diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerapool.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerapool.cpp
index 9cd7eccb..6593b3ca 100644
--- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerapool.cpp
+++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerapool.cpp
@@ -135,16 +135,36 @@ gst_libcamera_pool_class_init(GstLibcameraPoolClass *klass)
 }
 
 GstLibcameraPool *
-gst_libcamera_pool_new(GstLibcameraAllocator *allocator, Stream *stream)
+gst_libcamera_pool_new(GstLibcameraAllocator *allocator, const StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg,
+		       GstCaps *caps, gboolean add_video_meta)
 {
 	auto *pool = GST_LIBCAMERA_POOL(g_object_new(GST_TYPE_LIBCAMERA_POOL, nullptr));
+	GstVideoInfo info;
 
 	pool->allocator = GST_LIBCAMERA_ALLOCATOR(g_object_ref(allocator));
-	pool->stream = stream;
-
-	gsize pool_size = gst_libcamera_allocator_get_pool_size(allocator, stream);
+	pool->stream = stream_cfg.stream();
+
+	if (caps && gst_video_info_from_caps(&info, caps)) {
+		guint k, stride;
+		gsize offset = 0;
+		for (k = 0; k < GST_VIDEO_INFO_N_PLANES(&info); k++) {
+			stride = gst_video_format_info_extrapolate_stride(info.finfo, k, stream_cfg.stride);
+			info.stride[k] = stride;
+			info.offset[k] = offset;
+			offset += stride * GST_VIDEO_FORMAT_INFO_SCALE_HEIGHT(info.finfo, k, GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT(&info));
+		}
+	} else
+		add_video_meta = false;
+
+	gsize pool_size = gst_libcamera_allocator_get_pool_size(allocator, stream_cfg.stream());
 	for (gsize i = 0; i < pool_size; i++) {
 		GstBuffer *buffer = gst_buffer_new();
+		if (add_video_meta) {
+			gst_buffer_add_video_meta_full(buffer, GST_VIDEO_FRAME_FLAG_NONE,
+						       GST_VIDEO_INFO_FORMAT(&info), GST_VIDEO_INFO_WIDTH(&info),
+						       GST_VIDEO_INFO_HEIGHT(&info), GST_VIDEO_INFO_N_PLANES(&info),
+						       info.offset, info.stride);
+		}
 		pool->queue->push_back(buffer);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerapool.h b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerapool.h
index 2a7a9c77..8ad87cab 100644
--- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerapool.h
+++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerapool.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 G_DECLARE_FINAL_TYPE(GstLibcameraPool, gst_libcamera_pool, GST_LIBCAMERA, POOL, GstBufferPool)
 
 GstLibcameraPool *gst_libcamera_pool_new(GstLibcameraAllocator *allocator,
-					 libcamera::Stream *stream);
+					 const libcamera::StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg, GstCaps *caps, gboolean add_video_meta);
 
 libcamera::Stream *gst_libcamera_pool_get_stream(GstLibcameraPool *self);
 
diff --git a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
index 8efa25f4..c05a31e7 100644
--- a/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
+++ b/src/gstreamer/gstlibcamerasrc.cpp
@@ -497,9 +497,21 @@ gst_libcamera_src_negotiate(GstLibcameraSrc *self)
 	for (gsize i = 0; i < state->srcpads_.size(); i++) {
 		GstPad *srcpad = state->srcpads_[i];
 		const StreamConfiguration &stream_cfg = state->config_->at(i);
+		GstQuery *query = NULL;
+		gboolean add_video_meta = false;
+
+		g_autoptr(GstCaps) caps = gst_libcamera_stream_configuration_to_caps(stream_cfg);
+		gst_libcamera_framerate_to_caps(caps, element_caps);
+
+		query = gst_query_new_allocation(caps, false);
+		if (!gst_pad_peer_query(srcpad, query))
+			GST_DEBUG_OBJECT(self, "didn't get downstream ALLOCATION hints");
+		else
+			add_video_meta = gst_query_find_allocation_meta(query, GST_VIDEO_META_API_TYPE, NULL);
+		gst_query_unref(query);
 
 		GstLibcameraPool *pool = gst_libcamera_pool_new(self->allocator,
-								stream_cfg.stream());
+								stream_cfg, caps, add_video_meta);
 		g_signal_connect_swapped(pool, "buffer-notify",
 					 G_CALLBACK(gst_task_resume), self->task);