diff --git a/src/camera_view.cpp b/src/camera_view.cpp
index db19d11b..bbbdab0e 100644
--- a/src/camera_view.cpp
+++ b/src/camera_view.cpp
@@ -274,7 +274,10 @@ void CameraView::fillCameraWidgetGeometry(render::ShaderProgram* nodeProgram, re
     addPolygon({triangleTop, triangleRight, triangleLeft});
 
     pickFrameProgram->setAttribute("a_vertexPositions", positions);
-    // pickFrameProgram->setAttribute("a_vertexNormals", normals); // unused
+    if (pickFrameProgram->hasAttribute("a_vertexNormals")) {
+      // // this is not actually used, but it only gets optimized out on some platforms, not all
+      pickFrameProgram->setAttribute("a_vertexNormals", normals);
+    }
     pickFrameProgram->setAttribute("a_barycoord", bcoord);
 
     size_t nFaces = 7;
diff --git a/test/src/camera_view_test.cpp b/test/src/camera_view_test.cpp
index 2b81bc10..a1dee683 100644
--- a/test/src/camera_view_test.cpp
+++ b/test/src/camera_view_test.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ TEST_F(PolyscopeTest, CameraViewUpdate) {
   polyscope::removeAllStructures();
 }
 
+TEST_F(PolyscopeTest, CameraViewPick) {
+
+  polyscope::CameraView* cam1 = polyscope::registerCameraView(
+      "cam1", polyscope::CameraParameters(polyscope::CameraIntrinsics::fromFoVDegVerticalAndAspect(60, 2.),
+                                          polyscope::CameraExtrinsics::fromVectors(
+                                              glm::vec3{2., 2., 2.}, glm::vec3{-1., -1., -1.}, glm::vec3{0., 1., 0.})));
+
+  // This probably doesn't actually click on anything, but it does populate the pick buffers and makes sure that nothing crashes
+  polyscope::pick::pickAtScreenCoords(glm::vec2{0.3, 0.8});
+
+  polyscope::show(3);
+
+  polyscope::removeAllStructures();
+}
+
 TEST_F(PolyscopeTest, AddCameraViewColorImage) {
 
   polyscope::CameraView* cam1 = polyscope::registerCameraView(