diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
index 964e41084..9ddcb416e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public class ViewProps {
       return true;
     } else if (POINTER_EVENTS.equals(prop)) {
       String value = map.getString(prop);
-      return "auto".equals(value);
+      return "auto".equals(value) || "box-none".equals(value);
     }
 
     if (sIsOptimizationsEnabled) {