diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/View.cpp b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/View.cpp
index e2d8efacb3..f16b76c671 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/View.cpp
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/cpp/View.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ Java_com_google_android_filament_View_nSetCamera(JNIEnv*, jclass,
     view->setCamera(camera);
 }
 
+extern "C" JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL
+Java_com_google_android_filament_View_nHasCamera(JNIEnv*, jclass, jlong nativeView) {
+    View* view = (View*) nativeView;
+    return (jboolean)view->hasCamera();
+}
+
 extern "C" JNIEXPORT void JNICALL
 Java_com_google_android_filament_View_nSetColorGrading(JNIEnv*, jclass,
         jlong nativeView, jlong nativeColorGrading) {
diff --git a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/View.java b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/View.java
index 28cb268c23..460c25d406 100644
--- a/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/View.java
+++ b/android/filament-android/src/main/java/com/google/android/filament/View.java
@@ -241,6 +241,15 @@ public class View {
         nSetCamera(getNativeObject(), camera == null ? 0 : camera.getNativeObject());
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Query whether a camera is set.
+     * @return true if a camera is set, false otherwise
+     * @see #setCamera
+     */
+    public boolean hasCamera() {
+        return nHasCamera(getNativeObject());
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets this View's associated Camera, or null if none has been assigned.
      *
@@ -1238,6 +1247,7 @@ public class View {
     private static native void nSetName(long nativeView, String name);
     private static native void nSetScene(long nativeView, long nativeScene);
     private static native void nSetCamera(long nativeView, long nativeCamera);
+    private static native boolean nHasCamera(long nativeView);
     private static native void nSetViewport(long nativeView, int left, int bottom, int width, int height);
     private static native void nSetVisibleLayers(long nativeView, int select, int value);
     private static native void nSetShadowingEnabled(long nativeView, boolean enabled);
diff --git a/filament/include/filament/View.h b/filament/include/filament/View.h
index 3cdd527fac..1a1ed96f51 100644
--- a/filament/include/filament/View.h
+++ b/filament/include/filament/View.h
@@ -189,6 +189,13 @@ public:
      */
     void setCamera(Camera* UTILS_NONNULL camera) noexcept;
 
+    /**
+     * Returns whether a Camera is set.
+     * @return true if a camera is set.
+     * @see setCamera()
+     */
+    bool hasCamera() const noexcept;
+
     /**
      * Returns the Camera currently associated with this View.
      * @return A reference to the Camera associated to this View.
diff --git a/filament/src/View.cpp b/filament/src/View.cpp
index 2de966ea0c..58ac1a6afc 100644
--- a/filament/src/View.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/View.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ void View::setCamera(Camera* camera) noexcept {
     downcast(this)->setCameraUser(downcast(camera));
 }
 
+bool View::hasCamera() const noexcept {
+    return downcast(this)->hasCamera();
+}
+
 Camera& View::getCamera() noexcept {
     return downcast(this)->getCameraUser();
 }
diff --git a/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp b/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
index 493060cd6a..d9a20d7937 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/filament/src/details/Renderer.cpp
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ void FRenderer::render(FView const* view) {
         mBeginFrameInternal = {};
     }
 
-    if (UTILS_LIKELY(view && view->getScene())) {
+    if (UTILS_LIKELY(view && view->getScene() && view->hasCamera())) {
         if (mViewRenderedCount) {
             // This is a good place to kick the GPU, since we've rendered a View before,
             // and we're about to render another one.
diff --git a/filament/src/details/View.h b/filament/src/details/View.h
index d707001a42..be15af9e52 100644
--- a/filament/src/details/View.h
+++ b/filament/src/details/View.h
@@ -389,6 +389,10 @@ public:
     FCamera& getCameraUser() noexcept { return *mCullingCamera; }
     void setCameraUser(FCamera* camera) noexcept { setCullingCamera(camera); }
 
+    bool hasCamera() const noexcept {
+        return mCullingCamera != nullptr;
+    }
+
     backend::Handle<backend::HwRenderTarget> getRenderTargetHandle() const noexcept {
         backend::Handle<backend::HwRenderTarget> kEmptyHandle;
         return mRenderTarget == nullptr ? kEmptyHandle : mRenderTarget->getHwHandle();
diff --git a/libs/filamentapp/src/FilamentApp.cpp b/libs/filamentapp/src/FilamentApp.cpp
index 82eba7a231..043fb4c950 100644
--- a/libs/filamentapp/src/FilamentApp.cpp
+++ b/libs/filamentapp/src/FilamentApp.cpp
@@ -455,18 +455,28 @@ void FilamentApp::run(const Config& config, SetupCallback setupCallback,
             mReconfigureCameras = false;
         }
 
+        if (config.splitView) {
+            if(!window->mOrthoView->getView()->hasCamera()) {
+                Camera const* debugDirectionalShadowCamera =
+                        window->mMainView->getView()->getDirectionalShadowCamera();
+                if (debugDirectionalShadowCamera) {
+                    window->mOrthoView->setCamera(
+                            const_cast<Camera*>(debugDirectionalShadowCamera));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         if (renderer->beginFrame(window->getSwapChain())) {
-            for (filament::View* offscreenView : mOffscreenViews) {
+            for (filament::View* offscreenView: mOffscreenViews) {
                 renderer->render(offscreenView);
             }
-            for (auto const& view : window->mViews) {
+            for (auto const& view: window->mViews) {
                 renderer->render(view->getView());
             }
             if (postRender) {
                 postRender(mEngine, window->mViews[0]->getView(), mScene, renderer);
             }
             renderer->endFrame();
-
         } else {
             ++mSkippedFrames;
         }
diff --git a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
index e1a8a89cef..79a573b042 100644
--- a/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
+++ b/web/filament-js/jsbindings.cpp
@@ -646,6 +646,7 @@ class_<View>("View")
 
     .function("setScene", &View::setScene, allow_raw_pointers())
     .function("setCamera", &View::setCamera, allow_raw_pointers())
+    .function("hasCamera", &View::hasCamera)
     .function("setColorGrading", &View::setColorGrading, allow_raw_pointers())
     .function("setBlendMode", &View::setBlendMode)
     .function("getBlendMode", &View::getBlendMode)