diff --git a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
--- a/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
+++ b/native/avatars/avatar-hooks.js
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 }
 
 type ShowAvatarActionSheetOptions = {
-  +id: 'emoji' | 'image' | 'ens' | 'cancel' | 'remove',
+  +id: 'emoji' | 'image' | 'camera' | 'ens' | 'cancel' | 'remove',
   +onPress?: () => mixed,
 };
 function useShowAvatarActionSheet(
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@
         return 'Use Emoji';
       } else if (option.id === 'image') {
         return 'Select image';
+      } else if (option.id === 'camera') {
+        return 'Camera';
       } else if (option.id === 'ens') {
         return 'Use ENS Avatar';
       } else if (option.id === 'remove') {
@@ -354,6 +356,14 @@
             style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
           />
         );
+      } else if (option.id === 'camera') {
+        return (
+          <SWMansionIcon
+            name="camera"
+            size={22}
+            style={styles.bottomSheetIcon}
+          />
+        );
       } else if (option.id === 'ens') {
         return (
           <CommIcon
diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
--- a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
   UpdateUserAvatarRemoveRequest,
 } from 'lib/types/avatar-types.js';
 import type { LoadingStatus } from 'lib/types/loading-types.js';
-import type { MediaLibrarySelection } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+import type {
+  MediaLibrarySelection,
+  PhotoCapture,
+} from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
 import {
   useDispatchActionPromise,
   useServerCall,
@@ -26,6 +29,9 @@
 export type EditUserAvatarContextType = {
   +userAvatarSaveInProgress: boolean,
   +selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar: () => Promise<void>,
+  +selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar: (
+    selection: PhotoCapture,
+  ) => Promise<void>,
   +setENSUserAvatar: () => void,
   +removeUserAvatar: () => void,
 };
@@ -93,6 +99,28 @@
     uploadUserAvatarSelectedMedia,
   ]);
 
+  const selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar = React.useCallback(
+    async (selection: PhotoCapture) => {
+      const imageAvatarUpdateRequest = await uploadUserAvatarSelectedMedia(
+        selection,
+      );
+
+      if (!imageAvatarUpdateRequest) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      dispatchActionPromise(
+        updateUserAvatarActionTypes,
+        updateImageUserAvatarPromise(imageAvatarUpdateRequest),
+      );
+    },
+    [
+      dispatchActionPromise,
+      updateImageUserAvatarPromise,
+      uploadUserAvatarSelectedMedia,
+    ],
+  );
+
   const setENSUserAvatar = React.useCallback(() => {
     const ensAvatarRequest: ENSAvatarDBContent = {
       type: 'ens',
@@ -133,11 +161,13 @@
     () => ({
       userAvatarSaveInProgress,
       selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
+      selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar,
       setENSUserAvatar,
       removeUserAvatar,
     }),
     [
       removeUserAvatar,
+      selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar,
       selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar,
       setENSUserAvatar,
       userAvatarSaveInProgress,
diff --git a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
--- a/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
+++ b/native/avatars/edit-user-avatar.react.js
@@ -41,14 +41,20 @@
   const ensAvatarURI = useENSAvatar(ethAddress);
 
   const { navigate } = useNavigation();
+
   const navigateToUserEmojiAvatarCreation = React.useCallback(() => {
     navigate(EmojiUserAvatarCreationRouteName);
   }, [navigate]);
 
+  const navigateToCamera = React.useCallback(() => {
+    navigate('UserAvatarCameraModal');
+  }, [navigate]);
+
   const actionSheetConfig = React.useMemo(() => {
     const configOptions = [
       { id: 'emoji', onPress: navigateToUserEmojiAvatarCreation },
       { id: 'image', onPress: selectFromGalleryAndUpdateUserAvatar },
+      { id: 'camera', onPress: navigateToCamera },
     ];
 
     if (ensAvatarURI) {
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@
     return configOptions;
   }, [
     ensAvatarURI,
+    navigateToCamera,
     navigateToUserEmojiAvatarCreation,
     removeUserAvatar,
     setENSUserAvatar,
diff --git a/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js b/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/native/media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// @flow
+
+import invariant from 'invariant';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
+import type { PhotoCapture } from 'lib/types/media-types.js';
+
+import { EditUserAvatarContext } from '../avatars/edit-user-avatar-provider.react.js';
+import CameraModal from '../media/camera-modal.react.js';
+import type { AppNavigationProp } from '../navigation/app-navigator.react.js';
+import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names.js';
+
+type Props = {
+  +navigation: AppNavigationProp<'UserAvatarCameraModal'>,
+  +route: NavigationRoute<'UserAvatarCameraModal'>,
+};
+
+function UserAvatarCameraModal(props: Props): React.Node {
+  const { navigation } = props;
+
+  const editUserAvatarContext = React.useContext(EditUserAvatarContext);
+  invariant(editUserAvatarContext, 'editUserAvatarContext should be set');
+  const { selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar } = editUserAvatarContext;
+
+  const sendPhoto = React.useCallback(
+    (capture: PhotoCapture) => {
+      selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar(capture);
+    },
+    [selectFromCameraAndUpdateUserAvatar],
+  );
+
+  return <CameraModal handlePhotoCapture={sendPhoto} navigation={navigation} />;
+}
+
+export default UserAvatarCameraModal;
diff --git a/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js b/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/app-navigator.react.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 } from './overlay-navigator.react.js';
 import type { RootNavigationProp } from './root-navigator.react.js';
 import {
+  UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName,
   ImageModalRouteName,
   MultimediaMessageTooltipModalRouteName,
   ActionResultModalRouteName,
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import KeyboardStateContainer from '../keyboard/keyboard-state-container.react.js';
 import ChatCameraModal from '../media/chat-camera-modal.react.js';
 import ImageModal from '../media/image-modal.react.js';
+import UserAvatarCameraModal from '../media/user-avatar-camera-modal.react.js';
 import VideoPlaybackModal from '../media/video-playback-modal.react.js';
 import RelationshipListItemTooltipModal from '../profile/relationship-list-item-tooltip-modal.react.js';
 import PushHandler from '../push/push-handler.react.js';
@@ -135,6 +137,10 @@
           name={ChatCameraModalRouteName}
           component={ChatCameraModal}
         />
+        <App.Screen
+          name={UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName}
+          component={UserAvatarCameraModal}
+        />
         <App.Screen
           name={VideoPlaybackModalRouteName}
           component={VideoPlaybackModal}
diff --git a/native/navigation/route-names.js b/native/navigation/route-names.js
--- a/native/navigation/route-names.js
+++ b/native/navigation/route-names.js
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 export const ThreadSettingsMemberTooltipModalRouteName =
   'ThreadSettingsMemberTooltipModal';
 export const ThreadSettingsRouteName = 'ThreadSettings';
+export const UserAvatarCameraModalRouteName = 'UserAvatarCameraModal';
 export const VideoPlaybackModalRouteName = 'VideoPlaybackModal';
 export const TermsAndPrivacyRouteName = 'TermsAndPrivacyModal';
 export const RegistrationRouteName = 'Registration';
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@
   +ImageModal: ImageModalParams,
   +ActionResultModal: ActionResultModalParams,
   +ChatCameraModal: ChatCameraModalParams,
+  +UserAvatarCameraModal: void,
   +VideoPlaybackModal: VideoPlaybackModalParams,
   ...TooltipModalParamList,
 };