diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
index c7292f66b17b..8653127f0d85 100644
--- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
+++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include <libcamera/camera.h>
+#include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
 #include <libcamera/camera_manager.h>
 
 #include <gst/base/base.h>
@@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ struct GstLibcameraSrcState {
 	std::queue<std::unique_ptr<RequestWrap>> requests_;
 	guint group_id_;
 
+	guint64 sequence_;
+
 	void requestCompleted(Request *request);
 };
 
@@ -165,13 +168,40 @@ GstLibcameraSrcState::requestCompleted(Request *request)
 		return;
 	}
 
+	/* Extract request metadata */
+	uint64_t sequence = 0;
+	uint64_t timestamp = 0;
+
+	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. */
+			sequence = value.get<int64_t>();
+			if (sequence_ == 0)
+				sequence_ = sequence - 1;
+			unsigned int drops = sequence - sequence_ - 1;
+			if (drops)
+				GST_ELEMENT_WARNING(src_, RESOURCE, BUSY,
+						    ("Camera '%s' dropped %u frames.", cam_->id().c_str(), drops),
+						    ("libcamera::Request.metadata() reports %u dropped frames at sequence %lu", drops, sequence));
+
+			sequence_ = sequence;
+		}
+
+		if (id == controls::SensorTimestamp) {
+			timestamp = value.get<int64_t>();
+		}
+
+		/* \todo Handle all/other metadata types here. */
+	}
+
 	GstBuffer *buffer;
 	for (GstPad *srcpad : srcpads_) {
 		Stream *stream = gst_libcamera_pad_get_stream(srcpad);
 		buffer = wrap->detachBuffer(stream);
 
-		FrameBuffer *fb = gst_libcamera_buffer_get_frame_buffer(buffer);
-
 		if (GST_ELEMENT_CLOCK(src_)) {
 			GstClockTime gst_base_time = GST_ELEMENT(src_)->base_time;
 			GstClockTime gst_now = gst_clock_get_time(GST_ELEMENT_CLOCK(src_));
@@ -180,14 +210,14 @@ GstLibcameraSrcState::requestCompleted(Request *request)
 
 			/* Deduced from: sys_now - sys_base_time == gst_now - gst_base_time */
 			GstClockTime sys_base_time = sys_now - (gst_now - gst_base_time);
-			GST_BUFFER_PTS(buffer) = fb->metadata().timestamp - sys_base_time;
-			gst_libcamera_pad_set_latency(srcpad, sys_now - fb->metadata().timestamp);
+			GST_BUFFER_PTS(buffer) = timestamp - sys_base_time;
+			gst_libcamera_pad_set_latency(srcpad, sys_now - timestamp);
 		} else {
 			GST_BUFFER_PTS(buffer) = 0;
 		}
 
-		GST_BUFFER_OFFSET(buffer) = fb->metadata().sequence;
-		GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END(buffer) = fb->metadata().sequence;
+		GST_BUFFER_OFFSET(buffer) = sequence;
+		GST_BUFFER_OFFSET_END(buffer) = sequence;
 
 		gst_libcamera_pad_queue_buffer(srcpad, buffer);
 	}