diff --git a/modules/juce_video/native/juce_mac_CameraDevice.h b/modules/juce_video/native/juce_mac_CameraDevice.h
index 2c35138103..25e11e2745 100644
--- a/modules/juce_video/native/juce_mac_CameraDevice.h
+++ b/modules/juce_video/native/juce_mac_CameraDevice.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ struct CameraDevice::Pimpl
         firstPresentationTime = Time::getCurrentTime();
         file.deleteFile();
 
+        isRecording = true;
         [fileOutput startRecordingToOutputFileURL: createNSURLFromFile (file)
                                 recordingDelegate: callbackDelegate];
     }