diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
index 99c23d7af..f7aeb89b4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactRootView.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.os.SystemClock;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -143,7 +144,8 @@ public class ReactRootView extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout implements RootView
       // this gesture
       mChildIsHandlingNativeGesture = false;
       mTargetTag = TouchTargetHelper.findTargetTagForTouch(ev.getY(), ev.getX(), this);
-      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, TouchEventType.START, ev));
+      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),TouchEventType.START, ev));
     } else if (mChildIsHandlingNativeGesture) {
       // If the touch was intercepted by a child, we've already sent a cancel event to JS for this
       // gesture, so we shouldn't send any more touches related to it.
@@ -158,17 +160,21 @@ public class ReactRootView extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout implements RootView
     } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_UP) {
       // End of the gesture. We reset target tag to -1 and expect no further event associated with
       // this gesture.
-      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, TouchEventType.END, ev));
+      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), TouchEventType.END, ev));
       mTargetTag = -1;
     } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE) {
       // Update pointer position for current gesture
-      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, TouchEventType.MOVE, ev));
+      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), TouchEventType.MOVE, ev));
     } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_DOWN) {
       // New pointer goes down, this can only happen after ACTION_DOWN is sent for the first pointer
-      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, TouchEventType.START, ev));
+      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), TouchEventType.START, ev));
     } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_UP) {
       // Exactly onw of the pointers goes up
-      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, TouchEventType.END, ev));
+      eventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
+          new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, SystemClock.uptimeMillis(), TouchEventType.END, ev));
     } else if (action == MotionEvent.ACTION_CANCEL) {
       dispatchCancelEvent(ev);
       mTargetTag = -1;
@@ -213,7 +219,11 @@ public class ReactRootView extends SizeMonitoringFrameLayout implements RootView
         !mChildIsHandlingNativeGesture,
         "Expected to not have already sent a cancel for this gesture");
     Assertions.assertNotNull(eventDispatcher).dispatchEvent(
-        new TouchEvent(mTargetTag, TouchEventType.CANCEL, androidEvent));
+        new TouchEvent(
+            mTargetTag,
+            SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
+            TouchEventType.CANCEL,
+            androidEvent));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEvent.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEvent.java
index 62e52373f..26569f501 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEvent.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/events/TouchEvent.java
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ public class TouchEvent extends Event<TouchEvent> {
   private final TouchEventType mTouchEventType;
   private final short mCoalescingKey;
 
-  public TouchEvent(int viewTag, TouchEventType touchEventType, MotionEvent motionEventToCopy) {
-    super(viewTag, motionEventToCopy.getEventTime());
+  public TouchEvent(
+      int viewTag,
+      long timestampMs,
+      TouchEventType touchEventType,
+      MotionEvent motionEventToCopy) {
+    super(viewTag, timestampMs);
     mTouchEventType = touchEventType;
     mMotionEvent = MotionEvent.obtain(motionEventToCopy);