diff --git a/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/include/ConfigManager.h b/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/include/ConfigManager.h
index 1d5fe77..37a17dc 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/include/ConfigManager.h
+++ b/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/include/ConfigManager.h
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@
 
 #include <tinyxml2.h>
 
+#include <limits>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>
 #include <vector>
@@ -54,6 +56,15 @@
     /* Camera device's capabilities and metadata */
     class CameraInfo {
       public:
+        enum class DeviceType : std::int32_t {
+            NONE = 0,
+            MOCK = 1,
+            V4L2 = 2,
+            VIDEO = 3,
+
+            UNKNOWN = std::numeric_limits<std::underlying_type_t<DeviceType>>::max(),
+        };
+
         CameraInfo() : characteristics(nullptr) {}
 
         virtual ~CameraInfo();
@@ -69,6 +80,10 @@
             return characteristics != nullptr;
         }
 
+        static DeviceType deviceTypeFromSV(const std::string_view sv);
+
+        DeviceType deviceType{DeviceType::NONE};
+
         /*
          * List of supported controls that the primary client can program.
          * Paraemters are stored with its valid range
diff --git a/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/src/ConfigManager.cpp b/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/src/ConfigManager.cpp
index da791ed..ba4cdc0 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/src/ConfigManager.cpp
+++ b/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/src/ConfigManager.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,18 @@
 std::string_view ConfigManager::sConfigOverridePath =
         "/vendor/etc/automotive/evs/evs_configuration_override.xml";
 
+ConfigManager::CameraInfo::DeviceType ConfigManager::CameraInfo::deviceTypeFromSV(
+        const std::string_view sv) {
+    using namespace std::string_view_literals;
+    static const std::unordered_map<std::string_view, DeviceType> nameToType = {
+            {"mock"sv, DeviceType::MOCK},
+            {"v4l2"sv, DeviceType::V4L2},
+            {"video"sv, DeviceType::VIDEO},
+    };
+    const auto search = nameToType.find(sv);
+    return search == nameToType.end() ? DeviceType::UNKNOWN : search->second;
+}
+
 void ConfigManager::printElementNames(const XMLElement* rootElem, const std::string& prefix) const {
     const XMLElement* curElem = rootElem;
 
@@ -128,6 +140,10 @@
         return false;
     }
 
+    if (const auto typeAttr = aDeviceElem->FindAttribute("type")) {
+        aCamera->deviceType = CameraInfo::deviceTypeFromSV(typeAttr->Value());
+    }
+
     /* size information to allocate camera_metadata_t */
     size_t totalEntries = 0;
     size_t totalDataSize = 0;
diff --git a/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/src/EvsEnumerator.cpp b/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/src/EvsEnumerator.cpp
index 5178958..3a81346 100644
--- a/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/src/EvsEnumerator.cpp
+++ b/automotive/evs/aidl/impl/default/src/EvsEnumerator.cpp
@@ -253,7 +253,22 @@
     if (!sConfigManager) {
         pActiveCamera = EvsMockCamera::Create(id.data());
     } else {
-        pActiveCamera = EvsMockCamera::Create(id.data(), sConfigManager->getCameraInfo(id), &cfg);
+        auto& cameraInfo = sConfigManager->getCameraInfo(id);
+        switch (cameraInfo->deviceType) {
+            using DeviceType = ConfigManager::CameraInfo::DeviceType;
+
+            // Default to MOCK for backward compatibility.
+            case DeviceType::NONE:
+            case DeviceType::MOCK:
+                pActiveCamera = EvsMockCamera::Create(id.data(), cameraInfo, &cfg);
+                break;
+
+            default:
+                LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": camera device type "
+                           << static_cast<std::int32_t>(cameraInfo->deviceType)
+                           << " is not supported.";
+                break;
+        }
     }
 
     pRecord->activeInstance = pActiveCamera;