diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index d7128156..296412e2 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ public:
 	std::vector<std::unique_ptr<FrameBuffer>> converterBuffers_;
 	bool useConverter_;
 	std::queue<std::map<unsigned int, FrameBuffer *>> converterQueue_;
+	Fraction frameInterval_;
 };
 
 class SimpleCameraConfiguration : public CameraConfiguration
@@ -458,6 +459,7 @@ int SimpleCameraData::setupFormats(V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 				   V4L2Subdevice::Whence whence)
 {
 	SimplePipelineHandler *pipe = static_cast<SimplePipelineHandler *>(pipe_);
+	Fraction frameInterval;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -478,6 +480,14 @@ int SimpleCameraData::setupFormats(V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 			ret = subdev->getFormat(source->index(), format, whence);
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
+		} else {
+			V4L2Subdevice *subdev = pipe->subdev(source->entity());
+			ret = subdev->getFrameInterval(source->index(), &frameInterval);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				LOG(SimplePipeline, Debug) << "Getting frame interval from sensor failed";
+			else
+				LOG(SimplePipeline, Debug) << "Sensor frame interval: "
+							  << frameInterval.toString();
 		}
 
 		if (sink->entity()->function() != MEDIA_ENT_F_IO_V4L) {
@@ -488,6 +498,18 @@ int SimpleCameraData::setupFormats(V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 			if (ret < 0)
 				return ret;
 
+			/* set frameinterval on all subdevs if we got one from the sensor */
+			if (frameInterval.numerator != 0 && frameInterval.denominator != 0) {
+				ret = subdev->setFrameInterval(sink->index(), &frameInterval);
+				if (ret == 0) {
+					LOG(SimplePipeline, Debug) << "Set frame interval: "
+								  << frameInterval.toString();
+					/* Always remember the last frame interval we successfully
+					 * set, as this determines the final frame interval at the end */
+					frameInterval_ = frameInterval;
+				}
+			}
+
 			if (format->mbus_code != sourceFormat.mbus_code ||
 			    format->size != sourceFormat.size) {
 				LOG(SimplePipeline, Debug)
@@ -668,6 +690,7 @@ CameraConfiguration *SimplePipelineHandler::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera
 		StreamConfiguration cfg{ StreamFormats{ formats } };
 		cfg.pixelFormat = formats.begin()->first;
 		cfg.size = formats.begin()->second[0].max;
+		cfg.frameInterval = data->frameInterval_;
 
 		config->addConfiguration(cfg);
 	}