diff --git a/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeetView.m b/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeetView.m
index 2b3afebe9..0e0985da8 100644
--- a/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeetView.m
+++ b/ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeetView.m
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 #import <CoreText/CoreText.h>
+#include <mach/mach_time.h>
 
 #import <React/RCTAssert.h>
 #import <React/RCTLinkingManager.h>
@@ -239,6 +240,17 @@ static NSMapTable<NSString *, JitsiMeetView *> *views;
         props[@"url"] = urlObject;
     }
 
+    // XXX The method loadURLObject: is supposed to be imperative i.e. a second
+    // invocation with one and the same URL is expected to join the respective
+    // conference again if the first invocation was followed by leaving the
+    // conference. However, React and, respectively,
+    // appProperties/initialProperties are declarative expressions i.e. one and
+    // the same URL will not trigger componentWillReceiveProps in the JavaScript
+    // source code. The workaround implemented bellow introduces imperativeness
+    // in React Component props by defining a unique value per loadURLObject:
+    // invocation.
+    props[@"timestamp"] = @(mach_absolute_time());
+
     if (rootView) {
         // Update props with the new URL.
         rootView.appProperties = props;
diff --git a/react/features/app/components/AbstractApp.js b/react/features/app/components/AbstractApp.js
index 41a56c09e..222392a03 100644
--- a/react/features/app/components/AbstractApp.js
+++ b/react/features/app/components/AbstractApp.js
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ export class AbstractApp extends Component {
          */
         store: PropTypes.object,
 
+        // XXX Refer to the implementation of loadURLObject: in
+        // ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeetView.m for further information.
+        timestamp: PropTypes.any,
+
         /**
          * The URL, if any, with which the app was launched.
          */
@@ -143,7 +147,11 @@ export class AbstractApp extends Component {
         let { url } = nextProps;
 
         url = toURLString(url);
-        if (toURLString(this.props.url) !== url) {
+        if (toURLString(this.props.url) !== url
+
+                // XXX Refer to the implementation of loadURLObject: in
+                // ios/sdk/src/JitsiMeetView.m for further information.
+                || this.props.timestamp !== nextProps.timestamp) {
             this._openURL(url || this._getDefaultURL());
         }
     }