diff --git a/src/libcamera/include/v4l2_subdevice.h b/src/libcamera/include/v4l2_subdevice.h
index 9c077674f997..b69b93280894 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/include/v4l2_subdevice.h
+++ b/src/libcamera/include/v4l2_subdevice.h
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ public:
 
 	const MediaEntity *entity() const { return entity_; }
 
-	int setCrop(unsigned int pad, Rectangle *rect);
-	int setCompose(unsigned int pad, Rectangle *rect);
+	int getSelection(unsigned int pad, unsigned int target,
+			 Rectangle *rect);
+	int setSelection(unsigned int pad, unsigned int target,
+			 Rectangle *rect);
 
 	ImageFormats formats(unsigned int pad);
 
@@ -60,9 +62,6 @@ private:
 	std::vector<SizeRange> enumPadSizes(unsigned int pad,
 					    unsigned int code);
 
-	int setSelection(unsigned int pad, unsigned int target,
-			 Rectangle *rect);
-
 	const MediaEntity *entity_;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index 827906d5cd2e..bd027c7f10be 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -1071,11 +1071,11 @@ int ImgUDevice::configureInput(const Size &size,
 		.w = inputFormat->size.width,
 		.h = inputFormat->size.height,
 	};
-	ret = imgu_->setCrop(PAD_INPUT, &rect);
+	ret = imgu_->setSelection(PAD_INPUT, V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP, &rect);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ret = imgu_->setCompose(PAD_INPUT, &rect);
+	ret = imgu_->setSelection(PAD_INPUT, V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE, &rect);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
index a188298de34c..262dfa23ee57 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
@@ -127,25 +127,87 @@ int V4L2Subdevice::open()
  */
 
 /**
- * \brief Set a crop rectangle on one of the V4L2 subdevice pads
- * \param[in] pad The 0-indexed pad number the rectangle is to be applied to
- * \param[inout] rect The rectangle describing crop target area
+ * \brief Get the V4L2_SEL_TGT_* selection \a target rectangle on \a pad
+ * \param[in] pad The 0-indexed pad number to get the selection target from
+ * \param[in] target The selection target V4L2_SEL_TGT_* as defined by the V4L2
+ * selection API
+ * \param[out] rect The rectangle describing the returned selection target
+ *
+ * This operations wraps the VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_SELECTION ioctl, applied to one of
+ * the V4L2_SEL_TGT_* targets defined by the V4L2 API on the subdevice \a pad.
+ * The retrieved selection rectangle is returned in the output parameter \a
+ * rect.
+ *
  * \return 0 on success or a negative error code otherwise
  */
-int V4L2Subdevice::setCrop(unsigned int pad, Rectangle *rect)
+int V4L2Subdevice::getSelection(unsigned int pad, unsigned int target,
+				Rectangle *rect)
 {
-	return setSelection(pad, V4L2_SEL_TGT_CROP, rect);
+	struct v4l2_subdev_selection sel = {};
+
+	sel.which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE;
+	sel.pad = pad;
+	sel.target = target;
+
+	int ret = ioctl(VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_SELECTION, &sel);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		LOG(V4L2, Error)
+			<< "Unable to get rectangle " << target << " on pad "
+			<< pad << ": " << strerror(-ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	rect->x = sel.r.left;
+	rect->y = sel.r.top;
+	rect->w = sel.r.width;
+	rect->h = sel.r.height;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
- * \brief Set a compose rectangle on one of the V4L2 subdevice pads
- * \param[in] pad The 0-indexed pad number the rectangle is to be applied to
- * \param[inout] rect The rectangle describing the compose target area
+ * \brief Set the V4L2_SEL_TGT_* selection \a target rectangle on \a pad
+ * \param[in] pad The 0-indexed pad number to set the selection target on
+ * \param[in] target The selection target V4L2_SEL_TGT_* as defined by the V4L2
+ * selection API
+ * \param[inout] rect The rectangle to be applied to the the selection \a target
+ *
+ * This operations wraps the VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION ioctl, applied to one of
+ * the V4L2_SEL_TGT_* targets defined by the V4L2 API on the subdevice \a pad.
+ * The selection rectangle to apply is described by the parameter \a rect,
+ * which is updated to reflect what has been actually applied on the subdevice
+ * when the method returns.
+ *
  * \return 0 on success or a negative error code otherwise
  */
-int V4L2Subdevice::setCompose(unsigned int pad, Rectangle *rect)
+int V4L2Subdevice::setSelection(unsigned int pad, unsigned int target,
+				Rectangle *rect)
 {
-	return setSelection(pad, V4L2_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE, rect);
+	struct v4l2_subdev_selection sel = {};
+
+	sel.which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE;
+	sel.pad = pad;
+	sel.target = target;
+
+	sel.r.left = rect->x;
+	sel.r.top = rect->y;
+	sel.r.width = rect->w;
+	sel.r.height = rect->h;
+
+	int ret = ioctl(VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION, &sel);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		LOG(V4L2, Error)
+			<< "Unable to set rectangle " << target << " on pad "
+			<< pad << ": " << strerror(-ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	rect->x = sel.r.left;
+	rect->y = sel.r.top;
+	rect->w = sel.r.width;
+	rect->h = sel.r.height;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -329,35 +391,4 @@ std::vector<SizeRange> V4L2Subdevice::enumPadSizes(unsigned int pad,
 	return sizes;
 }
 
-int V4L2Subdevice::setSelection(unsigned int pad, unsigned int target,
-				Rectangle *rect)
-{
-	struct v4l2_subdev_selection sel = {};
-
-	sel.which = V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE;
-	sel.pad = pad;
-	sel.target = target;
-	sel.flags = 0;
-
-	sel.r.left = rect->x;
-	sel.r.top = rect->y;
-	sel.r.width = rect->w;
-	sel.r.height = rect->h;
-
-	int ret = ioctl(VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION, &sel);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		LOG(V4L2, Error)
-			<< "Unable to set rectangle " << target << " on pad "
-			<< pad << ": " << strerror(-ret);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
-	rect->x = sel.r.left;
-	rect->y = sel.r.top;
-	rect->w = sel.r.width;
-	rect->h = sel.r.height;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 } /* namespace libcamera */