diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc/vimc.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc/vimc.cpp
index 68d65bc785b0..78fb0ece21f8 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc/vimc.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/vimc/vimc.cpp
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ CameraConfiguration *PipelineHandlerVimc::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera,
 	const StreamRoles &roles)
 {
 	CameraConfiguration *config = new VimcCameraConfiguration();
+	VimcCameraData *data = cameraData(camera);
 
 	if (roles.empty())
 		return config;
@@ -178,6 +179,19 @@ CameraConfiguration *PipelineHandlerVimc::generateConfiguration(Camera *camera,
 	std::map<PixelFormat, std::vector<SizeRange>> formats;
 
 	for (const auto &pixelformat : pixelformats) {
+		/*
+		 * \todo: Update this when the kernel correctly supports other
+		 * reported formats.
+		 */
+		if (data->media_->version() <= KERNEL_VERSION(5, 7, 0)) {
+			if (pixelformat.first != PixelFormat(DRM_FORMAT_BGR888)) {
+				LOG(VIMC, Info)
+					<< "Skipping unsupported pixel format"
+					<< pixelformat.first.toString();
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
+
 		/* The scaler hardcodes a x3 scale-up ratio. */
 		std::vector<SizeRange> sizes{
 			SizeRange{ { 48, 48 }, { 4096, 2160 } }