderBackend::EmitCachedFrameReady(const rational &time, const QVariant &value, qint64 job_time)
+{
+  emit CachedFrameReady(time, value, job_time);
+}
+
 void VideoRenderBackend::InvalidateCacheInternal(const rational &start_range, const rational &end_range)
 {
   TimeRange invalidated(start_range, end_range);
diff --git a/app/render/backend/videorenderbackend.h b/app/render/backend/videorenderbackend.h
index 5e2bccda6..5f151ff11 100644
--- a/app/render/backend/videorenderbackend.h
+++ b/app/render/backend/videorenderbackend.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ protected:
 
   virtual void ConnectWorkerToThis(RenderWorker* processor) override;
 
-  virtual void EmitCachedFrameReady(const rational &time, const QVariant& value, qint64 job_time) = 0;
+  virtual void EmitCachedFrameReady(const rational &time, const QVariant& value, qint64 job_time);
 
   virtual void InvalidateCacheInternal(const rational &start_range, const rational &end_range) override;
 
diff --git a/app/render/backend/vulkan/vulkanbackend.cpp b/app/render/backend/vulkan/vulkanbackend.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ce92e589..000000000
--- a/app/render/backend/vulkan/vulkanbackend.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#include "vulkanbackend.h"
-
-VulkanBackend::VulkanBackend()
-{
-
-}
diff --git a/app/render/backend/vulkan/vulkanbackend.h b/app/render/backend/vulkan/vulkanbackend.h
deleted file mode 100644
index dd3f4a118..000000000
--- a/app/render/backend/vulkan/vulkanbackend.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#ifndef VULKANBACKEND_H
-#define VULKANBACKEND_H
-
-/**
- * @brief A Vulkan-based variant of the rendering engine
- *
- * I literally know nothing about Vulkan but maybe one day I will and can fill this out. Also keep in mind projects
- * that can cross-compile GLSL to SPIR like these:
- *
- * https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang
- * https://github.com/septag/glslcc
- */
-class VulkanBackend
-{
-public:
-  VulkanBackend();
-};
-
-#endif // VULKANBACKEND_H