diff --git a/dlt/destinations/impl/clickhouse/clickhouse.py b/dlt/destinations/impl/clickhouse/clickhouse.py
index e69de29bb2..cb9a72493b 100644
--- a/dlt/destinations/impl/clickhouse/clickhouse.py
+++ b/dlt/destinations/impl/clickhouse/clickhouse.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from typing import ClassVar, Optional
+
+from dlt.common.destination import DestinationCapabilitiesContext
+from dlt.common.destination.reference import SupportsStagingDestination
+from dlt.common.schema import Schema, TColumnSchema
+from dlt.common.schema.typing import TColumnType, TTableFormat
+from dlt.destinations.impl.clickhouse import capabilities
+from dlt.destinations.impl.clickhouse.configuration import ClickhouseClientConfiguration
+from dlt.destinations.job_client_impl import SqlJobClientWithStaging
+from dlt.destinations.sql_client import SqlClientBase
+from dlt.destinations.typing import TNativeConn
+
+
+class ClickhouseClient(SqlJobClientWithStaging, SupportsStagingDestination):
+    capabilities: ClassVar[DestinationCapabilitiesContext] = capabilities()
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        schema: Schema,
+        config: ClickhouseClientConfiguration,
+        sql_client: SqlClientBase[TNativeConn],
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(schema, config, sql_client)
+        ...
+
+    def _get_column_def_sql(self, c: TColumnSchema, table_format: TTableFormat = None) -> str:
+        pass
+
+    def _from_db_type(
+        self, db_type: str, precision: Optional[int], scale: Optional[int]
+    ) -> TColumnType:
+        pass
diff --git a/dlt/destinations/impl/clickhouse/factory.py b/dlt/destinations/impl/clickhouse/factory.py
index e69de29bb2..0734abdf56 100644
--- a/dlt/destinations/impl/clickhouse/factory.py
+++ b/dlt/destinations/impl/clickhouse/factory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import typing as t
+
+from dlt.common.destination import Destination, DestinationCapabilitiesContext
+from dlt.destinations.impl.clickhouse import capabilities
+from dlt.destinations.impl.clickhouse.configuration import (
+    ClickhouseClientConfiguration,
+    ClickhouseCredentials,
+)
+
+
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from dlt.destinations.impl.clickhouse.clickhouse import ClickhouseClient
+
+
+# noinspection PyPep8Naming
+class clickhouse(Destination[ClickhouseClientConfiguration, ClickhouseClient]):
+    spec = ClickhouseClientConfiguration
+
+    def capabilities(self) -> DestinationCapabilitiesContext:
+        return capabilities()
+
+    @property
+    def client_class(self) -> t.Type["ClickhouseClient"]:
+        from dlt.destinations.impl.clickhouse.clickhouse import ClickhouseClient
+
+        return ClickhouseClient
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        credentials: ClickhouseCredentials = None,
+        dataset_name: str = None,
+        default_schema_name: str = None,
+        destination_name: str = None,
+        environment: str = None,
+        **kwargs: t.Any,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(
+            credentials=credentials,
+            dataset_name=dataset_name,
+            default_schema_name=default_schema_name,
+            destination_name=destination_name,
+            environment=environment,
+            **kwargs,
+        )