diff --git a/src/game/camera.c b/src/game/camera.c
index f8cf1b460..e15e82643 100644
--- a/src/game/camera.c
+++ b/src/game/camera.c
@@ -534,6 +534,11 @@ void skip_camera_interpolation(void) {
     gCamSkipInterp = 1;
 }
 
+static void set_gcamera(struct Camera *c) {
+    gCamera = c;
+    gCameraCObject->pointer = c;
+}
+
 /**
  * Starts a camera shake triggered by an interaction
  */
@@ -3170,7 +3175,7 @@ void update_camera(struct Camera *c) {
     if (!c) { return; }
     UNUSED u8 unused[24];
 
-    gCamera = c;
+    set_gcamera(c);
     update_camera_hud_status(c);
 
     if ((gOverrideFreezeCamera || get_first_person_enabled()) && !gDjuiInMainMenu) {
@@ -3412,7 +3417,7 @@ void soft_reset_camera(struct Camera* c) {
  */
 void reset_camera(struct Camera *c) {
     if (!c) { return; }
-    gCamera = c;
+    set_gcamera(c);
     gCameraMovementFlags = 0;
     s2ndRotateFlags = 0;
     sStatusFlags = 0;
@@ -12205,7 +12210,7 @@ void romhack_camera_init_settings(void) {
     } else if (configEnableRomhackCamera == RCE_ON) {
         override = configRomhackCameraBowserFights ? RCO_ALL_INCLUDING_VANILLA : RCO_ALL_VANILLA_EXCEPT_BOWSER;
     }
-    
+
     gRomhackCameraSettings.enable = override;
     gCameraUseCourseSpecificSettings = (override == RCO_DISABLE && dynos_level_is_vanilla_level(gCurrLevelNum));
     gRomhackCameraSettings.collisions = configRomhackCameraHasCollision;
diff --git a/src/pc/lua/smlua_cobject.c b/src/pc/lua/smlua_cobject.c
index f8b6a0a32..fac9b1c5b 100644
--- a/src/pc/lua/smlua_cobject.c
+++ b/src/pc/lua/smlua_cobject.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ int gSmLuaCPointers = 0;
 int gSmLuaCObjectMetatable = 0;
 int gSmLuaCPointerMetatable = 0;
 
+CObject *gCameraCObject = NULL;
+
 struct LuaObjectField* smlua_get_object_field_from_ot(struct LuaObjectTable* ot, const char* key) {
     // binary search
     s32 min = 0;
@@ -775,7 +777,7 @@ void smlua_cobject_init_globals(void) {
 
     EXPOSE_GLOBAL(LOT_NAMETAGSSETTINGS, gNametagsSettings);
 
-    EXPOSE_GLOBAL_PTR(LOT_CAMERA, gCamera);
+    gCameraCObject = smlua_push_object(L, LOT_CAMERA, gCamera, NULL); lua_setglobal(L, "gCamera");
 }
 
 void smlua_cobject_init_per_file_globals(const char* path) {
diff --git a/src/pc/lua/smlua_cobject.h b/src/pc/lua/smlua_cobject.h
index 717240798..8e1ba9aec 100644
--- a/src/pc/lua/smlua_cobject.h
+++ b/src/pc/lua/smlua_cobject.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ extern int gSmLuaCPointers;
 extern int gSmLuaCObjectMetatable;
 extern int gSmLuaCPointerMetatable;
 
+extern CObject *gCameraCObject;
+
 bool smlua_valid_lot(u16 lot);
 bool smlua_valid_lvt(u16 lvt);
 const char *smlua_get_lvt_name(u16 lvt);
diff --git a/src/pc/lua/smlua_utils.c b/src/pc/lua/smlua_utils.c
index 94bbb7dc7..8b740bb64 100644
--- a/src/pc/lua/smlua_utils.c
+++ b/src/pc/lua/smlua_utils.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ bool packet_read_lnt(struct Packet* p, struct LSTNetworkType* lnt) {
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-void smlua_push_object(lua_State* L, u16 lot, void* p, void *extraInfo) {
+CObject *smlua_push_object(lua_State* L, u16 lot, void* p, void *extraInfo) {
     if (p == NULL) {
         lua_pushnil(L);
         return;
@@ -379,9 +379,11 @@ void smlua_push_object(lua_State* L, u16 lot, void* p, void *extraInfo) {
     lua_remove(L, -2); // Remove gSmLuaCObjects table
 
     LUA_STACK_CHECK_END();
+
+    return cobject;
 }
 
-void smlua_push_pointer(lua_State* L, u16 lvt, void* p, void *extraInfo) {
+CPointer *smlua_push_pointer(lua_State* L, u16 lvt, void* p, void *extraInfo) {
     if (p == NULL) {
         lua_pushnil(L);
         return;
@@ -413,6 +415,8 @@ void smlua_push_pointer(lua_State* L, u16 lvt, void* p, void *extraInfo) {
     lua_settable(L, -4);
     lua_remove(L, -2); // Remove gSmLuaCPointers table
     LUA_STACK_CHECK_END();
+
+    return cpointer;
 }
 
 void smlua_push_integer_field(int index, const char* name, lua_Integer val) {
diff --git a/src/pc/lua/smlua_utils.h b/src/pc/lua/smlua_utils.h
index 15080fb67..09b60797f 100644
--- a/src/pc/lua/smlua_utils.h
+++ b/src/pc/lua/smlua_utils.h
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ struct LSTNetworkType smlua_to_lnt(lua_State* L, int index);
 bool packet_write_lnt(struct Packet* p, struct LSTNetworkType* lnt);
 bool packet_read_lnt(struct Packet* p, struct LSTNetworkType* lnt);
 
-void smlua_push_object(lua_State* L, u16 lot, void* p, void *extraInfo);
-void smlua_push_pointer(lua_State* L, u16 lvt, void* p, void *extraInfo);
+CObject *smlua_push_object(lua_State* L, u16 lot, void* p, void *extraInfo);
+CPointer *smlua_push_pointer(lua_State* L, u16 lvt, void* p, void *extraInfo);
 void smlua_push_integer_field(int index, const char* name, lua_Integer val);
 void smlua_push_number_field(int index, const char* name, lua_Number val);
 void smlua_push_string_field(int index, const char* name, const char* val);