diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h
index 194382f84..d81296ee6 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/v4l2_subdevice.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ struct V4L2SubdeviceFormat {
 	std::optional<ColorSpace> colorSpace;
 
 	const std::string toString() const;
+
+	struct v4l2_subdev_format subdevFmt;
 };
 
 std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const V4L2SubdeviceFormat &f);
diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
index 3ddce71d3..6ec055596 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/simple/simple.cpp
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ CameraConfiguration::Status SimpleCameraConfiguration::validate()
 
 	LOG(SimplePipeline, Debug)
 		<< "Picked "
-		<< V4L2SubdeviceFormat{ pipeConfig_->code, pipeConfig_->sensorSize, {} }
+		<< V4L2SubdeviceFormat{ pipeConfig_->code, pipeConfig_->sensorSize, {}, {} }
 		<< " -> " << pipeConfig_->captureSize
 		<< "-" << pipeConfig_->captureFormat
 		<< " for max stream size " << maxStreamSize;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/sensor/camera_sensor.cpp b/src/libcamera/sensor/camera_sensor.cpp
index 1b224f198..ac96b4843 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/sensor/camera_sensor.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/sensor/camera_sensor.cpp
@@ -744,6 +744,7 @@ V4L2SubdeviceFormat CameraSensor::getFormat(const std::vector<unsigned int> &mbu
 		.code = bestCode,
 		.size = *bestSize,
 		.colorSpace = ColorSpace::Raw,
+		.subdevFmt = {},
 	};
 
 	return format;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp b/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
index 9f2ec4798..677714890 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/v4l2_subdevice.cpp
@@ -808,6 +808,14 @@ const MediaBusFormatInfo &MediaBusFormatInfo::info(uint32_t code)
  * resulting color space is acceptable.
  */
 
+/**
+ * \var V4L2SubdeviceFormat::subdevFmt
+ * \brief The whole v4l2_subdev_format after calling setFormat()/getFormat()
+ *
+ * It's used in some pipeline handlers that need extra information apart from
+ * the existing fields.
+ */
+
 /**
  * \brief Assemble and return a string describing the format
  * \return A string describing the V4L2SubdeviceFormat
@@ -1266,6 +1274,7 @@ int V4L2Subdevice::getFormat(const Stream &stream, V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 	format->size.height = subdevFmt.format.height;
 	format->code = subdevFmt.format.code;
 	format->colorSpace = toColorSpace(subdevFmt.format);
+	format->subdevFmt = subdevFmt;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1324,6 +1333,7 @@ int V4L2Subdevice::setFormat(const Stream &stream, V4L2SubdeviceFormat *format,
 	format->size.height = subdevFmt.format.height;
 	format->code = subdevFmt.format.code;
 	format->colorSpace = toColorSpace(subdevFmt.format);
+	format->subdevFmt = subdevFmt;
 
 	return 0;
 }