diff --git a/src/qcam/main_window.cpp b/src/qcam/main_window.cpp
index dd0e51f55b70..8d1d5b275aed 100644
--- a/src/qcam/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/qcam/main_window.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
+#include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
 #include <libcamera/version.h>
 
 #include <QComboBox>
@@ -510,6 +511,7 @@ int MainWindow::startCapture()
 	previousFrames_ = 0;
 	framesCaptured_ = 0;
 	lastBufferTime_ = 0;
+	sequence_ = 0;
 
 	ret = camera_->start();
 	if (ret) {
@@ -719,6 +721,26 @@ void MainWindow::processCapture()
 		request = doneQueue_.dequeue();
 	}
 
+	/* Parse the request metadata for useful information */
+	for (const auto &ctrl : request->metadata()) {
+		const int id = ctrl.first;
+		const ControlValue &value = ctrl.second;
+
+		if (id == controls::SensorSequence) {
+			/* Handle basic frame drop detection and reporting. */
+			int64_t sequence = value.get<int64_t>();
+			if (sequence_ == 0)
+				sequence_ = sequence - 1;
+			unsigned int drops = sequence - sequence_ - 1;
+			if (drops)
+				qInfo() << "sequence: [" << sequence << "] *"
+					<< drops << " frame drops detected *";
+			sequence_ = sequence;
+		}
+
+		/* \todo Handle all/other metadata types here. */
+	}
+
 	/* Process buffers. */
 	if (request->buffers().count(vfStream_))
 		processViewfinder(request->buffers().at(vfStream_));
diff --git a/src/qcam/main_window.h b/src/qcam/main_window.h
index 3fbe872c0b5b..97568d6b619d 100644
--- a/src/qcam/main_window.h
+++ b/src/qcam/main_window.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ private:
 	QMutex mutex_; /* Protects freeBuffers_, doneQueue_, and freeQueue_ */
 
 	uint64_t lastBufferTime_;
+	uint64_t sequence_;
 	QElapsedTimer frameRateInterval_;
 	uint32_t previousFrames_;
 	uint32_t framesCaptured_;