diff --git a/modules/fastcv/include/opencv2/fastcv/allocator.hpp b/modules/fastcv/include/opencv2/fastcv/allocator.hpp
index a70666723c..1b568bde33 100644
--- a/modules/fastcv/include/opencv2/fastcv/allocator.hpp
+++ b/modules/fastcv/include/opencv2/fastcv/allocator.hpp
@@ -36,12 +36,15 @@ class QcResourceManager {
 /**
  * @brief Qualcomm's custom allocator.
  * This allocator uses Qualcomm's memory management functions.
+ *
+ * Note: The userdata field of cv::UMatData is used to store the file descriptor (fd) of the allocated memory.
+ *
  */
 class QcAllocator : public cv::MatAllocator {
     public:
         QcAllocator();
         ~QcAllocator();
-    
+
         cv::UMatData* allocate(int dims, const int* sizes, int type, void* data0, size_t* step, cv::AccessFlag flags, cv::UMatUsageFlags usageFlags) const CV_OVERRIDE;
         bool allocate(cv::UMatData* u, cv::AccessFlag accessFlags, cv::UMatUsageFlags usageFlags) const CV_OVERRIDE;
         void deallocate(cv::UMatData* u) const CV_OVERRIDE;
diff --git a/modules/fastcv/src/allocator.cpp b/modules/fastcv/src/allocator.cpp
index 83147d2354..6658b00d4c 100644
--- a/modules/fastcv/src/allocator.cpp
+++ b/modules/fastcv/src/allocator.cpp
@@ -55,13 +55,19 @@ cv::UMatData* QcAllocator::allocate(int dims, const int* sizes, int type,
         }
         total *= sizes[i];
     }
-    uchar* data = data0 ? (uchar*)data0 : (uchar*)fcvHwMemAlloc(total, 16);
+
+    int fd = -1;
+    uchar* data = data0 ? (uchar*)data0 : (uchar*)fcvHwMemAlloc(total, 16, &fd);
     cv::UMatData* u = new cv::UMatData(this);
     u->data = u->origdata = data;
     u->size = total;
     if(data0)
         u->flags |= cv::UMatData::USER_ALLOCATED;
 
+    // Store FD in userdata (cast to void*)
+    if (fd >= 0)
+    u->userdata = reinterpret_cast<void*>(static_cast<intptr_t>(fd));
+
     // Add to active allocations
     cv::fastcv::QcResourceManager::getInstance().addAllocation(data);