diff --git a/src/android/jpeg/post_processor_jpeg.cpp b/src/android/jpeg/post_processor_jpeg.cpp
index 741eeb21..1df3dfb1 100644
--- a/src/android/jpeg/post_processor_jpeg.cpp
+++ b/src/android/jpeg/post_processor_jpeg.cpp
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ int PostProcessorJpeg::process(const FrameBuffer *source,
 			       CameraMetadata *resultMetadata,
 			       const Camera3RequestDescriptor *context)
 {
-	if (!encoder_)
+	if (!encoder_) {
+		processComplete.emit(PostProcessor::Status::Failed, context);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	ASSERT(destination->numPlanes() == 1);
 
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ int PostProcessorJpeg::process(const FrameBuffer *source,
 					 exif.data(), quality);
 	if (jpeg_size < 0) {
 		LOG(JPEG, Error) << "Failed to encode stream image";
+		processComplete.emit(PostProcessor::Status::Failed, context);
 		return jpeg_size;
 	}
 
@@ -211,5 +214,7 @@ int PostProcessorJpeg::process(const FrameBuffer *source,
 	/* Update the JPEG result Metadata. */
 	resultMetadata->addEntry(ANDROID_JPEG_SIZE, jpeg_size);
 
+	processComplete.emit(PostProcessor::Status::Succeeded, context);
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/android/post_processor.h b/src/android/post_processor.h
index 1213e7e6..25c9411f 100644
--- a/src/android/post_processor.h
+++ b/src/android/post_processor.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef __ANDROID_POST_PROCESSOR_H__
 #define __ANDROID_POST_PROCESSOR_H__
 
+#include <libcamera/base/signal.h>
+
 #include <libcamera/framebuffer.h>
 #include <libcamera/stream.h>
 
@@ -28,6 +30,12 @@ public:
 			    const CameraMetadata &requestMetadata,
 			    CameraMetadata *resultMetadata,
 			    const Camera3RequestDescriptor *context) = 0;
+
+	enum Status {
+		Succeeded,
+		Failed,
+	};
+	libcamera::Signal<Status, const Camera3RequestDescriptor *> processComplete;
 };
 
 #endif /* __ANDROID_POST_PROCESSOR_H__ */
diff --git a/src/android/yuv/post_processor_yuv.cpp b/src/android/yuv/post_processor_yuv.cpp
index 13a78abe..d2df110a 100644
--- a/src/android/yuv/post_processor_yuv.cpp
+++ b/src/android/yuv/post_processor_yuv.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ int PostProcessorYuv::process(const FrameBuffer *source,
 	const MappedFrameBuffer sourceMapped(source, MappedFrameBuffer::MapFlag::Read);
 	if (!sourceMapped.isValid()) {
 		LOG(YUV, Error) << "Failed to mmap camera frame buffer";
+		processComplete.emit(PostProcessor::Status::Failed, context);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -78,9 +79,12 @@ int PostProcessorYuv::process(const FrameBuffer *source,
 				    libyuv::FilterMode::kFilterBilinear);
 	if (ret) {
 		LOG(YUV, Error) << "Failed NV12 scaling: " << ret;
+		processComplete.emit(PostProcessor::Status::Failed, context);
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
+	processComplete.emit(PostProcessor::Status::Succeeded, context);
+
 	return 0;
 }