diff --git a/mobile/plugins/native-call/NativeCall.podspec b/mobile/plugins/native-call/NativeCall.podspec
index 8a06320..c274b48 100644
--- a/mobile/plugins/native-call/NativeCall.podspec
+++ b/mobile/plugins/native-call/NativeCall.podspec
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.source_files = 'ios/Sources/**/*.{swift,h,m}'
   s.ios.deployment_target = '14.0'
   s.dependency 'Capacitor'
+  # LiveKit iOS SDK — carries the call media NATIVELY so audio survives backgrounding AND coordinates with
+  # CallKit's audio session (AudioManager.setEngineAvailability on didActivate/didDeactivate), which the
+  # WebView's WebRTC could not do. Pulls in the WebRTC binary transitively.
+  s.dependency 'LiveKitClient', '~> 2.0'
   # CallKit + PushKit + AVFoundation are system frameworks (no external pod).
   s.frameworks = 'CallKit', 'PushKit', 'AVFoundation'
   s.swift_version = '5.1'