diff --git a/osu.Game/Online/Spectator/SpectatorStreamingClient.cs b/osu.Game/Online/Spectator/SpectatorStreamingClient.cs
index cb170ad298..125831035a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Online/Spectator/SpectatorStreamingClient.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Online/Spectator/SpectatorStreamingClient.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using osu.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -101,6 +102,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Online.Spectator
 
         private async Task connect()
         {
+            if (RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.iOS)
+                // disabled for now (see https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/35988)
+                return;
+
             if (connection != null)
                 return;