diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
index d3f1d9a95f81..4f1ab72debf8 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/ipu3/ipu3.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ public:
 	bool match(DeviceEnumerator *enumerator);
 
 private:
+	static constexpr unsigned int IPU3_BUF_NUM = 4;
+
 	IPU3CameraData *cameraData(const Camera *camera)
 	{
 		return static_cast<IPU3CameraData *>(
@@ -102,27 +104,45 @@ std::map<Stream *, StreamConfiguration>
 PipelineHandlerIPU3::streamConfiguration(Camera *camera,
 					 std::vector<Stream *> &streams)
 {
+	std::map<unsigned int, std::vector<SizeRange>> formats;
 	std::map<Stream *, StreamConfiguration> configs;
 	IPU3CameraData *data = cameraData(camera);
 	V4L2Subdevice *sensor = data->cio2.sensor;
-	V4L2SubdeviceFormat format = {};
+	StreamConfiguration *config = &configs[&data->stream_];
+
+	config->pixelFormat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_IPU3_SGRBG10;
+	config->bufferCount = IPU3_BUF_NUM;
 
 	/*
-	 * FIXME: As of now, return the image format reported by the sensor.
-	 * In future good defaults should be provided for each stream.
+	 * Use the largest image size the sensor provides or
+	 * use a default one.
 	 */
-	if (sensor->getFormat(0, &format)) {
-		LOG(IPU3, Error) << "Failed to create stream configurations";
-		return configs;
+	formats = sensor->formats(0);
+	if (formats.empty()) {
+		config->width = 1920;
+		config->height = 1080;
+		LOG(IPU3, Info)
+			<< "Use default stream sizes " << config->width
+			<< "x" << config->height;
 	}
 
-	StreamConfiguration config = {};
-	config.width = format.width;
-	config.height = format.height;
-	config.pixelFormat = V4L2_PIX_FMT_IPU3_SGRBG10;
-	config.bufferCount = 4;
+	auto it = formats.begin();
+	while (it != formats.end()) {
+		for (SizeRange &range : it->second) {
+			if (range.maxWidth <= config->width ||
+			    range.maxHeight <= config->height)
+				continue;
+
+			config->width = range.maxWidth;
+			config->height = range.maxHeight;
+		}
+
+		++it;
+	}
 
-	configs[&data->stream_] = config;
+	LOG(IPU3, Info) << "Stream format set to = (" << config->width << "x"
+			<< config->height << ") - 0x" << std::hex
+			<< config->pixelFormat;
 
 	return configs;
 }