diff --git a/.changes/camera-switching b/.changes/camera-switching
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7b78a766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/camera-switching
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+patch type="fixed" "Camera position lost after full reconnect"
diff --git a/Sources/LiveKit/Track/Capturers/CameraCapturer.swift b/Sources/LiveKit/Track/Capturers/CameraCapturer.swift
index f939ffebc..675a2ec98 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveKit/Track/Capturers/CameraCapturer.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveKit/Track/Capturers/CameraCapturer.swift
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class CameraCapturer: VideoCapturer, @unchecked Sendable {
     public var device: AVCaptureDevice? { _cameraCapturerState.device }
 
     /// Current position of the device
-    public var position: AVCaptureDevice.Position { _cameraCapturerState.device?.position ?? .unspecified }
+    public var position: AVCaptureDevice.Position { _cameraCapturerState.device?.position ?? _cameraCapturerState.options.position }
 
     @objc
     public var options: CameraCaptureOptions { _cameraCapturerState.options }
@@ -288,7 +288,13 @@ public class CameraCapturer: VideoCapturer, @unchecked Sendable {
         try await capturer.startCapture(with: device, format: selectedFormat.format, fps: selectedFps)
 
         // Update internal vars
-        _cameraCapturerState.mutate { $0.device = device }
+        _cameraCapturerState.mutate {
+            $0.device = device
+            // Persist the resolved position so reconnects re-select the same camera.
+            if device.position != .unspecified, $0.options.position != device.position {
+                $0.options = $0.options.copyWith(position: .value(device.position))
+            }
+        }
 
         return true
     }
diff --git a/Sources/LiveKit/Types/Options/CameraCaptureOptions+Copy.swift b/Sources/LiveKit/Types/Options/CameraCaptureOptions+Copy.swift
index 2ca49fc41..9eed37084 100644
--- a/Sources/LiveKit/Types/Options/CameraCaptureOptions+Copy.swift
+++ b/Sources/LiveKit/Types/Options/CameraCaptureOptions+Copy.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,22 @@
 @preconcurrency import AVFoundation
 
 public extension CameraCaptureOptions {
+    #if !os(visionOS)
+    func copyWith(deviceType: ValueOrAbsent<AVCaptureDevice.DeviceType?> = .absent,
+                  device: ValueOrAbsent<AVCaptureDevice?> = .absent,
+                  position: ValueOrAbsent<AVCaptureDevice.Position> = .absent,
+                  preferredFormat: ValueOrAbsent<AVCaptureDevice.Format?> = .absent,
+                  dimensions: ValueOrAbsent<Dimensions> = .absent,
+                  fps: ValueOrAbsent<Int> = .absent) -> CameraCaptureOptions
+    {
+        CameraCaptureOptions(deviceType: deviceType.value(ifAbsent: self.deviceType),
+                             device: device.value(ifAbsent: self.device),
+                             position: position.value(ifAbsent: self.position),
+                             preferredFormat: preferredFormat.value(ifAbsent: self.preferredFormat),
+                             dimensions: dimensions.value(ifAbsent: self.dimensions),
+                             fps: fps.value(ifAbsent: self.fps))
+    }
+    #else
     func copyWith(device: ValueOrAbsent<AVCaptureDevice?> = .absent,
                   position: ValueOrAbsent<AVCaptureDevice.Position> = .absent,
                   preferredFormat: ValueOrAbsent<AVCaptureDevice.Format?> = .absent,
@@ -29,4 +45,5 @@ public extension CameraCaptureOptions {
                              dimensions: dimensions.value(ifAbsent: self.dimensions),
                              fps: fps.value(ifAbsent: self.fps))
     }
+    #endif
 }