diff --git a/src/cli/selectors.ts b/src/cli/selectors.ts
index 86ed2157ea2..0f90dc94508 100644
--- a/src/cli/selectors.ts
+++ b/src/cli/selectors.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import type {
   RuntimeWorktreeListResult,
   RuntimeWorktreeRecord
 } from '../shared/runtime-types'
-import { isPathInsideOrEqual, isWslUncPathForCallerLinuxPath } from '../shared/cross-platform-path'
+import {
+  isPathInsideOrEqual,
+  isWslUncPathForCallerLinuxPath,
+  isWslUncPathForLinuxMountedPath
+} from '../shared/cross-platform-path'
 import { parseWslUncPath } from '../shared/wsl-paths'
 import type { RuntimeClient } from './runtime-client'
 import { RuntimeClientError } from './runtime/types'
@@ -49,8 +53,9 @@ export async function resolveCallerDistroPathSelector(
   // the WSL launcher always sets and which arrives here as the invocation cwd, proves it.
   const callerDistro = parseWslUncPath(cwd)?.distro
   const linuxPath = selector.startsWith('path:') ? selector.slice(5) : ''
+  const isLinuxMountedPath = /^\/mnt\/[A-Za-z](?:\/|$)/.test(linuxPath)
   if (
-    !callerDistro ||
+    (!callerDistro && !isLinuxMountedPath) ||
     client.isRemote ||
     !linuxPath.startsWith('/') ||
     linuxPath.startsWith('//') ||
@@ -63,7 +68,9 @@ export async function resolveCallerDistroPathSelector(
     limit: 10_000
   })
   const match = worktrees.result.worktrees.find((worktree) =>
-    isWslUncPathForCallerLinuxPath(worktree.path, linuxPath, callerDistro)
+    isLinuxMountedPath
+      ? isWslUncPathForLinuxMountedPath(worktree.path, linuxPath)
+      : isWslUncPathForCallerLinuxPath(worktree.path, linuxPath, callerDistro!)
   )
   // Why the stored spelling rather than a synthesized UNC path: an unmatched selector must
   // reach the runtime verbatim and fail as the caller typed it, never as a guessed distro.
diff --git a/src/cli/worktree-selector-wsl-posix-path.test.ts b/src/cli/worktree-selector-wsl-posix-path.test.ts
index 10d71c8e9ed..78ef1779c82 100644
--- a/src/cli/worktree-selector-wsl-posix-path.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/worktree-selector-wsl-posix-path.test.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import { normalizeWorktreeSelectorForCaller } from './selectors'
 const UBUNTU = 'Ubuntu-24.04'
 const DEBIAN = 'Debian'
 const LINUX_PATH = '/home/neil/qa-repo'
+const MOUNTED_PATH = '/mnt/c/Users/neil/qa-repo'
 
 function uncPath(distro: string, linuxPath: string): string {
   return `\\\\wsl.localhost\\${distro}${linuxPath.replace(/\//g, '\\')}`
@@ -37,6 +38,15 @@ afterEach(() => {
 })
 
 describe('normalizeWorktreeSelectorForCaller in a WSL shell (#16628)', () => {
+  it('resolves a shared /mnt drive without requiring the caller distro', async () => {
+    const storedPath = uncPath(UBUNTU, '/mnt/c/Users/neil/qa-repo')
+    const { client } = makeClient([storedPath])
+
+    await expect(
+      normalizeWorktreeSelectorForCaller(`path:${MOUNTED_PATH}`, '/mnt/c/Users/neil', client)
+    ).resolves.toBe(`path:${storedPath}`)
+  })
+
   it.each([
     ['a backslash UNC registration', uncPath(UBUNTU, LINUX_PATH)],
     ['a forward-slash UNC registration', `//wsl.localhost/${UBUNTU}${LINUX_PATH}`],
diff --git a/src/shared/cross-platform-path.test.ts b/src/shared/cross-platform-path.test.ts
index f23892d98e3..6bdda5d064d 100644
--- a/src/shared/cross-platform-path.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/cross-platform-path.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   isPathInsideOrEqual,
   isRuntimePathAbsolute,
   isWslUncPathForCallerLinuxPath,
+  isWslUncPathForLinuxMountedPath,
   normalizeRuntimePathForComparison,
   relativePathInsideRoot,
   resolveRuntimePath
@@ -99,6 +100,32 @@ describe('isWslUncPathForCallerLinuxPath', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('isWslUncPathForLinuxMountedPath', () => {
+  it('matches a shared /mnt drive regardless of distro', () => {
+    expect(
+      isWslUncPathForLinuxMountedPath(
+        '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Ubuntu\\mnt\\c\\Users\\Neil\\repo',
+        '/mnt/c/users/neil/repo'
+      )
+    ).toBe(true)
+    expect(
+      isWslUncPathForLinuxMountedPath(
+        '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Debian\\mnt\\c\\Users\\Neil\\repo',
+        '/mnt/c/users/neil/repo'
+      )
+    ).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('keeps non-mounted Linux paths out of the distro-independent match', () => {
+    expect(
+      isWslUncPathForLinuxMountedPath(
+        '\\\\wsl.localhost\\Ubuntu\\home\\Neil\\repo',
+        '/home/neil/repo'
+      )
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('cross-platform path containment', () => {
   it('keeps POSIX sibling prefixes outside the root', () => {
     expect(isPathInsideOrEqual('/repo/app', '/repo/app')).toBe(true)
diff --git a/src/shared/cross-platform-path.ts b/src/shared/cross-platform-path.ts
index 679ee9e57ba..61308a70489 100644
--- a/src/shared/cross-platform-path.ts
+++ b/src/shared/cross-platform-path.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,26 @@ export function isWslUncPathForCallerLinuxPath(
   )
 }
 
+/**
+ * Whether a WSL UNC path fronts the same Windows-mounted `/mnt/<drive>` path.
+ *
+ * `/mnt/<drive>` is backed by the host drive and is shared across distros, so
+ * matching it does not require the caller's distro proof used for Linux paths.
+ */
+export function isWslUncPathForLinuxMountedPath(uncPath: string, linuxPath: string): boolean {
+  const parsed = parseWslUncPath(uncPath)
+  if (!parsed || !/^\/mnt\/[A-Za-z](?:\/|$)/.test(parsed.linuxPath)) {
+    return false
+  }
+  if (!/^\/mnt\/[A-Za-z](?:\/|$)/.test(linuxPath)) {
+    return false
+  }
+  return (
+    normalizeRuntimePathForComparison(toWindowsWslPath(parsed.linuxPath, parsed.distro)) ===
+    normalizeRuntimePathForComparison(toWindowsWslPath(linuxPath, parsed.distro))
+  )
+}
+
 export function areLocalWindowsWslPathAliases(left: string, right: string): boolean {
   const leftIdentity = getLocalWindowsWslPathIdentity(left)
   const rightIdentity = getLocalWindowsWslPathIdentity(right)