diff --git a/lonboard/_map.py b/lonboard/_map.py
index 3b0750ff..bfbe4dbc 100644
--- a/lonboard/_map.py
+++ b/lonboard/_map.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from lonboard._layer import BaseLayer
 from lonboard._viewport import compute_view
 from lonboard.basemap import CartoStyle, MaplibreBasemap
+from lonboard.controls import BaseControl
 from lonboard.traits import (
     DEFAULT_INITIAL_VIEW_STATE,
     HeightTrait,
@@ -196,6 +197,12 @@ def on_click(self, callback: Callable, *, remove: bool = False) -> None:
     """One or more `Layer` objects to display on this map.
     """
 
+    controls = VariableLengthTuple(t.Instance(BaseControl)).tag(
+        sync=True,
+        **ipywidgets.widget_serialization,
+    )
+    """One or more map controls to display on this map."""
+
     views: t.Instance[BaseView | None] = t.Instance(BaseView, allow_none=True).tag(
         sync=True,
         **ipywidgets.widget_serialization,
diff --git a/lonboard/controls.py b/lonboard/controls.py
index 0a855559..e9fc1744 100644
--- a/lonboard/controls.py
+++ b/lonboard/controls.py
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@
 from functools import partial
 from typing import Any
 
-import traitlets
+import traitlets as t
 from ipywidgets import FloatRangeSlider
 from ipywidgets.widgets.trait_types import TypedTuple
 
 # Import from source to allow mkdocstrings to link to base class
 from ipywidgets.widgets.widget_box import VBox
 
+from lonboard._base import BaseWidget
+
 
 class MultiRangeSlider(VBox):
     """A widget for multiple ranged sliders.
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ class MultiRangeSlider(VBox):
     # We use a tuple to force reassignment to update the list
     # This is because list mutations do not get propagated as events
     # https://github.com/jupyter-widgets/ipywidgets/blob/b2531796d414b0970f18050d6819d932417b9953/python/ipywidgets/ipywidgets/widgets/widget_box.py#L52-L54
-    value = TypedTuple(trait=TypedTuple(trait=traitlets.Float())).tag(sync=True)
+    value = TypedTuple(trait=TypedTuple(trait=t.Float())).tag(sync=True)
 
     def __init__(self, children: Sequence[FloatRangeSlider], **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         """Create a new MultiRangeSlider."""
@@ -88,3 +90,74 @@ def callback(change: dict, *, i: int) -> None:
             initial_values.append(child.value)
 
         super().__init__(children, value=initial_values, **kwargs)
+
+
+class BaseControl(BaseWidget):
+    """A deck.gl or Maplibre Control."""
+
+    position = t.Union(
+        [
+            t.Unicode("top-left"),
+            t.Unicode("top-right"),
+            t.Unicode("bottom-left"),
+            t.Unicode("bottom-right"),
+        ],
+        allow_none=True,
+        default_value=None,
+    ).tag(sync=True)
+    """Position of the control in the map.
+    """
+
+
+class FullscreenControl(BaseControl):
+    """A deck.gl FullscreenControl."""
+
+    _control_type = t.Unicode("fullscreen").tag(sync=True)
+
+
+class NavigationControl(BaseControl):
+    """A deck.gl NavigationControl."""
+
+    _control_type = t.Unicode("navigation").tag(sync=True)
+
+    show_compass = t.Bool(allow_none=True, default_value=None).tag(sync=True)
+    """Whether to show the compass button.
+
+    Default `true`.
+    """
+
+    show_zoom = t.Bool(allow_none=True, default_value=None).tag(sync=True)
+    """Whether to show the zoom buttons.
+
+    Default `true`.
+    """
+
+    visualize_pitch = t.Bool(allow_none=True, default_value=None).tag(sync=True)
+    """Whether to enable pitch visualization.
+
+    Default `true`.
+    """
+
+    visualize_roll = t.Bool(allow_none=True, default_value=None).tag(sync=True)
+    """Whether to enable roll visualization.
+
+    Default `false`.
+    """
+
+
+class ScaleControl(BaseControl):
+    """A deck.gl ScaleControl."""
+
+    _control_type = t.Unicode("scale").tag(sync=True)
+
+    max_width = t.Int(allow_none=True, default_value=None).tag(sync=True)
+    """The maximum width of the scale control in pixels.
+
+    Default `100`.
+    """
+
+    unit = t.Unicode(allow_none=True, default_value=None).tag(sync=True)
+    """The unit of the scale.
+
+    One of `'metric'`, `'imperial'`, or `'nautical'`. Default is `'metric'`.
+    """
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index e9b3a778..fd7c1625 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ import {
   initializeLayer,
   type BaseLayerModel,
   initializeChildModels,
+  BaseMapControlModel,
 } from "./model/index.js";
 import { loadModel } from "./model/initialize.js";
+import { initializeControl } from "./model/map-control.js";
 import { BaseViewModel, initializeView } from "./model/view.js";
 import { initParquetWasm } from "./parquet.js";
 import DeckFirstRenderer from "./renderers/deck-first.js";
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ function App() {
   const [mapId] = useState(uuidv4());
   const [childLayerIds] = useModelState<string[]>("layers");
   const [viewIds] = useModelState<string | string[] | null>("views");
+  const [controlsIds] = useModelState<string[]>("controls");
 
