diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 24d940fc..2df83302 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <linux/media-bus-format.h>
 
 #include <libcamera/camera.h>
+#include <libcamera/controls.h>
+#include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
 #include <libcamera/request.h>
 #include <libcamera/stream.h>
 
@@ -176,6 +178,7 @@ public:
 
 	std::vector<Stream> streams_;
 	std::unique_ptr<CameraSensor> sensor_;
+	CameraSensorInfo sensorInfo_;
 	std::list<Entity> entities_;
 	V4L2VideoDevice *video_;
 
@@ -339,6 +342,8 @@ SimpleCameraData::SimpleCameraData(SimplePipelineHandler *pipe,
 	ret = sensor_->init();
 	if (ret)
 		sensor_.reset();
+
+	sensor_->sensorInfo(&sensorInfo_);
 }
 
 int SimpleCameraData::init()
@@ -679,6 +684,10 @@ CameraConfiguration *SimplePipelineHandler::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera
 		StreamConfiguration cfg{ StreamFormats{ formats } };
 		cfg.pixelFormat = formats.begin()->first;
 		cfg.size = formats.begin()->second[0].max;
+		double frameDuration = (data->sensorInfo_.minFrameLength * data->sensorInfo_.lineLength) /
+				       (data->sensorInfo_.pixelRate / 1'000'000);
+		cfg.controls.set(controls::FrameDurations, { static_cast<int64_t>(frameDuration),
+							     static_cast<int64_t>(frameDuration) });
 
 		config->addConfiguration(cfg);
 	}