diff --git a/include/libcamera/ipa/rkisp1.mojom b/include/libcamera/ipa/rkisp1.mojom
index 1009e970a1b5..585d38572aa2 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/ipa/rkisp1.mojom
+++ b/include/libcamera/ipa/rkisp1.mojom
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import "include/libcamera/ipa/core.mojom";
 struct IPAConfigInfo {
 	libcamera.IPACameraSensorInfo sensorInfo;
 	libcamera.ControlInfoMap sensorControls;
+	uint32 paramFormat;
 };
 
 interface IPARkISP1Interface {
diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp
index 9f3f576afcf7..730a55b4465a 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.cpp
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ namespace libcamera::ipa::rkisp1 {
  * \brief Indicates if the camera is configured to capture raw frames
  */
 
+/**
+ * \var IPASessionConfiguration::paramFormat
+ * \brief The fourcc of the parameters buffers format
+ */
+
 /**
  * \struct IPAActiveState
  * \brief Active state for algorithms
diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.h b/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.h
index 061efc0c578e..24c4b2471bb4 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.h
+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/ipa_context.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct IPASessionConfiguration {
 	} sensor;
 
 	bool raw;
+	uint32_t paramFormat;
 };
 
 struct IPAActiveState {
diff --git a/src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp b/src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
index 23e0826cc335..de2998ab57fe 100644
--- a/src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ int IPARkISP1::configure(const IPAConfigInfo &ipaConfig,
 	context_.activeState = {};
 	context_.frameContexts.clear();
 
+	context_.configuration.paramFormat = ipaConfig.paramFormat;
+
 	const IPACameraSensorInfo &info = ipaConfig.sensorInfo;
 	const ControlInfo vBlank = sensorControls_.find(V4L2_CID_VBLANK)->second;
 	context_.configuration.sensor.defVBlank = vBlank.def().get<int32_t>();
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
index eec5bf949bed..1cdb9a44f900 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/rkisp1/rkisp1.cpp
@@ -814,6 +814,7 @@ int PipelineHandlerRkISP1::configure(Camera *camera, CameraConfiguration *c)
 		return ret;
 
 	ipaConfig.sensorControls = data->sensor_->controls();
+	ipaConfig.paramFormat = paramFormat.fourcc;
 
 	ret = data->ipa_->configure(ipaConfig, streamConfig, &data->controlInfo_);
 	if (ret) {