diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index a32de7f3..f25a8cc1 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -1120,6 +1120,9 @@ int SimplePipelineHandler::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* Set up the video device's horizontal and vertical flips. */
+	video->setTransform(c->transform);
+
 	/* Configure the video node. */
 	V4L2PixelFormat videoFormat = video->toV4L2PixelFormat(pipeConfig->captureFormat);