diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index 5a4cebbec..63b820482 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
   private boolean mContainsImages;
   private int mDefaultGravityHorizontal;
   private int mDefaultGravityVertical;
+  private boolean mTextIsSelectable;
 
   public ReactTextView(Context context) {
     super(context);
@@ -81,6 +82,12 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
     return target;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setTextIsSelectable(boolean selectable) {
+    mTextIsSelectable = selectable;
+    super.setTextIsSelectable(selectable);
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected boolean verifyDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
     if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
@@ -136,6 +143,7 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
   @Override
   public void onAttachedToWindow() {
     super.onAttachedToWindow();
+    setTextIsSelectable(mTextIsSelectable);
     if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
       Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index 14752e158..497a3ec0f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   private @Nullable ArrayList<TextWatcher> mListeners;
   private @Nullable TextWatcherDelegator mTextWatcherDelegator;
   private int mStagedInputType;
+  private boolean mTextIsSelectable = true;
   private boolean mContainsImages;
   private boolean mBlurOnSubmit;
   private @Nullable SelectionWatcher mSelectionWatcher;
@@ -215,6 +216,12 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
     setKeyListener(mKeyListener);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setTextIsSelectable(boolean selectable) {
+    mTextIsSelectable = selectable;
+    super.setTextIsSelectable(selectable);
+  }
+
   // VisibleForTesting from {@link TextInputEventsTestCase}.
   public void requestFocusFromJS() {
     mIsJSSettingFocus = true;
@@ -389,6 +396,7 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   @Override
   public void onAttachedToWindow() {
     super.onAttachedToWindow();
+    setTextIsSelectable(mTextIsSelectable);
     if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
       Spanned text = (Spanned) getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);