diff --git a/include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom b/include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom
index 77328c5fd..ab7eeb5d5 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom
+++ b/include/libcamera/ipa/soft.mojom
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ interface IPASoftInterface {
 	     libcamera.SharedFD fdParams,
 	     libcamera.IPACameraSensorInfo sensorInfo,
 	     libcamera.ControlInfoMap sensorControls)
-		=> (int32 ret, libcamera.ControlInfoMap ipaControls, bool ccmEnabled);
+		=> (int32 ret, libcamera.ControlInfoMap ipaControls, bool ccmEnabled, bool gpuIspEnabled);
 	start() => (int32 ret);
 	stop();
 	configure(IPAConfigInfo configInfo)
diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h b/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h
index c3081e306..ee8fb6b03 100644
--- a/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h
+++ b/src/ipa/simple/ipa_context.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ struct IPAContext {
 	FCQueue<IPAFrameContext> frameContexts;
 	ControlInfoMap::Map ctrlMap;
 	bool ccmEnabled = false;
+	bool gpuIspEnabled = false;
 };
 
 } /* namespace ipa::soft */
diff --git a/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp b/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
index b147aca2e..523ff07b3 100644
--- a/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
+++ b/src/ipa/simple/soft_simple.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ public:
 		 const IPACameraSensorInfo &sensorInfo,
 		 const ControlInfoMap &sensorControls,
 		 ControlInfoMap *ipaControls,
-		 bool *ccmEnabled) override;
+		 bool *ccmEnabled,
+		 bool *gpuIspEnabled) override;
 	int configure(const IPAConfigInfo &configInfo) override;
 
 	int start() override;
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@ int IPASoftSimple::init(const IPASettings &settings,
 			const IPACameraSensorInfo &sensorInfo,
 			const ControlInfoMap &sensorControls,
 			ControlInfoMap *ipaControls,
-			bool *ccmEnabled)
+			bool *ccmEnabled,
+			bool *gpuIspEnabled)
 {
 	camHelper_ = CameraSensorHelperFactoryBase::create(settings.sensorModel);
 	if (!camHelper_) {
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@ int IPASoftSimple::init(const IPASettings &settings,
 	}
 
 	context_.sensorInfo = sensorInfo;
+	context_.gpuIspEnabled = *gpuIspEnabled;
 
 	/* Load the tuning data file */
 	File file(settings.configurationFile);
diff --git a/src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp b/src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp
index 9944ca573..7f3f7b0bc 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/software_isp/software_isp.cpp
@@ -130,12 +130,18 @@ SoftwareIsp::SoftwareIsp(PipelineHandler *pipe, const CameraSensor *sensor,
 		}
 	}
 
+	bool gpuIspEnabled;
+
 #if HAVE_DEBAYER_EGL
-	if (!softISPMode || !strcmp(softISPMode, "gpu"))
+	if (!softISPMode || !strcmp(softISPMode, "gpu")) {
 		debayer_ = std::make_unique<DebayerEGL>(std::move(stats), configuration);
+		gpuIspEnabled = true;
+	}
 #endif
-	if (!debayer_)
+	if (!debayer_) {
 		debayer_ = std::make_unique<DebayerCpu>(std::move(stats), configuration);
+		gpuIspEnabled = false;
+	}
 
 	if (!debayer_) {
 		LOG(SoftwareIsp, Error) << "Failed to create Debayer object";
@@ -173,7 +179,8 @@ SoftwareIsp::SoftwareIsp(PipelineHandler *pipe, const CameraSensor *sensor,
 			 sensorInfo,
 			 sensor->controls(),
 			 ipaControls,
-			 &ccmEnabled_);
+			 &ccmEnabled_,
+			 &gpuIspEnabled);
 	if (ret) {
 		LOG(SoftwareIsp, Error) << "IPA init failed";
 		debayer_.reset();