diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameras/GenericUSBCameraSettables.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameras/GenericUSBCameraSettables.java
index dcfea72c5f..3a48eac20b 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameras/GenericUSBCameraSettables.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameras/GenericUSBCameraSettables.java
@@ -174,7 +174,20 @@ public void setAutoWhiteBalance(boolean autoWB) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void setAutoExposure(boolean cameraAutoExposure) {
+        if (configuration.cameraQuirks.hasQuirk(CameraQuirk.ArduOV9281Controls)
+                && !cameraAutoExposure) {
+            // OV9281 on Linux seems to sometimes ignore our exposure requests on first boot if we're in
+            // manual mode. Poking the camera into and out of auto exposure seems to fix it.
+            setAutoExposureImpl(true);
+            setAutoExposureImpl(false);
+        } else {
+            setAutoExposureImpl(cameraAutoExposure);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setAutoExposureImpl(boolean cameraAutoExposure) {
         logger.debug("Setting auto exposure to " + cameraAutoExposure);
 
         if (!cameraAutoExposure) {