diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactCompoundViewGroup.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactCompoundViewGroup.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..345dea9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactCompoundViewGroup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
+
+/**
+ * This interface should be implemented be native ViewGroup subclasses that can represent more
+ * than a single react node. In that case, virtual and non-virtual (mapping to a View) elements
+ * can overlap, and TouchTargetHelper may incorrectly dispatch touch event to a wrong element
+ * because it priorities children over parents.
+ */
+public interface ReactCompoundViewGroup extends ReactCompoundView {
+  /**
+   * Returns true if react node responsible for the touch even is flattened into this ViewGroup.
+   * Use reactTagForTouch() to get its tag.
+   */
+  boolean interceptsTouchEvent(float touchX, float touchY);
+}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/TouchTargetHelper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/TouchTargetHelper.java
index e998110b7..8c74639d5 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/TouchTargetHelper.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/TouchTargetHelper.java
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ public class TouchTargetHelper {
 
     } else if (pointerEvents == PointerEvents.AUTO) {
       // Either this view or one of its children is the target
+      if (view instanceof ReactCompoundViewGroup) {
+        if (((ReactCompoundViewGroup) view).interceptsTouchEvent(eventCoords[0], eventCoords[1])) {
+          return view;
+        }
+      }
       if (view instanceof ViewGroup) {
         return findTouchTargetView(eventCoords, (ViewGroup) view);
       }