diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
index 4c4a79529..6fbe25e82 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ public class ReactRootView extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout
   @VisibleForTesting
   /* package */ void simulateAttachForTesting() {
     mIsAttachedToInstance = true;
+    mJSTouchDispatcher = new JSTouchDispatcher(this);
   }
 
   private CustomGlobalLayoutListener getCustomGlobalLayoutListener() {