diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTVirtualText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTVirtualText.java
index 051fd52d7..9c8e2ca2e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTVirtualText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/flat/RCTVirtualText.java
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 
+import com.facebook.csslayout.CSSNode;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewProps;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 
 /**
  * RCTVirtualText is a {@link FlatTextShadowNode} that can contain font styling information.
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewProps;
   private FontStylingSpan mFontStylingSpan = FontStylingSpan.INSTANCE;
   private ShadowStyleSpan mShadowStyleSpan = ShadowStyleSpan.INSTANCE;
 
+  @Override
+  public void addChildAt(CSSNode child, int i) {
+    super.addChildAt(child, i);
+    notifyChanged(true);
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected void performCollectText(SpannableStringBuilder builder) {
     for (int i = 0, childCount = getChildCount(); i < childCount; ++i) {