diff --git a/src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml b/src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml
index 9d4638ae677e..8874fe75102c 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml
+++ b/src/libcamera/control_ids.yaml
@@ -381,6 +381,14 @@ controls:
         \todo Define how the sensor timestamp has to be used in the reprocessing
         use case.
 
+  - SensorSequence:
+      type: int64_t
+      description: |
+        The monotonic sequence number from the sensor.
+
+        Any break in the sequence number is an indication of frame drop or error
+        in the captured stream.
+
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   # Draft controls section