diff --git a/src/faces.rs b/src/faces.rs
index 0d06675..769974d 100644
--- a/src/faces.rs
+++ b/src/faces.rs
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@ pub struct FaceEmbeddingRow {
     pub model_version: String,
     /// base64 of 2048 bytes (512×f32 LE).
     pub embedding: String,
+    /// Normalized bbox 0..1, included so the cluster suggester UI can
+    /// crop a face thumbnail without an extra round-trip per cluster.
+    /// Shouldn't be NULL for `status='detected'` rows (CHECK constraint
+    /// in the migration), but the DB type is nullable so we mirror it.
+    pub bbox_x: Option<f32>,
+    pub bbox_y: Option<f32>,
+    pub bbox_w: Option<f32>,
+    pub bbox_h: Option<f32>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Debug, Default)]
@@ -1846,6 +1854,10 @@ async fn embeddings_handler<D: FaceDao>(
                 person_id: r.person_id,
                 model_version: r.model_version,
                 embedding: b64,
+                bbox_x: r.bbox_x,
+                bbox_y: r.bbox_y,
+                bbox_w: r.bbox_w,
+                bbox_h: r.bbox_h,
             })
             .collect();
         HttpResponse::Ok().json(out)