diff --git a/Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst b/Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst
index 6dcd4e68d64d..590797f054ce 100644
--- a/Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst
+++ b/Documentation/sensor_driver_requirements.rst
@@ -27,18 +27,20 @@ The sensor driver shall support the following V4L2 controls:
 * `V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE`_
 * `V4L2_CID_HBLANK`_
 * `V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE`_
+* `V4L2_CID_VBLANK`_
 
 .. _V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/control.html
 .. _V4L2_CID_HBLANK: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-image-source.html
 .. _V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-image-process.html
+.. _V4L2_CID_VBLANK: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/userspace-api/media/v4l/ext-ctrls-image-source.html
 
 While V4L2 doesn't specify a unit for the `EXPOSURE` control, libcamera requires
 it to be expressed as a number of image lines. Camera sensor drivers that do not
 comply with this requirement will need to be adapted or will produce incorrect
 results.
 
-The `HBLANK` and `PIXEL_RATE` controls are used to compute the sensor output
-timings.
+The `HBLANK`, `PIXEL_RATE` and `VBLANK` controls are used to compute the sensor
+output timings.
 
 Optional Requirements
 ---------------------
diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
index ca33c0094088..ab315bdc468c 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor.cpp
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ int CameraSensor::validateSensorDriver()
 		V4L2_CID_EXPOSURE,
 		V4L2_CID_HBLANK,
 		V4L2_CID_PIXEL_RATE,
+		V4L2_CID_VBLANK,
 	};
 
 	ControlList ctrls = subdev_->getControls(mandatoryControls);