diff --git a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp
index b12083a7a74dae54..25dee5fd99578148 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp
+++ b/src/libcamera/pipeline/uvcvideo/uvcvideo.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <libcamera/camera.h>
 #include <libcamera/control_ids.h>
 #include <libcamera/controls.h>
+#include <libcamera/property_ids.h>
 #include <libcamera/request.h>
 #include <libcamera/stream.h>
 
@@ -500,6 +501,9 @@ int UVCCameraData::init(MediaDevice *media)
 
 	video_->bufferReady.connect(this, &UVCCameraData::bufferReady);
 
+	/* Initialize the camera properties. */
+	properties_.set(properties::Model, utils::stripUnicode(media->model()));
+
 	/* Initialise the supported controls. */
 	ControlInfoMap::Map ctrls;