diff --git a/lua/various-textobjs/charwise-textobjs.lua b/lua/various-textobjs/charwise-textobjs.lua
index de0ad2f..726b815 100644
--- a/lua/various-textobjs/charwise-textobjs.lua
+++ b/lua/various-textobjs/charwise-textobjs.lua
@@ -166,6 +166,17 @@ function M.subword(scope)
 		-- `o`: to start of sel, `h`: select char before `o`: back to end of selection
 		u.normal("oho")
 	end
+
+	-- If deleting the start of a camelCased subword, the result should still be
+	-- camelCased and not PascalCased (see #113).
+	local originalWasCamelCased = vim.fn.expand("<cword>"):find("%l%u") ~= nil
+	local charAfter = line:sub(endCol + 1, endCol + 1)
+	local isStartOfWord = line:sub(startCol - 1, startCol - 1) == " "
+	local isDeletion = vim.v.operator == "d"
+	if originalWasCamelCased and charAfter:find("%u") and isStartOfWord and isDeletion then
+		local updatedLine = line:sub(1, endCol) .. charAfter:lower() .. line:sub(endCol + 2)
+		vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(0, startRow - 1, startRow, false, { updatedLine })
+	end
 end
 
 function M.toNextClosingBracket()