diff --git a/PostHog/PostHogBootstrap.swift b/PostHog/PostHogBootstrap.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3aa795a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PostHog/PostHogBootstrap.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+//
+//  PostHogBootstrap.swift
+//  PostHog
+//
+
+import Foundation
+
+/// Pre-seeded values applied on the very first SDK launch when no per-device state has
+/// been persisted yet.
+///
+/// Set ``PostHogConfig/bootstrap`` before calling `setup(_:)` to ensure events captured
+/// synchronously during initialization (`Application Installed` / `Application Updated`,
+/// pre-identify lifecycle events) carry a caller-controlled `$distinct_id` rather than
+/// the SDK-generated UUID. Mirrors the [`bootstrap` option in `posthog-js`](https://posthog.com/docs/feature-flags/bootstrapping).
+///
+/// Bootstrap only seeds the very first session. Once an anonymous ID is persisted on
+/// disk, or `identify(...)` has been called, the bootstrap values are ignored — they
+/// never override an already-identified user or re-link traffic across a previous
+/// anon→identified merge.
+@objc(PostHogBootstrap) public class PostHogBootstrap: NSObject {
+    /// The distinct ID to seed on first launch.
+    ///
+    /// When ``isIdentifiedID`` is `false` (the default), this becomes the anonymous ID —
+    /// the `$distinct_id` on pre-identify events. When `true`, it is treated as an
+    /// already-identified user's distinct ID and the SDK skips the `$identify` merge
+    /// for it.
+    @objc public var distinctID: String?
+
+    /// Whether ``distinctID`` represents an already-identified user.
+    ///
+    /// Defaults to `false`. Set to `true` when the host application has resolved the
+    /// user's identity outside the SDK (for example from a backend session token) and
+    /// wants the iOS SDK to treat them as identified from the first event onward.
+    @objc public var isIdentifiedID: Bool = false
+
+    @objc public override init() {
+        super.init()
+    }
+
+    @objc public init(distinctID: String?, isIdentifiedID: Bool = false) {
+        self.distinctID = distinctID
+        self.isIdentifiedID = isIdentifiedID
+        super.init()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/PostHog/PostHogConfig.swift b/PostHog/PostHogConfig.swift
index b5b13b7ae..8585ba101 100644
--- a/PostHog/PostHogConfig.swift
+++ b/PostHog/PostHogConfig.swift
@@ -187,6 +187,22 @@ public typealias BeforeSendBlock = (PostHogEvent) -> PostHogEvent?
     /// - Returns: The UUID to persist as the anonymous ID.
     @objc public var getAnonymousId: ((UUID) -> UUID) = { uuid in uuid }
 
+    /// Pre-seeded identity applied on the very first SDK launch when no per-device state
+    /// has been persisted yet.
+    ///
+    /// Set this before calling `setup(_:)` to ensure events captured synchronously during
+    /// initialization (`Application Installed` / `Application Updated`, pre-identify
+    /// lifecycle events) carry a caller-controlled `$distinct_id` rather than the
+    /// SDK-generated UUID. Mirrors the [`bootstrap` option in `posthog-js`](https://posthog.com/docs/feature-flags/bootstrapping).
+    ///
+    /// Bootstrap only seeds the very first session. Once an anonymous ID is persisted
+    /// on disk, or `identify(...)` has been called, the bootstrap values are ignored —
+    /// they never override an already-identified user or re-link traffic across a
+    /// previous anon→identified merge.
+    ///
+    /// Defaults to `nil` (use the SDK-generated UUID).
+    @objc public var bootstrap: PostHogBootstrap?
+
     /// Flag to reuse the anonymous Id between `reset()` and next `identify()` calls
     ///
     /// If enabled, the anonymous Id will be reused for all anonymous users on this device,
diff --git a/PostHog/PostHogStorageManager.swift b/PostHog/PostHogStorageManager.swift
index 77881e249..71e9f5a24 100644
--- a/PostHog/PostHogStorageManager.swift
+++ b/PostHog/PostHogStorageManager.swift
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ public class PostHogStorageManager {
     private let identifiedLock = NSLock()
     private let personProcessingLock = NSLock()
     private let idGen: (UUID) -> UUID
+    private let bootstrap: PostHogBootstrap?
 
     private var distinctId: String?
     private var cachedDistinctId = false
@@ -32,6 +33,33 @@ public class PostHogStorageManager {
     init(_ config: PostHogConfig) {
         storage = PostHogStorage(config)
         idGen = config.getAnonymousId
+        bootstrap = config.bootstrap
+        applyBootstrapIfNeeded()
+    }
+
+    /// Persists the bootstrap distinct ID exactly once, on the very first launch with no
+    /// per-device state. Skipped when the device already has an anonymous ID on disk,
+    /// when the user is already identified, or when the caller did not supply one.
+    ///
+    /// When `bootstrap.isIdentifiedID` is `true`, the value is treated as the
+    /// already-identified distinct ID — both `.anonymousId` and `.distinctId` are seeded
+    /// to the same value and `isIdentified` is set, so subsequent events are emitted on
+    /// the identified person without an `$identify` merge.
+    private func applyBootstrapIfNeeded() {
+        guard let bootstrap, let bootstrapId = bootstrap.distinctID, !bootstrapId.isEmpty else {
+            return
+        }
+        // Persisted state wins — never override an existing anonymous ID, and never
+        // re-link traffic across a previous anon→identified merge.
+        if storage.getString(forKey: .anonymousId) != nil { return }
+        if storage.getBool(forKey: .isIdentified) == true { return }
+
+        setAnonymousId(bootstrapId)
+
+        if bootstrap.isIdentifiedID {
+            setDistinctId(bootstrapId)
+            setIdentified(true)
+        }
     }
 
