diff --git a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-window-stream-src.c b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-window-stream-src.c
index 1159ddb69..bba19f5be 100644
--- a/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-window-stream-src.c
+++ b/src/backends/meta-screen-cast-window-stream-src.c
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ meta_screen_cast_window_stream_src_enable (MetaScreenCastStreamSrc *src)
     case META_SCREEN_CAST_CURSOR_MODE_HIDDEN:
       break;
     }
+
+  meta_screen_cast_stream_src_maybe_record_frame (src);
 }
 
 static void