diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Selection/InternalSelectionModel.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Selection/InternalSelectionModel.cs
index 455700af1f..1b95236bd8 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/Selection/InternalSelectionModel.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/Selection/InternalSelectionModel.cs
@@ -264,7 +264,46 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.Selection
             }
         }
 
-        private void OnSourceReset(object? sender, EventArgs e) => SyncFromSelectedItems();
+        private void OnSourceReset(object? sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            // Snapshot the selected items before sync clears them. The source is already
+            // modified, but _writableSelectedItems still holds the previous selection.
+            List<object?>? previousItems = null;
+
+            if (_writableSelectedItems?.Count > 0)
+            {
+                previousItems = new List<object?>(_writableSelectedItems.Count);
+                foreach (var item in _writableSelectedItems)
+                    previousItems.Add(item);
+            }
+
+            SyncFromSelectedItems();
+
+            if (previousItems?.Count > 0)
+            {
+                // Diff: only report items that were actually lost, not re-selected.
+                // A Reset may reorder without losing items (e.g. sort).
+                var currentItems = new HashSet<object?>();
+                if (_writableSelectedItems != null)
+                {
+                    foreach (var item in _writableSelectedItems)
+                        currentItems.Add(item);
+                }
+
+                var deselectedItems = new List<object?>();
+                foreach (var item in previousItems)
+                {
+                    if (!currentItems.Contains(item))
+                        deselectedItems.Add(item);
+                }
+
+                if (deselectedItems.Count > 0)
+                {
+                    using var update = BatchUpdate();
+                    update.Operation.DeselectedItems = deselectedItems;
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         private void OnSelectedItemsCollectionChanged(object? sender, NotifyCollectionChangedEventArgs e)
         {
diff --git a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/SelectingItemsControlTests.cs b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/SelectingItemsControlTests.cs
index 3c36b7ff74..35f0d79286 100644
--- a/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/SelectingItemsControlTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests/Primitives/SelectingItemsControlTests.cs
@@ -856,6 +856,107 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls.UnitTests.Primitives
             Assert.Equal(-1, target.SelectedIndex);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Resetting_Items_Collection_Should_Raise_SelectionChanged()
+        {
+            // Issue #20897: Clearing a collection bound to a ListBox with a selected item
+            // should raise SelectionChanged with the previously selected item in RemovedItems.
+            var items = new ObservableCollection<Item>
+            {
+                new Item(),
+                new Item(),
+                new Item(),
+            };
+
+            var target = new SelectingItemsControl
+            {
+                ItemsSource = items,
+                Template = Template(),
+            };
+
+            Prepare(target);
+            target.SelectedIndex = 1;
+
+            var selectedItem = items[1];
+
+            SelectionChangedEventArgs? receivedArgs = null;
+            target.SelectionChanged += (_, args) => receivedArgs = args;
+
+            items.Clear();
+
+            Assert.Null(target.SelectedItem);
+            Assert.Equal(-1, target.SelectedIndex);
+            Assert.NotNull(receivedArgs);
+            Assert.Empty(receivedArgs.AddedItems);
+            Assert.Equal(new[] { selectedItem }, receivedArgs.RemovedItems);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Resetting_Items_To_Empty_With_Multiple_Selection_Should_Raise_SelectionChanged()
+        {
+            // Issue #20897: Same bug with multiple selection mode.
+            var items = new ObservableCollection<Item>
+            {
+                new Item(),
+                new Item(),
+                new Item(),
+            };
+
+            var target = new TestSelector
+            {
+                ItemsSource = items,
+                Template = Template(),
+                SelectionMode = SelectionMode.Multiple,
+            };
+
+            Prepare(target);
+            target.SelectedIndex = 0;
+            target.Selection.Select(2);
+
+            var selected0 = items[0];
+            var selected2 = items[2];
+
+            SelectionChangedEventArgs? receivedArgs = null;
+            target.SelectionChanged += (_, args) => receivedArgs = args;
+
+            items.Clear();
+
+            Assert.Null(target.SelectedItem);
+            Assert.Equal(-1, target.SelectedIndex);
+            Assert.NotNull(receivedArgs);
+            Assert.Empty(receivedArgs.AddedItems);
+            Assert.Equal(2, receivedArgs.RemovedItems.Count);
+            Assert.Contains(selected0, receivedArgs.RemovedItems.Cast<object>());
+            Assert.Contains(selected2, receivedArgs.RemovedItems.Cast<object>());
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Resetting_Items_With_Preserved_Selection_Should_Not_Report_Deselection()
+        {
+            // A Reset that reorders items without losing the selected item should
+            // report no deselected items — the selection was preserved, not lost.
+            var items = new ResettingCollection(3);
+
+            var target = new SelectingItemsControl
+            {
+                ItemsSource = items,
+                Template = Template(),
+            };
+
+            target.ApplyTemplate();
+            target.SelectedIndex = 1;
+
+            SelectionChangedEventArgs? receivedArgs = null;
+            target.SelectionChanged += (_, args) => receivedArgs = args;
+
+            // Reorder: "Item1" (the selected item) moves but stays in the collection.
+            items.Reset(new[] { "Item2", "Item0", "Item1" });
+
+            Assert.Equal("Item1", target.SelectedItem);
+            Assert.NotNull(receivedArgs);
+            Assert.Empty(receivedArgs.RemovedItems);
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void Raising_IsSelectedChanged_On_Item_Should_Update_Selection()
         {