diff --git a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
index 11448437a..3586b1b31 100644
--- a/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
+++ b/docling/datamodel/pipeline_options.py
@@ -283,6 +283,9 @@ class PipelineOptions(BaseOptions):
 class ConvertPipelineOptions(PipelineOptions):
     """Base convert pipeline options."""
 
+    do_ocr: bool = True  # True: perform OCR, replace programmatic PDF text
+    ocr_options: OcrOptions = OcrAutoOptions()
+
     do_picture_classification: bool = False  # True: classify pictures in documents
 
     do_picture_description: bool = False  # True: run describe pictures in documents
@@ -335,7 +338,6 @@ class PdfPipelineOptions(PaginatedPipelineOptions):
     """Options for the PDF pipeline."""
 
     do_table_structure: bool = True  # True: perform table structure extraction
-    do_ocr: bool = True  # True: perform OCR, replace programmatic PDF text
     do_code_enrichment: bool = False  # True: perform code OCR
     do_formula_enrichment: bool = False  # True: perform formula OCR, return Latex code
     force_backend_text: bool = (
@@ -344,7 +346,6 @@ class PdfPipelineOptions(PaginatedPipelineOptions):
     # If True, text from backend will be used instead of generated text
 
     table_structure_options: TableStructureOptions = TableStructureOptions()
-    ocr_options: OcrOptions = OcrAutoOptions()
     layout_options: LayoutOptions = LayoutOptions()
 
     images_scale: float = 1.0
diff --git a/docling/models/ocr_enrichment.py b/docling/models/ocr_enrichment.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e7855885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docling/models/ocr_enrichment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+from collections.abc import Iterable
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List, Optional, Type, Union
+
+from docling_core.types.doc import (
+    DoclingDocument,
+    NodeItem,
+    PictureItem,
+)
+from PIL import Image
+
+from docling.datamodel.accelerator_options import AcceleratorOptions
+from docling.datamodel.pipeline_options import (
+    OcrOptions,
+)
+from docling.models.base_model import (
+    BaseItemAndImageEnrichmentModel,
+    ItemAndImageEnrichmentElement,
+)
+from docling.models.base_ocr_model import BaseOcrModel
+from docling.models.factories import get_ocr_factory
+
+
+class OcrEnrichmentModel(BaseItemAndImageEnrichmentModel):
+    images_scale: float = 2.0
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        enabled: bool,
+        artifacts_path: Optional[Union[Path, str]],
+        options: OcrOptions,
+        accelerator_options: AcceleratorOptions,
+        allow_external_plugins: bool,
+    ):
+        self.enabled = enabled
+        self.options = options
+
+        self._ocr_model: BaseOcrModel
+
+        if self.enabled:
+            ocr_factory = get_ocr_factory(allow_external_plugins=allow_external_plugins)
+            self._ocr_model = ocr_factory.create_instance(
+                options=self.options,
+                enabled=True,
+                artifacts_path=artifacts_path,
+                accelerator_options=accelerator_options,
+            )
+
+    def is_processable(self, doc: DoclingDocument, element: NodeItem) -> bool:
+        return self.enabled and isinstance(element, PictureItem)
+
+    def __call__(
+        self,
+        doc: DoclingDocument,
+        element_batch: Iterable[ItemAndImageEnrichmentElement],
+    ) -> Iterable[NodeItem]:
+        if not self.enabled:
+            for element in element_batch:
+                yield element.item
+            return
+
+        # TODO: call self._ocr_model
+        for element in element_batch:
+            yield element.item
diff --git a/docling/pipeline/simple_pipeline.py b/docling/pipeline/simple_pipeline.py
index 0e3f1b6f9..98b139c33 100644
--- a/docling/pipeline/simple_pipeline.py
+++ b/docling/pipeline/simple_pipeline.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from docling.datamodel.base_models import ConversionStatus
 from docling.datamodel.document import ConversionResult
 from docling.datamodel.pipeline_options import ConvertPipelineOptions
+from docling.models.ocr_enrichment import OcrEnrichmentModel
 from docling.pipeline.base_pipeline import ConvertPipeline
 from docling.utils.profiling import ProfilingScope, TimeRecorder
 
@@ -23,6 +24,17 @@ class SimplePipeline(ConvertPipeline):
     def __init__(self, pipeline_options: ConvertPipelineOptions):
         super().__init__(pipeline_options)
 
+        self.enrichment_pipe.insert(
+            0,
+            OcrEnrichmentModel(
+                enabled=self.pipeline_options.do_ocr,
+                options=self.pipeline_options.ocr_options,
+                allow_external_plugins=self.pipeline_options.allow_external_plugins,
+                artifacts_path=self.pipeline_options.artifacts_path,
+                accelerator_options=self.pipeline_options.accelerator_options,
+            ),
+        )
+
     def _build_document(self, conv_res: ConversionResult) -> ConversionResult:
         if not isinstance(conv_res.input._backend, DeclarativeDocumentBackend):
             raise RuntimeError(