diff --git a/include/wlr/types/wlr_output.h b/include/wlr/types/wlr_output.h
index e6cd58824..1ef289008 100644
--- a/include/wlr/types/wlr_output.h
+++ b/include/wlr/types/wlr_output.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ struct wlr_output {
 	enum wl_output_transform transform;
 	enum wlr_output_adaptive_sync_status adaptive_sync_status;
 	uint32_t render_format;
+	const struct wlr_output_image_description *image_description;
 
 	// Indicates whether making changes to adaptive sync status is supported.
 	// If false, changes to adaptive sync status is guaranteed to fail. If
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ struct wlr_output {
 
 	struct {
 		struct wl_listener display_destroy;
+		struct wlr_output_image_description image_description_value;
 	} WLR_PRIVATE;
 };
 
diff --git a/types/output/output.c b/types/output/output.c
index 4f268c78d..3410138c1 100644
--- a/types/output/output.c
+++ b/types/output/output.c
@@ -233,6 +233,15 @@ static void output_apply_state(struct wlr_output *output,
 		output->transform = state->transform;
 	}
 
+	if (state->committed & WLR_OUTPUT_STATE_IMAGE_DESCRIPTION) {
+		if (state->image_description != NULL) {
+			output->image_description_value = *state->image_description;
+			output->image_description = &output->image_description_value;
+		} else {
+			output->image_description = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	bool geometry_updated = state->committed &
 		(WLR_OUTPUT_STATE_MODE | WLR_OUTPUT_STATE_TRANSFORM |
 		WLR_OUTPUT_STATE_SUBPIXEL);