diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
index e1f778b8c..e08133ded 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/UIManager.java
@@ -27,4 +27,9 @@ public interface UIManager extends JSIModule, PerformanceCounter {
    * @param commandArgs {@link ReadableArray} parameters associated with the command
    */
   void dispatchCommand(int reactTag, int commandId, @Nullable ReadableArray commandArgs);
+
+  void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder);
+
+  void clearJSResponder();
+
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
index 4cb25a51c..d72e6cc8b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricUIManager.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.fabric;
 import static android.view.View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST;
 import static android.view.View.MeasureSpec.EXACTLY;
 import static android.view.View.MeasureSpec.UNSPECIFIED;
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.UIManagerType.DEFAULT;
 import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.UIManagerType.FABRIC;
 
 import android.os.SystemClock;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptContextHolder;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableNativeMap;
@@ -39,11 +41,13 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactShadowNode;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactShadowNodeImpl;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactStylesDiffMap;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerHelper;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIViewOperationQueue;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManager;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerRegistry;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.MeasureSpecProvider;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.SizeMonitoringFrameLayout;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace;
 import com.facebook.systrace.SystraceMessage;
@@ -645,6 +649,16 @@ public class FabricUIManager implements UIManager, JSHandler {
     mBinding.dispatchEventToTarget(mJSContext.get(), mEventHandlerPointer, eventTarget, name, (WritableNativeMap) params);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder) {
+    // TODO: Do nothing for now
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void clearJSResponder() {
+    // TODO: Do nothing for now
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void initialize() {
     FabricEventEmitter eventEmitter =
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index f35511c33..1ac393b06 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 import static com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMarkerConstants.CREATE_UI_MANAGER_MODULE_CONSTANTS_END;
 import static com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMarkerConstants.CREATE_UI_MANAGER_MODULE_CONSTANTS_START;
 import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.UIManagerType.DEFAULT;
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.UIManagerType.FABRIC;
 
 import android.content.ComponentCallbacks2;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.MeasureSpecProvider;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.SizeMonitoringFrameLayout;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.UIManagerType;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.debug.NotThreadSafeViewHierarchyUpdateDebugListener;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
@@ -585,11 +587,20 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
     mUIImplementation.removeAnimation(reactTag, animationID);
   }
 
+  @Override
   @ReactMethod
   public void setJSResponder(int reactTag, boolean blockNativeResponder) {
+    //TODO: this is a temporary approach to support ViewManagerCommands in Fabric until
+    // the dispatchViewManagerCommand() method is supported by Fabric JS API.
+    int uiManagerType = ViewUtil.getUIManagerType(reactTag);
+    if (uiManagerType != DEFAULT) {
+      UIManagerHelper.getUIManager(getReactApplicationContext(), uiManagerType).setJSResponder(reactTag, blockNativeResponder);
+    }
+
     mUIImplementation.setJSResponder(reactTag, blockNativeResponder);
   }
 
+  @Override
   @ReactMethod
   public void clearJSResponder() {
     mUIImplementation.clearJSResponder();