diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/camera_sensor.h b/include/libcamera/internal/camera_sensor.h
index bd5aa0dbc27d..a606bc5d1cb5 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/camera_sensor.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/camera_sensor.h
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ public:
 
 	CameraLens *focusLens() { return focusLens_.get(); }
 
+	void frameStart(uint32_t sequence);
+	void pushControls(const ControlList &ctrls);
+	ControlList getControls(uint32_t sequence);
+
 protected:
 	std::string logPrefix() const override;
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor/camera_sensor.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor/camera_sensor.cpp
index 211c7461f5c6..e1770e8fa130 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera_sensor/camera_sensor.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera_sensor/camera_sensor.cpp
@@ -1043,6 +1043,37 @@ void CameraSensor::updateControlInfo()
 	updateControls();
 }
 
+/**
+ * \brief Signal to the camera sensor class that a new frame has start exposing
+ * \param[in] sequence The frame sequence number
+ */
+void CameraSensor::frameStart(uint32_t sequence)
+{
+	/* A new capture session requires to start in a clean state. */
+	if (sequence == 0)
+		delayedCtrls_->reset();
+
+	delayedCtrls_->applyControls(sequence);
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Push a new set of controls to the CameraSensor
+ * \param[in] ctrls The list of controls to push to the sensor
+ */
+void CameraSensor::pushControls(const ControlList &ctrls)
+{
+	delayedCtrls_->push(ctrls);
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Get the list of controls applied at frame \a sequence
+ * \param[in] sequence The frame sequence number
+ */
+ControlList CameraSensor::getControls(uint32_t sequence)
+{
+	return delayedCtrls_->get(sequence);
+}
+
 /**
  * \fn CameraSensor::focusLens()
  * \brief Retrieve the focus lens controller