diff --git a/Monal/Classes/AVCallUI.swift b/Monal/Classes/AVCallUI.swift
index 9c50ecdcae..82ddb392dc 100644
--- a/Monal/Classes/AVCallUI.swift
+++ b/Monal/Classes/AVCallUI.swift
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ struct AVCallUI: View {
     @State private var controlsVisible = true
     @State private var localRendererLocation: CGPoint = CGPoint(
         x: UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width - (UIScreen.main.bounds.size.width/5.0 + 24.0),
-        y: 16,
+        y: 16
     )
+    @State private var cameraPosition: AVCaptureDevice.Position = .front
     private var ringingPlayer: AVAudioPlayer!
     private var busyPlayer: AVAudioPlayer!
     private var errorPlayer: AVAudioPlayer!
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ struct AVCallUI: View {
     func maybeStartRenderer() {
         if MLCallType(rawValue:call.callType) == .video && MLCallState(rawValue:call.state) == .connected {
             DDLogError("Starting renderer...")
-            call.obj.startCaptureLocalVideo(withRenderer: self.localRenderer)
+            call.obj.startCaptureLocalVideo(withRenderer: self.localRenderer, andCameraPosition:cameraPosition)
             call.obj.renderRemoteVideo(withRenderer: self.remoteRenderer)
         }
     }
@@ -189,6 +190,13 @@ struct AVCallUI: View {
                                         self.localRendererLocation = value.location
                                     }
                             )
+                            .onTapGesture(count: 2) {
+                                if cameraPosition == .front {
+                                    cameraPosition = .back
+                                } else {
+                                    cameraPosition = .front
+                                }
+                            }
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/Monal/Classes/MLCall.h b/Monal/Classes/MLCall.h
index 1b264aa39c..cf77ceeb9b 100644
--- a/Monal/Classes/MLCall.h
+++ b/Monal/Classes/MLCall.h
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #ifndef MLCall_h
 #define MLCall_h
 
+#import <AVFoundation/AVFoundation.h>
+
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 @class WebRTCClient;
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, MLCallEncryptionState) {
 //these will not use the correct RTCVideoRenderer protocol like in the implementation because the forward declaration of
 //RTCVideoRenderer will not be visible to swift until we have swift 5.9 (feature flag ImportObjcForwardDeclarations) or swift 6.0 support
 //see https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/main/proposals/0384-importing-forward-declared-objc-interfaces-and-protocols.md
--(void) startCaptureLocalVideoWithRenderer:(id) renderer;
+-(void) startCaptureLocalVideoWithRenderer:(id) renderer andCameraPosition:(AVCaptureDevicePosition) position;
 -(void) stopCaptureLocalVideo;
 -(void) renderRemoteVideoWithRenderer:(id) renderer;
 
diff --git a/Monal/Classes/MLCall.m b/Monal/Classes/MLCall.m
index ac61b1b74d..e77390265b 100644
--- a/Monal/Classes/MLCall.m
+++ b/Monal/Classes/MLCall.m
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ -(void) dealloc
 
 #pragma mark - public interface
 
--(void) startCaptureLocalVideoWithRenderer:(id<RTCVideoRenderer>) renderer
+-(void) startCaptureLocalVideoWithRenderer:(id<RTCVideoRenderer>) renderer andCameraPosition:(AVCaptureDevicePosition) position
 {
-    [self.webRTCClient startCaptureLocalVideoWithRenderer:renderer];
+    [self.webRTCClient startCaptureLocalVideoWithRenderer:renderer andCameraPosition:position];
 }
 
 -(void) stopCaptureLocalVideo
diff --git a/Monal/Classes/WebRTCClient.swift b/Monal/Classes/WebRTCClient.swift
index dd62291faa..6bf16abf29 100644
--- a/Monal/Classes/WebRTCClient.swift
+++ b/Monal/Classes/WebRTCClient.swift
@@ -165,13 +165,13 @@ final class WebRTCClient: NSObject {
     
     // MARK: Media
     @objc
-    func startCaptureLocalVideo(renderer: RTCVideoRenderer) {
+    func startCaptureLocalVideo(renderer: RTCVideoRenderer, andCameraPosition position: AVCaptureDevice.Position) {
         guard let capturer = self.videoCapturer as? RTCCameraVideoCapturer else {
             return
         }
         
         guard
-            let frontCamera = (RTCCameraVideoCapturer.captureDevices().first { $0.position == .front }),
+            let frontCamera = (RTCCameraVideoCapturer.captureDevices().first { $0.position == position }),
         
             // choose highest res
             let format = (RTCCameraVideoCapturer.supportedFormats(for: frontCamera).sorted { (f1, f2) -> Bool in