diff --git a/.changeset/disable-ice-lite-connect-option.md b/.changeset/disable-ice-lite-connect-option.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a85f95915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/disable-ice-lite-connect-option.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'livekit-client': patch
+---
+
+Add `disableIceLite` connect option to request full ICE from a server running ICE lite.
diff --git a/src/api/SignalClient.test.ts b/src/api/SignalClient.test.ts
index 8a4c71ee09..662898f18c 100644
--- a/src/api/SignalClient.test.ts
+++ b/src/api/SignalClient.test.ts
@@ -206,6 +206,74 @@ describe('SignalClient.connect', () => {
         ClientInfo_Capability.CAP_PACKET_TRAILER,
       ]);
     });
+
+    it('does not request full ICE by default', async () => {
+      const joinResponse = createJoinResponse();
+      const signalResponse = createSignalResponse('join', joinResponse);
+      const mockReadable = createMockReadableStream([signalResponse]);
+      const mockConnection = createMockConnection(mockReadable);
+      let capturedUrl = '';
+
+      mockWebSocketStream({
+        connection: mockConnection,
+        onUrl: (url) => {
+          capturedUrl = url;
+        },
+      });
+
+      await signalClient.join('wss://test.livekit.io', 'test-token', defaultOptions);
+
+      const joinRequest = await decodeJoinRequestFromUrl(capturedUrl);
+      expect(joinRequest.connectionSettings?.disableIceLite).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('requests full ICE in the join request when disableIceLite is set', async () => {
+      const joinResponse = createJoinResponse();
+      const signalResponse = createSignalResponse('join', joinResponse);
+      const mockReadable = createMockReadableStream([signalResponse]);
+      const mockConnection = createMockConnection(mockReadable);
+      let capturedUrl = '';
+
+      mockWebSocketStream({
+        connection: mockConnection,
+        onUrl: (url) => {
+          capturedUrl = url;
+        },
+      });
+
+      await signalClient.join('wss://test.livekit.io', 'test-token', {
+        ...defaultOptions,
+        disableIceLite: true,
+      });
+
+      const joinRequest = await decodeJoinRequestFromUrl(capturedUrl);
+      expect(joinRequest.connectionSettings?.disableIceLite).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('requests full ICE on the v0 path when disableIceLite is set', async () => {
+      const joinResponse = createJoinResponse();
+      const signalResponse = createSignalResponse('join', joinResponse);
+      const mockReadable = createMockReadableStream([signalResponse]);
+      const mockConnection = createMockConnection(mockReadable);
+      let capturedUrl = '';
+
+      mockWebSocketStream({
+        connection: mockConnection,
+        onUrl: (url) => {
+          capturedUrl = url;
+        },
+      });
+
+      await signalClient.join(
+        'wss://test.livekit.io',
+        'test-token',
+        { ...defaultOptions, disableIceLite: true },
+        undefined,
+        true,
+      );
+
+      expect(new URL(capturedUrl).searchParams.get('disable_ice_lite')).toBe('1');
+    });
   });
 
   describe('Happy Path - Reconnect', () => {
diff --git a/src/api/SignalClient.ts b/src/api/SignalClient.ts
index 72f58d684c..b143e07545 100644
--- a/src/api/SignalClient.ts
+++ b/src/api/SignalClient.ts
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ interface ConnectOpts extends SignalOptions {
 export interface SignalOptions {
   autoSubscribe: boolean;
   adaptiveStream?: boolean;
+  disableIceLite?: boolean;
   clientInfoCapabilities?: ClientInfo_Capability[];
   maxRetries: number;
   e2eeEnabled: boolean;
@@ -1394,6 +1395,10 @@ function createConnectionParams(
     params.set('adaptive_stream', '1');
   }
 
+  if (opts.disableIceLite) {
+    params.set('disable_ice_lite', '1');
+  }
+
   if (opts.reconnectReason) {
     params.set('reconnect_reason', opts.reconnectReason.toString());
   }
@@ -1421,6 +1426,7 @@ async function createJoinRequestConnectionParams(
     connectionSettings: new ConnectionSettings({
       autoSubscribe: !!opts.autoSubscribe,
       adaptiveStream: !!opts.adaptiveStream,
+      disableIceLite: !!opts.disableIceLite,
     }),
     reconnect: !!opts.reconnect,
     participantSid: opts.sid ? opts.sid : undefined,
diff --git a/src/options.ts b/src/options.ts
index 582a224156..08553d783e 100644
--- a/src/options.ts
+++ b/src/options.ts
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ export interface InternalRoomConnectOptions {
    */
   rtcConfig?: RTCConfiguration;
 
+  /**
+   * when the server runs ICE lite, asks it to use a full ICE agent for this participant.
+   * this is a server-side setting that the server may ignore, defaults to false
+   */
+  disableIceLite?: boolean;
+
   /** specifies how often an initial join connection is allowed to retry (only applicable if server is not reachable) */
   maxRetries: number;
 
diff --git a/src/room/Room.ts b/src/room/Room.ts
index 75488f4726..7b72c7c39a 100644
--- a/src/room/Room.ts
+++ b/src/room/Room.ts
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ class Room extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<RoomEventCallbacks>)
         autoSubscribe: connectOptions.autoSubscribe,
         adaptiveStream:
           typeof roomOptions.adaptiveStream === 'object' ? true : roomOptions.adaptiveStream,
+        disableIceLite: connectOptions.disableIceLite,
         clientInfoCapabilities: this.getClientInfoCapabilities(roomOptions),
         maxRetries: connectOptions.maxRetries,
         e2eeEnabled: !!this.e2eeManager,