diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
index 6fe88e965a8c..7d225389bfb1 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-subdev.c
@@ -35,14 +35,9 @@
 static int subdev_fh_init(struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh, struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
-	/* Allocate try format and crop in the same memory block */
-	fh->try_fmt = kzalloc((sizeof(*fh->try_fmt) + sizeof(*fh->try_crop))
-			      * sd->entity.num_pads, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (fh->try_fmt == NULL)
+	fh->pad = kzalloc(sizeof(*fh->pad) * sd->entity.num_pads, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (fh->pad == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
-	fh->try_crop = (struct v4l2_rect *)
-		(fh->try_fmt + sd->entity.num_pads);
 #endif
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -50,9 +45,8 @@ static int subdev_fh_init(struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh, struct v4l2_subdev *sd)
 static void subdev_fh_free(struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh)
 {
 #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
-	kfree(fh->try_fmt);
-	fh->try_fmt = NULL;
-	fh->try_crop = NULL;
+	kfree(fh->pad);
+	fh->pad = NULL;
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -293,6 +287,34 @@ static long subdev_do_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, void *arg)
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, pad, enum_frame_interval, subdev_fh,
 					fie);
 	}
+
+	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_SELECTION: {
+		struct v4l2_subdev_selection *sel = arg;
+
+		if (sel->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY &&
+		    sel->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (sel->pad >= sd->entity.num_pads)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		return v4l2_subdev_call(
+			sd, pad, get_selection, subdev_fh, sel);
+	}
+
+	case VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION: {
+		struct v4l2_subdev_selection *sel = arg;
+
+		if (sel->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY &&
+		    sel->which != V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		if (sel->pad >= sd->entity.num_pads)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		return v4l2_subdev_call(
+			sd, pad, set_selection, subdev_fh, sel);
+	}
 #endif
 	default:
 		return v4l2_subdev_call(sd, core, ioctl, cmd, arg);
diff --git a/include/linux/v4l2-subdev.h b/include/linux/v4l2-subdev.h
index ed29cbbebfef..812019ee1e06 100644
--- a/include/linux/v4l2-subdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/v4l2-subdev.h
@@ -123,6 +123,43 @@ struct v4l2_subdev_frame_interval_enum {
 	__u32 reserved[9];
 };
 
+#define V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_GE			(1 << 0)
+#define V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_SIZE_LE			(1 << 1)
+#define V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_FLAG_KEEP_CONFIG		(1 << 2)
+
+/* active cropping area */
+#define V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_TGT_CROP_ACTUAL			0x0000
+/* cropping bounds */
+#define V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_TGT_CROP_BOUNDS			0x0002
+/* current composing area */
+#define V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_ACTUAL		0x0100
+/* composing bounds */
+#define V4L2_SUBDEV_SEL_TGT_COMPOSE_BOUNDS		0x0102
+
+
+/**
+ * struct v4l2_subdev_selection - selection info
+ *
+ * @which: either V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_ACTIVE or V4L2_SUBDEV_FORMAT_TRY
+ * @pad: pad number, as reported by the media API
+ * @target: selection target, used to choose one of possible rectangles
+ * @flags: constraint flags
+ * @r: coordinates of the selection window
+ * @reserved: for future use, set to zero for now
+ *
+ * Hardware may use multiple helper windows to process a video stream.
+ * The structure is used to exchange this selection areas between
+ * an application and a driver.
+ */
+struct v4l2_subdev_selection {
+	__u32 which;
+	__u32 pad;
+	__u32 target;
+	__u32 flags;
+	struct v4l2_rect r;
+	__u32 reserved[8];
+};
+
 #define VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FMT	_IOWR('V',  4, struct v4l2_subdev_format)
 #define VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_FMT	_IOWR('V',  5, struct v4l2_subdev_format)
 #define VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_FRAME_INTERVAL \
@@ -137,5 +174,9 @@ struct v4l2_subdev_frame_interval_enum {
 			_IOWR('V', 75, struct v4l2_subdev_frame_interval_enum)
 #define VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_CROP	_IOWR('V', 59, struct v4l2_subdev_crop)
 #define VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_CROP	_IOWR('V', 60, struct v4l2_subdev_crop)
+#define VIDIOC_SUBDEV_G_SELECTION \
+	_IOWR('V', 61, struct v4l2_subdev_selection)
+#define VIDIOC_SUBDEV_S_SELECTION \
+	_IOWR('V', 62, struct v4l2_subdev_selection)
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
index f0f3358d1b1b..feab950bc8ab 100644
--- a/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
+++ b/include/media/v4l2-subdev.h
@@ -466,6 +466,10 @@ struct v4l2_subdev_pad_ops {
 		       struct v4l2_subdev_crop *crop);
 	int (*get_crop)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh,
 		       struct v4l2_subdev_crop *crop);
+	int (*get_selection)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh,
+			     struct v4l2_subdev_selection *sel);
+	int (*set_selection)(struct v4l2_subdev *sd, struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh,
+			     struct v4l2_subdev_selection *sel);
 };
 
 struct v4l2_subdev_ops {
@@ -549,8 +553,11 @@ struct v4l2_subdev {
 struct v4l2_subdev_fh {
 	struct v4l2_fh vfh;
 #if defined(CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API)
-	struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *try_fmt;
-	struct v4l2_rect *try_crop;
+	struct {
+		struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt try_fmt;
+		struct v4l2_rect try_crop;
+		struct v4l2_rect try_compose;
+	} *pad;
 #endif
 };
 
@@ -561,13 +568,19 @@ struct v4l2_subdev_fh {
 static inline struct v4l2_mbus_framefmt *
 v4l2_subdev_get_try_format(struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh, unsigned int pad)
 {
-	return &fh->try_fmt[pad];
+	return &fh->pad[pad].try_fmt;
 }
 
 static inline struct v4l2_rect *
 v4l2_subdev_get_try_crop(struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh, unsigned int pad)
 {
-	return &fh->try_crop[pad];
+	return &fh->pad[pad].try_crop;
+}
+
+static inline struct v4l2_rect *
+v4l2_subdev_get_try_compose(struct v4l2_subdev_fh *fh, unsigned int pad)
+{
+	return &fh->pad[pad].try_compose;
 }
 #endif