diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/camera_manager.h b/include/libcamera/internal/camera_manager.h
index 0150ca61f7de..ef5b0688de23 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/camera_manager.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/camera_manager.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace libcamera {
 class Camera;
 class DeviceEnumerator;
 class IPAManager;
+class LayerManager;
 class PipelineHandlerFactoryBase;
 
 class CameraManager::Private : public Extensible::Private, public Thread
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public:
 	void removeCamera(std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera) LIBCAMERA_TSA_EXCLUDES(mutex_);
 
 	IPAManager *ipaManager() const { return ipaManager_.get(); }
+	LayerManager *layerManager() const { return layerManager_.get(); }
 
 protected:
 	void run() override;
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ private:
 
 	std::unique_ptr<IPAManager> ipaManager_;
 	ProcessManager processManager_;
+	std::unique_ptr<LayerManager> layerManager_;
 };
 
 } /* namespace libcamera */
diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp
index e62e7193cfdc..0f202fc6314e 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include "libcamera/internal/camera.h"
 #include "libcamera/internal/device_enumerator.h"
+#include "libcamera/internal/layer_manager.h"
 #include "libcamera/internal/ipa_manager.h"
 #include "libcamera/internal/pipeline_handler.h"
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ CameraManager::Private::Private()
 	: initialized_(false)
 {
 	ipaManager_ = std::make_unique<IPAManager>();
+	layerManager_ = std::make_unique<LayerManager>();
 }
 
 int CameraManager::Private::start()