   // initialViewState is the value of view_state on the Python side. This is
   // called `initial` here because it gets passed in to deck's
@@ -157,6 +160,36 @@ function App() {
     loadBasemap();
   }, [basemapModelId]);
 
+  //////////////////////
+  // Controls state
+  //////////////////////
+
+  const [controlsState, setControlsState] = useState<
+    Record<string, BaseMapControlModel>
+  >({});
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const loadMapControls = async () => {
+      try {
+        const controlsModels = await initializeChildModels<BaseMapControlModel>(
+          model.widget_manager as IWidgetManager,
+          controlsIds,
+          controlsState,
+          async (model: WidgetModel) =>
+            initializeControl(model, updateStateCallback),
+        );
+
+        setControlsState(controlsModels);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Error loading controls:", error);
+      }
+    };
+
+    loadMapControls();
+  }, [controlsIds]);
+
+  const controls = Object.values(controlsState);
+
   //////////////////////
   // Layers state
   //////////////////////
@@ -311,6 +344,7 @@ function App() {
     },
     parameters: parameters || {},
     views,
+    controls,
   };
 
   const overlayRenderProps: OverlayRendererProps = {
diff --git a/src/model/index.ts b/src/model/index.ts
index 65c3f848..21085b91 100644
--- a/src/model/index.ts
+++ b/src/model/index.ts
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ export {
   PathStyleExtension,
   initializeExtension,
 } from "./extension.js";
+export {
+  BaseMapControlModel,
+  FullscreenControlModel,
+  NavigationControlModel,
+  ScaleControlModel,
+} from "./map-control.js";
 export { initializeChildModels } from "./initialize.js";
diff --git a/src/model/map-control.tsx b/src/model/map-control.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..983b5387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/model/map-control.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import {
+  CompassWidget,
+  FullscreenWidget,
+  _ScaleWidget as ScaleWidget,
+  ZoomWidget,
+} from "@deck.gl/react";
+import type { WidgetModel } from "@jupyter-widgets/base";
+import React from "react";
+import {
+  FullscreenControl,
+  NavigationControl,
+  ScaleControl,
+} from "react-map-gl/maplibre";
+
+import { isDefined } from "../util";
+import { BaseModel } from "./base";
+
+export abstract class BaseMapControlModel extends BaseModel {
+  static controlType: string;
+
+  protected position?:
+    | "top-left"
+    | "top-right"
+    | "bottom-left"
+    | "bottom-right";
+
+  constructor(model: WidgetModel, updateStateCallback: () => void) {
+    super(model, updateStateCallback);
+
+    this.initRegularAttribute("position", "position");
+  }
+
+  baseDeckProps() {
+    return {
+      ...(isDefined(this.position) ? { placement: this.position } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  baseMaplibreProps() {
+    return {
+      ...(isDefined(this.position) ? { position: this.position } : {}),
+    };
+  }
+
+  abstract renderDeck(): React.JSX.Element | null;
+  abstract renderMaplibre(): React.JSX.Element | null;
+}
+
+export class FullscreenControlModel extends BaseMapControlModel {
+  static controlType = "fullscreen";
+
+  constructor(model: WidgetModel, updateStateCallback: () => void) {
+    super(model, updateStateCallback);
+  }
+
+  renderDeck() {
+    return <div>{<FullscreenWidget {...this.baseDeckProps()} />}</div>;
+  }
+
+  renderMaplibre() {
+    return <div>{<FullscreenControl {...this.baseMaplibreProps()} />}</div>;
+  }
+}
+
+export class NavigationControlModel extends BaseMapControlModel {
+  static controlType = "navigation";
+
+  protected showCompass?: boolean;
+  protected showZoom?: boolean;
+  protected visualizePitch?: boolean;
+  protected visualizeRoll?: boolean;
+
+  constructor(model: WidgetModel, updateStateCallback: () => void) {
+    super(model, updateStateCallback);
+
+    this.initRegularAttribute("show_compass", "showCompass");
+    this.initRegularAttribute("show_zoom", "showZoom");
+    this.initRegularAttribute("visualize_pitch", "visualizePitch");
+    this.initRegularAttribute("visualize_roll", "visualizeRoll");
+  }
+
+  renderDeck() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        {this.showZoom && <ZoomWidget {...this.baseDeckProps()} />}
+        {this.showCompass && <CompassWidget {...this.baseDeckProps()} />}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  renderMaplibre() {
+    const props = {
+      ...this.baseMaplibreProps(),
+      ...(isDefined(this.showCompass) && { showCompass: this.showCompass }),
