diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/camera_manager.h b/include/libcamera/internal/camera_manager.h
index 5dfbe1f6546c..ff4197f47acb 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/camera_manager.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/camera_manager.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <libcamera/base/thread.h>
 #include <libcamera/base/thread_annotations.h>
 
+#include "libcamera/internal/layer_manager.h"
 #include "libcamera/internal/process.h"
 
 namespace libcamera {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public:
 	void removeCamera(std::shared_ptr<Camera> camera) LIBCAMERA_TSA_EXCLUDES(mutex_);
 
 	IPAManager *ipaManager() const { return ipaManager_.get(); }
+	const LayerManager *layerManager() const { return &layerManager_; }
 
 protected:
 	void run() override;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ private:
 	std::unique_ptr<DeviceEnumerator> enumerator_;
 
 	std::unique_ptr<IPAManager> ipaManager_;
+	LayerManager layerManager_;
 };
 
 } /* namespace libcamera */
diff --git a/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp b/src/libcamera/camera_manager.cpp
index f81794bfd6fe..a2505a5a12a3 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"