diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/paragraph/ParagraphShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/paragraph/ParagraphShadowNode.h
index 4a1ab6c57..f402ab812 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/paragraph/ParagraphShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/paragraph/ParagraphShadowNode.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ namespace react {
 
 extern const char ParagraphComponentName[];
 
+using ParagraphEventEmitter = ViewEventEmitter;
+
 /*
  * `ShadowNode` for <Paragraph> component, represents <View>-like component
  * containing and displaying text. Text content is represented as nested <Text>
@@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ extern const char ParagraphComponentName[];
 class ParagraphShadowNode:
   public ConcreteViewShadowNode<
     ParagraphComponentName,
-    ParagraphProps
+    ParagraphProps,
+    ParagraphEventEmitter
   >,
   public BaseTextShadowNode {
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/text/TextShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/text/TextShadowNode.h
index b19ddc47f..319fd574a 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/text/TextShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/text/TextShadowNode.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <fabric/components/view/ViewEventEmitter.h>
 #include <fabric/components/text/BaseTextShadowNode.h>
 #include <fabric/components/text/TextProps.h>
 #include <fabric/core/ConcreteShadowNode.h>
@@ -16,10 +17,13 @@ namespace react {
 
 extern const char TextComponentName[];
 
+using TextEventEmitter = TouchEventEmitter;
+
 class TextShadowNode:
   public ConcreteShadowNode<
     TextComponentName,
-    TextProps
+    TextProps,
+    TextEventEmitter
   >,
   public BaseTextShadowNode {