diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_proxy.h b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_proxy.h
index 781c8b623605..9235b582edad 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_proxy.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_proxy.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ public:
 
 	bool isValid() const { return valid_; }
 
-	std::string configurationFile(const std::string &file) const;
+	std::string configurationFile(const std::string &file,
+				      const std::string &prefix = "") const;
 
 protected:
 	std::string resolvePath(const std::string &file) const;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/ipa_proxy.cpp b/src/libcamera/ipa_proxy.cpp
index 3f2cc6b89f60..4a27b0a993fa 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/ipa_proxy.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/ipa_proxy.cpp
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ IPAProxy::~IPAProxy()
 /**
  * \brief Retrieve the absolute path to an IPA configuration file
  * \param[in] name The configuration file name
+ * \param[in] prefix The configuration directory prefix when searching system paths
  *
  * This function locates the configuration file for an IPA and returns its
  * absolute path. It searches the following directories, in order:
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ IPAProxy::~IPAProxy()
  *   environment variable ; or
  * - If libcamera is not installed, the src/ipa/ directory within the source
  *   tree ; otherwise
- * - The system sysconf (etc/libcamera/ipa) and the data (share/libcamera/ipa/)
- *   directories.
+ * - The system sysconf (etc/libcamera/ipa/<prefix>/) and the data
+ *   (share/libcamera/ipa/<prefix>/) directories.
  *
  * The system directories are not searched if libcamera is not installed.
  *
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ IPAProxy::~IPAProxy()
  * \return The full path to the IPA configuration file, or an empty string if
  * no configuration file can be found
  */
-std::string IPAProxy::configurationFile(const std::string &name) const
+std::string IPAProxy::configurationFile(const std::string &name,
+					const std::string &prefix) const
 {
 	struct stat statbuf;
 	int ret;
@@ -139,7 +141,8 @@ std::string IPAProxy::configurationFile(const std::string &name) const
 	} else {
 		/* Else look in the system locations. */
 		for (const auto &dir : utils::split(IPA_CONFIG_DIR, ":")) {
-			std::string confPath = dir + "/" + ipaName + "/" + name;
+			std::string confPath = dir + "/" + prefix + "/" +
+					       ipaName + "/" + name;
 			ret = stat(confPath.c_str(), &statbuf);
 			if (ret == 0 && (statbuf.st_mode & S_IFMT) == S_IFREG)
 				return confPath;