diff --git a/src/ios/CDVCamera.m b/src/ios/CDVCamera.m
index aae4247..bf02ca2 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVCamera.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVCamera.m
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static NSString* toBase64(NSData* data) {
         CDVPluginResult* result;
         if (picker.sourceType == UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera && [AVCaptureDevice authorizationStatusForMediaType:AVMediaTypeVideo] != ALAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {
             result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsString:@"has no access to camera"];
-        } else if (picker.sourceType != UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera && [ALAssetsLibrary authorizationStatus] != ALAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {
+        } else if (picker.sourceType != UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypeCamera && ! IsAtLeastiOSVersion(@"11.0") && [ALAssetsLibrary authorizationStatus] != ALAuthorizationStatusAuthorized) {
             result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsString:@"has no access to assets"];
         } else {
             result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsString:@"No Image Selected"];