diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h
index 29fa0bbaf670..6fe81d5e4cf0 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_videodevice.h
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ private:
 	V4L2Capability caps_;
 	V4L2DeviceFormat format_;
 	const PixelFormatInfo *formatInfo_;
+	std::vector<V4L2PixelFormat> pixelFormats_;
 
 	enum v4l2_buf_type bufferType_;
 	enum v4l2_memory memoryType_;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
index 2ca22f485d45..0aeaae6ad573 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_videodevice.cpp
@@ -633,6 +633,8 @@ int V4L2VideoDevice::open()
 		<< "Opened device " << caps_.bus_info() << ": "
 		<< caps_.driver() << ": " << caps_.card();
 
+	pixelFormats_ = enumPixelformats(0);
+
 	ret = getFormat(&format_);
 	if (ret) {
 		LOG(V4L2, Error) << "Failed to get format";
@@ -726,6 +728,8 @@ int V4L2VideoDevice::open(SharedFD handle, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 		<< "Opened device " << caps_.bus_info() << ": "
 		<< caps_.driver() << ": " << caps_.card();
 
+	pixelFormats_ = enumPixelformats(0);
+
 	ret = getFormat(&format_);
 	if (ret) {
 		LOG(V4L2, Error) << "Failed to get format";
@@ -1990,17 +1994,31 @@ V4L2VideoDevice::fromEntityName(const MediaDevice *media,
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Convert \a PixelFormat to its corresponding V4L2 FourCC
+ * \brief Convert \a PixelFormat to one of the device supported V4L2 FourCC
  * \param[in] pixelFormat The PixelFormat to convert
  *
- * The V4L2 format variant the function returns the contiguous version
- * unconditionally.
+ * Convert a\ pixelformat to a V4L2 FourCC that is known to be supported by
+ * the video device.
  *
- * \return The V4L2_PIX_FMT_* pixel format code corresponding to \a pixelFormat
+ * \return The V4L2PixelFormat corresponding to \a pixelFormat or an invalid
+ * PixelFormat if \a pixelFormat is not supported by the video device
  */
 V4L2PixelFormat V4L2VideoDevice::toV4L2PixelFormat(const PixelFormat &pixelFormat) const
 {
-	return V4L2PixelFormat::fromPixelFormat(pixelFormat)[0];
+	std::vector<V4L2PixelFormat> v4l2PixelFormats =
+		V4L2PixelFormat::fromPixelFormat(pixelFormat);
+
+	for (const V4L2PixelFormat &v4l2Format : v4l2PixelFormats) {
+		auto it = std::find_if(pixelFormats_.begin(), pixelFormats_.end(),
+				       [&v4l2Format](const V4L2PixelFormat &devFormat) {
+					       return v4l2Format == devFormat;
+				       });
+
+		if (it != pixelFormats_.end())
+			return v4l2Format;
+	}
+
+	return {};
 }
 
 /**