diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8887207..96375a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ node_modules
 ../api/node_modules
 /bin/
 /___automation___.npmrc___
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/script/react-native-utils.ts b/script/react-native-utils.ts
index eca3e43..dd2c518 100644
--- a/script/react-native-utils.ts
+++ b/script/react-native-utils.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as childProcess from "child_process";
 import { valid } from "semver";
 import { downloadBlob, extractArchive } from "./utils/file-utils";
 import { findHermesc, isBaseBytecodeCompatible } from "./utils/hermes-utils";
+import { restoreSourceMapMetadata } from "./utils/source-map-utils";
 import * as dotenv from "dotenv";
 import * as cli from "./types/cli";
 import { log, sdk } from "./command-executor";
@@ -109,9 +110,13 @@ async function composeHermesSourceMaps(
   outputFolder: string,
   sourcemapOutputFolder: string
 ): Promise<void> {
-  const composeSourceMaps = path.join(getReactNativePackagePath(), "scripts", "compose-source-maps.js");
+  let composeSourceMaps = path.join(getReactNativePackagePath(), "scripts", "compose-source-maps.js");
+  // On iOS, react-native-xcode.sh lets COMPOSE_SOURCEMAP_PATH replace RN's script; an empty value is ignored
+  if (command.platform === "ios") {
+    composeSourceMaps = getXcodeDotEnvValue("COMPOSE_SOURCEMAP_PATH") || composeSourceMaps;
+  }
   if (!fs.existsSync(composeSourceMaps)) {
-    throw new Error("react-native compose-source-maps.js script is not found");
+    throw new Error(`Source map compose script ${composeSourceMaps} is not found`);
   }
 
   const hermesSourceMap = path.join(outputFolder, bundleName + ".hbc.map");
@@ -126,7 +131,13 @@ async function composeHermesSourceMaps(
     combinedSourceMap = command.platform === "android" ? path.join(sourcemapOutputFolder, bundleName + ".map") : packagerSourceMap;
   }
 
+  // Read before composing: on iOS the composed map overwrites the packager map
+  const packagerSourceMapJson = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(packagerSourceMap, "utf8"));
   await runCommand("compose-source-maps", "node", [composeSourceMaps, packagerSourceMap, hermesSourceMap, "-o", combinedSourceMap]);
+  const restoredFields = await restoreSourceMapMetadata(combinedSourceMap, packagerSourceMapJson);
+  if (restoredFields.length > 0) {
+    console.log(`Restored packager source map metadata: ${restoredFields.join(", ")}`);
+  }
   // Not part of the release
   await fs.promises.unlink(hermesSourceMap);
 }
diff --git a/script/utils/source-map-utils.ts b/script/utils/source-map-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2537244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/utils/source-map-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import * as fs from "fs";
+
+// Fields tied to the bundle layout, which compose rewrites; packager values would point at the wrong sources
+const POSITIONAL_FIELDS = new Set([
+  "version",
+  "file",
+  "sourceRoot",
+  "sources",
+  "sourcesContent",
+  "names",
+  "mappings",
+  "ignoreList",
+  "sections",
+  "x_google_ignoreList",
+  "x_facebook_sources",
+  "x_facebook_offsets",
+  "x_facebook_segments",
+  "x_hermes_function_offsets",
+]);
+
+/** compose-source-maps.js drops fields it doesn't know, such as `debugId`. Copies them back; returns their names. */
+export async function restoreSourceMapMetadata(
+  composedSourceMap: string,
+  packagerSourceMap: Record<string, unknown>
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const fields = Object.keys(packagerSourceMap).filter((field) => !POSITIONAL_FIELDS.has(field));
+  // Skip reading the (possibly huge) composed map when there is nothing to copy
+  if (fields.length === 0) return [];
+
+  const composed = JSON.parse(await fs.promises.readFile(composedSourceMap, "utf8"));
+  const restored = fields.filter((field) => !Object.hasOwn(composed, field));
+  if (restored.length === 0) return [];
+
+  for (const field of restored) composed[field] = packagerSourceMap[field];
+  await fs.promises.writeFile(composedSourceMap, JSON.stringify(composed));
+  return restored;
+}
diff --git a/test/source-map-utils.ts b/test/source-map-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9974862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/source-map-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import * as assert from "assert";
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import * as os from "os";
+import * as path from "path";
+import { restoreSourceMapMetadata } from "../script/utils/source-map-utils";
+
+describe("Source map metadata", () => {
+  let testDirectory: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    testDirectory = fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), "revopush-source-map-"));
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    fs.rmSync(testDirectory, { recursive: true, force: true });
+  });
+
+  function createSourceMap(fields: Record<string, unknown>): string {
+    const sourceMap = path.join(testDirectory, "composed.map");
+    fs.writeFileSync(sourceMap, JSON.stringify(fields));
+    return sourceMap;
+  }
+
+  function readSourceMap(sourceMap: string): unknown {
+    return JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(sourceMap, "utf8"));
+  }
+
+  it("restores fields the composer dropped without touching the ones it produced", async () => {
+    const composed = createSourceMap({ version: 3, file: "main.jsbundle.hbc", mappings: "AAAA;AACA", x_google_ignoreList: [] });
+
+    const restored = await restoreSourceMapMetadata(composed, {
+      version: 3,
+      file: "main.jsbundle",
+      mappings: "AAAA;ACAA",
+      debugId: "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
+      x_google_ignoreList: [1],
+      x_custom_vendor: { nested: true },
+    });
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(restored, ["debugId", "x_custom_vendor"]);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(readSourceMap(composed), {
+      version: 3,
+      file: "main.jsbundle.hbc",
+      mappings: "AAAA;AACA",
+      x_google_ignoreList: [],
+      debugId: "aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
+      x_custom_vendor: { nested: true },
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("never restores positional fields, which index into the packager's sources", async () => {
+    const composed = createSourceMap({ version: 3, sources: ["/abs/a.js"], mappings: "AAAA" });
+
+    const restored = await restoreSourceMapMetadata(composed, {
+      sourceRoot: "/abs/",
+      sections: [],
+      ignoreList: [1],
+      x_google_ignoreList: [1],
+      x_facebook_sources: [null],
+      x_hermes_function_offsets: { "0": [0] },
+      debugId: "aaaa-bbbb",
+    });
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(restored, ["debugId"]);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(readSourceMap(composed), { version: 3, sources: ["/abs/a.js"], mappings: "AAAA", debugId: "aaaa-bbbb" });
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the composed source map untouched when there is nothing to restore", async () => {
+    const composed = createSourceMap({ version: 3, file: "main.jsbundle.hbc", debugId: "from-compose" });
+    const contents = fs.readFileSync(composed, "utf8");
+
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(await restoreSourceMapMetadata(composed, { version: 3 }), []);
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(await restoreSourceMapMetadata(composed, { debugId: "from-packager" }), []);
+    assert.strictEqual(fs.readFileSync(composed, "utf8"), contents);
+  });
+});