     /// Returns the persisted anonymous ID, creating one if needed.
diff --git a/PostHogTests/PostHogStorageManagerTest.swift b/PostHogTests/PostHogStorageManagerTest.swift
index dd5964f10..0e31f23cf 100644
--- a/PostHogTests/PostHogStorageManagerTest.swift
+++ b/PostHogTests/PostHogStorageManagerTest.swift
@@ -59,6 +59,85 @@ class PostHogStorageManagerTest: QuickSpec {
             sut.reset(true)
         }
 
+        it("Seeds the anonymous ID from bootstrap.distinctID on fresh install") {
+            let config = PostHogConfig(projectToken: "test_project_token")
+            config.bootstrap = PostHogBootstrap(distinctID: "A-bootstrap-id-123")
+            let sut = self.getSut(config)
+
+            let anonymousId = sut.getAnonymousId()
+            expect(anonymousId) == "A-bootstrap-id-123"
+
+            // Subsequent calls return the same persisted value.
+            expect(sut.getAnonymousId()) == "A-bootstrap-id-123"
+            // Not flagged as identified — anonymous-only seed.
+            expect(sut.isIdentified()) == false
+
+            sut.reset(true)
+        }
+
+        it("Ignores empty bootstrap.distinctID and falls back to UUID") {
+            let config = PostHogConfig(projectToken: "test_project_token")
+            config.bootstrap = PostHogBootstrap(distinctID: "")
+            let sut = self.getSut(config)
+
+            let anonymousId = sut.getAnonymousId()
+            expect(anonymousId.isEmpty) == false
+            // Should be a UUID, not an empty string.
+            expect(UUID(uuidString: anonymousId)) != nil
+
+            sut.reset(true)
+        }
+
+        it("Seeds both anonymous and distinct IDs when bootstrap.isIdentifiedID is true") {
+            let config = PostHogConfig(projectToken: "test_project_token")
+            config.bootstrap = PostHogBootstrap(distinctID: "user-42", isIdentifiedID: true)
+            let sut = self.getSut(config)
+
+            expect(sut.getAnonymousId()) == "user-42"
+            expect(sut.getDistinctId()) == "user-42"
+            expect(sut.isIdentified()) == true
+
+            sut.reset(true)
+        }
+
+        it("Does not re-apply bootstrap once an anonymous ID is persisted") {
+            let firstConfig = PostHogConfig(projectToken: "test_project_token")
+            firstConfig.bootstrap = PostHogBootstrap(distinctID: "A-original")
+            let firstSut = self.getSut(firstConfig)
+            _ = firstSut.getAnonymousId()
+
+            // Simulate a second SDK init in the same install: storage already has
+            // the original anonymous ID. The new config supplies a different
+            // bootstrap value, which must NOT override the persisted one.
+            let secondConfig = PostHogConfig(projectToken: "test_project_token")
+            secondConfig.bootstrap = PostHogBootstrap(distinctID: "A-different")
+            let secondSut = PostHogStorageManager(secondConfig)
+
+            expect(secondSut.getAnonymousId()) == "A-original"
+
+            firstSut.reset(true)
+        }
+
+        it("Does not re-apply bootstrap after the user has been identified") {
+            let firstConfig = PostHogConfig(projectToken: "test_project_token")
+            let firstSut = self.getSut(firstConfig)
+            firstSut.setIdentified(true)
+            firstSut.setDistinctId("identified-user")
+            let originalAnon = firstSut.getAnonymousId()
+
+            // A subsequent SDK init that supplies a bootstrap must not re-seed
+            // either the anonymous ID or the distinct ID — that would silently
+            // re-link traffic across the prior anon→identified merge.
+            let secondConfig = PostHogConfig(projectToken: "test_project_token")
+            secondConfig.bootstrap = PostHogBootstrap(distinctID: "A-new", isIdentifiedID: true)
+            let secondSut = PostHogStorageManager(secondConfig)
+
+            expect(secondSut.getAnonymousId()) == originalAnon
+            expect(secondSut.getDistinctId()) == "identified-user"
+
+            firstSut.reset(true)
+        }
+
         it("Uses the correct fallback value for isIdentified") {
             let anonymousIdToSet = UUID.v7()
             let distinctIdToSet = UUID.v7().uuidString