diff --git a/include/libcamera/ipa/ipa_module_info.h b/include/libcamera/ipa/ipa_module_info.h
index 585f753..d9e33c1 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/ipa/ipa_module_info.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/ipa/ipa_module_info.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ struct IPAModuleInfo {
 	uint32_t pipelineVersion;
 	char pipelineName[256];
 	char name[256];
+	char license[64];
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/src/ipa/ipa_dummy.cpp b/src/ipa/ipa_dummy.cpp
index ee7a3a8..4c8b665 100644
--- a/src/ipa/ipa_dummy.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/ipa_dummy.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const struct IPAModuleInfo ipaModuleInfo = {
 	0,
 	"PipelineHandlerVimc",
 	"Dummy IPA for Vimc",
+	"LGPL-2.1-or-later",
 };
 
 IPAInterface *ipaCreate()
diff --git a/src/libcamera/ipa_module.cpp b/src/libcamera/ipa_module.cpp
index d2e3c36..06111c0 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/ipa_module.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/ipa_module.cpp
@@ -214,6 +214,27 @@ elfLoadSymbol(void *map, size_t soSize, const char *symbol)
  *
  * \var IPAModuleInfo::name
  * \brief The name of the IPA module
+ *
+ * \var IPAModuleInfo::license
+ * \brief License of the IPA module
+ *
+ * This license is used to determine whether to isolate the IPA in a
+ * separate process. If the license is "Proprietary", then the IPA will
+ * be isolated. The license should be an SPDX license string. The following
+ * licenses are currently available to allow the IPA to run unisolated:
+ *
+ * - GPL-2.0-only
+ * - GPL-2.0-or-later
+ * - GPL-3.0-only
+ * - GPL-3.0-or-later
+ * - LGPL-2.1-only
+ * - LGPL-2.1-or-later
+ * - LGPL-3.0-only
+ * - LGPL-3.0-or-later
+ *
+ * Any other license will cause the IPA to be run isolated.
+ *
+ * \todo Allow user to choose to isolated open source IPAs
  */
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/ipa/ipa_test.cpp b/test/ipa/ipa_test.cpp
index bbef069..b9e1bd6 100644
--- a/test/ipa/ipa_test.cpp
+++ b/test/ipa/ipa_test.cpp
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ protected:
 			0,
 			"PipelineHandlerVimc",
 			"Dummy IPA for Vimc",
+			"GPL-2.0-or-later",
 		};
 
 		count += runTest("src/ipa/ipa_dummy.so", testInfo);