diff --git a/viewer_examples/plugins/lineprofile_rgb.py b/viewer_examples/plugins/lineprofile_rgb.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86b71d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/viewer_examples/plugins/lineprofile_rgb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from skimage import data
+from skimage.viewer import ImageViewer
+from skimage.viewer.plugins.lineprofile import LineProfile
+
+
+image = data.chelsea()
+viewer = ImageViewer(image)
+viewer += LineProfile()
+viewer.show()