diff --git a/src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml b/src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml
index 1dfaee0c..b0555d76 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml
+++ b/src/libcamera/control_ids_core.yaml
@@ -1049,4 +1049,19 @@ controls:
       description: |
         Enable or disable the debug metadata.
 
+  - FrameWallClock:
+      type: int64_t
+      direction: out
+      description: |
+        This timestamp corresponds to the same moment in time as the
+        SensorTimestamp, but is represented as a wall clock time as measured by
+        the CLOCK_REALTIME clock.
+
+        Being a wall clock measurement, it can be used to synchronise timing
+        across different devices.
+
+        \sa SensorTimestamp
+
+        The FrameWallClock control can only be returned in metadata.
+
 ...