diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
index 973ce35f6b..8c0f3c814f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/camera/camera.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use super::CameraProjection;
 use bevy_app::prelude::{EventReader, Events};
-use bevy_ecs::{Component, Local, Query, Res};
+use bevy_ecs::{Added, Component, Entity, Local, Query, Res};
 use bevy_math::Mat4;
 use bevy_property::Properties;
 use bevy_window::{WindowCreated, WindowId, WindowResized, Windows};
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ pub fn camera_system<T: CameraProjection + Component>(
     window_resized_events: Res<Events<WindowResized>>,
     window_created_events: Res<Events<WindowCreated>>,
     windows: Res<Windows>,
-    mut query: Query<(&mut Camera, &mut T)>,
+    mut query: Query<(Entity, &mut Camera, &mut T)>,
+    mut query_added: Query<(Entity, Added<Camera>)>,
 ) {
     let mut changed_window_ids = Vec::new();
     // handle resize events. latest events are handled first because we only want to resize each window once
@@ -67,9 +68,13 @@ pub fn camera_system<T: CameraProjection + Component>(
         changed_window_ids.push(event.id);
     }
 
-    for (mut camera, mut camera_projection) in &mut query.iter() {
+    let mut added_cameras = vec![];
+    for (entity, _camera) in &mut query_added.iter() {
+        added_cameras.push(entity);
+    }
+    for (entity, mut camera, mut camera_projection) in &mut query.iter() {
         if let Some(window) = windows.get(camera.window) {
-            if changed_window_ids.contains(&window.id) {
+            if changed_window_ids.contains(&window.id) || added_cameras.contains(&entity) {
                 camera_projection.update(window.width as usize, window.height as usize);
                 camera.projection_matrix = camera_projection.get_projection_matrix();
                 camera.depth_calculation = camera_projection.depth_calculation();