+      ...(isDefined(this.showZoom) && { showZoom: this.showZoom }),
+      ...(isDefined(this.visualizePitch) && {
+        visualizePitch: this.visualizePitch,
+      }),
+      ...(isDefined(this.visualizeRoll) && {
+        visualizeRoll: this.visualizeRoll,
+      }),
+    };
+    return <NavigationControl {...props} />;
+  }
+}
+
+export class ScaleControlModel extends BaseMapControlModel {
+  static controlType = "scale";
+
+  protected maxWidth?: number;
+  protected unit?: "imperial" | "metric" | "nautical";
+
+  constructor(model: WidgetModel, updateStateCallback: () => void) {
+    super(model, updateStateCallback);
+
+    this.initRegularAttribute("max_width", "maxWidth");
+    this.initRegularAttribute("unit", "unit");
+  }
+
+  renderDeck() {
+    return <ScaleWidget {...this.baseDeckProps()} />;
+  }
+
+  renderMaplibre() {
+    const props = {
+      ...this.baseMaplibreProps(),
+      ...(isDefined(this.maxWidth) && { maxWidth: this.maxWidth }),
+      ...(isDefined(this.unit) && { unit: this.unit }),
+    };
+    return <div>{<ScaleControl {...props} />}</div>;
+  }
+}
+
+export async function initializeControl(
+  model: WidgetModel,
+  updateStateCallback: () => void,
+): Promise<BaseMapControlModel> {
+  const controlType = model.get("_control_type");
+  let controlModel: BaseMapControlModel;
+  switch (controlType) {
+    case FullscreenControlModel.controlType:
+      controlModel = new FullscreenControlModel(model, updateStateCallback);
+      break;
+
+    case NavigationControlModel.controlType:
+      controlModel = new NavigationControlModel(model, updateStateCallback);
+      break;
+
+    case ScaleControlModel.controlType:
+      controlModel = new ScaleControlModel(model, updateStateCallback);
+      break;
+
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`no control supported for ${controlType}`);
+  }
+
+  return controlModel;
+}
diff --git a/src/renderers/deck-first.tsx b/src/renderers/deck-first.tsx
index dcf6cfc5..187899fe 100644
--- a/src/renderers/deck-first.tsx
+++ b/src/renderers/deck-first.tsx
@@ -16,8 +16,14 @@ const DeckFirstRenderer: React.FC<MapRendererProps & DeckFirstRendererProps> = (
   mapProps,
 ) => {
   // Remove maplibre-specific props before passing to DeckGL
-  const { mapStyle, customAttribution, deckRef, renderBasemap, ...deckProps } =
-    mapProps;
+  const {
+    controls,
+    mapStyle,
+    customAttribution,
+    deckRef,
+    renderBasemap,
+    ...deckProps
+  } = mapProps;
   return (
     <DeckGL
       ref={deckRef}
@@ -30,6 +36,7 @@ const DeckFirstRenderer: React.FC<MapRendererProps & DeckFirstRendererProps> = (
       }}
       {...deckProps}
     >
+      {controls.map((control) => control.renderDeck())}
       {renderBasemap && (
         <Map mapStyle={mapStyle} customAttribution={customAttribution}></Map>
       )}
diff --git a/src/renderers/overlay.tsx b/src/renderers/overlay.tsx
index a2b96043..5ea46df9 100644
--- a/src/renderers/overlay.tsx
+++ b/src/renderers/overlay.tsx
@@ -29,8 +29,14 @@ const OverlayRenderer: React.FC<MapRendererProps & OverlayRendererProps> = (
   mapProps,
 ) => {
   // Remove maplibre-specific props before passing to DeckGL
-  const { mapStyle, customAttribution, initialViewState, views, ...deckProps } =
-    mapProps;
+  const {
+    controls,
+    mapStyle,
+    customAttribution,
+    initialViewState,
+    views,
+    ...deckProps
+  } = mapProps;
   return (
     <Map
       reuseMaps
@@ -40,6 +46,7 @@ const OverlayRenderer: React.FC<MapRendererProps & OverlayRendererProps> = (
       style={{ width: "100%", height: "100%" }}
       {...(isGlobeView(views) && { projection: "globe" })}
     >
+      {controls.map((control) => control.renderMaplibre())}
       <DeckGLOverlay
         // https://deck.gl/docs/api-reference/core/deck#_typedarraymanagerprops
         _typedArrayManagerProps={{
diff --git a/src/renderers/types.ts b/src/renderers/types.ts
index 1541d5b0..a28309e3 100644
--- a/src/renderers/types.ts
+++ b/src/renderers/types.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import type { DeckProps, View } from "@deck.gl/core";
 import type { DeckGLRef } from "@deck.gl/react";
 import type { RefObject } from "react";
 
+import type { BaseMapControlModel } from "../model";
+
 type ViewOrViews = View | View[];
 export type MapRendererProps<ViewsT extends ViewOrViews = ViewOrViews> = Pick<
   DeckProps<ViewsT>,
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ export type MapRendererProps<ViewsT extends ViewOrViews = ViewOrViews> = Pick<
   mapStyle: string;
   customAttribution: string;
   deckRef?: RefObject<DeckGLRef | null>;
+  controls: BaseMapControlModel[];
 };
 
 export type OverlayRendererProps = {