diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_manager.h b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_manager.h
index f8ce780169e617088557888d7c8dae2d3f10ec08..4c01e76f1800120f0baca25bc2e5e251f7cf80b5 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_manager.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_manager.h
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ public:
 
 	template<typename T>
 	static std::unique_ptr<T> createIPA(PipelineHandler *pipe,
+					    const char *name,
 					    uint32_t minVersion,
 					    uint32_t maxVersion)
 	{
 		CameraManager *cm = pipe->cameraManager();
 		IPAManager *self = cm->_d()->ipaManager();
-		IPAModule *m = self->module(pipe, minVersion, maxVersion);
+		IPAModule *m = self->module(name, minVersion, maxVersion);
 		if (!m)
 			return nullptr;
 
@@ -60,6 +61,14 @@ public:
 		return proxy;
 	}
 
+	template<typename T>
+	static std::unique_ptr<T> createIPA(PipelineHandler *pipe,
+					    uint32_t minVersion,
+					    uint32_t maxVersion)
+	{
+		return createIPA<T>(pipe, pipe->name(), minVersion, maxVersion);
+	}
+
 #if HAVE_IPA_PUBKEY
 	static const PubKey &pubKey()
 	{
@@ -72,7 +81,7 @@ private:
 		      std::vector<std::string> &files);
 	unsigned int addDir(const char *libDir, unsigned int maxDepth = 0);
 
-	IPAModule *module(PipelineHandler *pipe, uint32_t minVersion,
+	IPAModule *module(const char *name, uint32_t minVersion,
 			  uint32_t maxVersion);
 
 	bool isSignatureValid(IPAModule *ipa) const;
diff --git a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_module.h b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_module.h
index 15f19492c3a027a0bc4f9572188d13af41fcd450..a0a53764e1394abed3bab92cdde9f33a86441c5f 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_module.h
+++ b/include/libcamera/internal/ipa_module.h
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ public:
 
 	IPAInterface *createInterface();
 
-	bool match(PipelineHandler *pipe,
-		   uint32_t minVersion, uint32_t maxVersion) const;
+	bool match(const char *name, uint32_t minVersion,
+		   uint32_t maxVersion) const;
 
 protected:
 	std::string logPrefix() const override;
diff --git a/src/libcamera/ipa_manager.cpp b/src/libcamera/ipa_manager.cpp
index 35171d097136a6d85b8f518c099f8228f9eacd6f..f62a4ee5fd012d23ce178d59f84c6ab49513376b 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/ipa_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/ipa_manager.cpp
@@ -247,15 +247,15 @@ unsigned int IPAManager::addDir(const char *libDir, unsigned int maxDepth)
 
 /**
  * \brief Retrieve an IPA module that matches a given pipeline handler
- * \param[in] pipe The pipeline handler
+ * \param[in] name The IPA module string identifier
  * \param[in] minVersion Minimum acceptable version of IPA module
  * \param[in] maxVersion Maximum acceptable version of IPA module
  */
-IPAModule *IPAManager::module(PipelineHandler *pipe, uint32_t minVersion,
+IPAModule *IPAManager::module(const char *name, uint32_t minVersion,
 			      uint32_t maxVersion)
 {
 	for (const auto &module : modules_) {
-		if (module->match(pipe, minVersion, maxVersion))
+		if (module->match(name, minVersion, maxVersion))
 			return module.get();
 	}
 
@@ -263,12 +263,34 @@ IPAModule *IPAManager::module(PipelineHandler *pipe, uint32_t minVersion,
 }
 
 /**
- * \fn IPAManager::createIPA()
- * \brief Create an IPA proxy that matches a given pipeline handler
- * \param[in] pipe The pipeline handler that wants a matching IPA proxy
+ * \fn IPAManager::createIPA(PipelineHandler *pipe, const char *ipaName, uint32_t minVersion, uint32_t maxVersion)
+ * \brief Create an IPA proxy that matches the requested name and version
+ * \param[in] pipe The pipeline handler that wants to create the IPA module
+ * \param[in] ipaName The IPA module name
  * \param[in] minVersion Minimum acceptable version of IPA module
  * \param[in] maxVersion Maximum acceptable version of IPA module
  *
+ * Create an IPA module using \a name as the matching identifier. This overload
+ * allows pipeline handlers to create an IPA module by specifying its name
+ * instead of relying on the fact that the IPA module matches the pipeline
+ * handler's one.
+ *
+ * \return A newly created IPA proxy, or nullptr if no matching IPA module is
+ * found or if the IPA proxy fails to initialize
+ */
+
+/**
+ * \fn IPAManager::createIPA(PipelineHandler *pipe, uint32_t minVersion, uint32_t maxVersion)
+ * \brief Create an IPA proxy that matches the pipeline handler name and the
+ * requested version
+ * \param[in] pipe The pipeline handler that wants to create the IPA module
+ * \param[in] minVersion Minimum acceptable version of IPA module
+ * \param[in] maxVersion Maximum acceptable version of IPA module
+ *
+ * Create an IPA module using the pipeline handler name as the matching
+ * identifier. This overload allows pipeline handler to create an IPA module
+ * whose name matches the pipeline handler one.
+ *
  * \return A newly created IPA proxy, or nullptr if no matching IPA module is
  * found or if the IPA proxy fails to initialize
  */
diff --git a/src/libcamera/ipa_module.cpp b/src/libcamera/ipa_module.cpp
index e6ea61e4482983a83b4185c4309f2c514ed24fc2..0bd6f14626fe2038072f48b70ca4341b0eb8cef5 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/ipa_module.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/ipa_module.cpp
@@ -463,21 +463,21 @@ IPAInterface *IPAModule::createInterface()
 
 /**
  * \brief Verify if the IPA module matches a given pipeline handler
- * \param[in] pipe Pipeline handler to match with
+ * \param[in] name The IPA module name
  * \param[in] minVersion Minimum acceptable version of IPA module
  * \param[in] maxVersion Maximum acceptable version of IPA module
  *
- * This function checks if this IPA module matches the \a pipe pipeline handler,
+ * This function checks if this IPA module matches the requested \a name
  * and the input version range.
  *
- * \return True if the pipeline handler matches the IPA module, or false otherwise
+ * \return True if the IPA module matches, or false otherwise
  */
-bool IPAModule::match(PipelineHandler *pipe,
-		      uint32_t minVersion, uint32_t maxVersion) const
+bool IPAModule::match(const char *name, uint32_t minVersion,
+		      uint32_t maxVersion) const
 {
 	return info_.pipelineVersion >= minVersion &&
 	       info_.pipelineVersion <= maxVersion &&
-	       !strcmp(info_.pipelineName, pipe->name());
+	       !strcmp(info_.name, name);
 }
 
 std::string IPAModule::logPrefix() const