diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp
index 5adc89fdb..a7e0fcfbc 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp
@@ -590,6 +590,11 @@ int UVCCameraData::init(MediaDevice *media)
 		addControl(cid, info, &ctrls);
 	}

+	if (autoExposureMode_ && manualExposureMode_) {
+		/* \todo Move this to the Camera class */
+		ctrls[&controls::AeEnable] = ControlInfo(false, true, true);
+	}
+
 	controlInfo_ = ControlInfoMap(std::move(ctrls), controls::controls);

 	/*