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 bb68616be..64f8ae6c5 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -835,4 +835,17 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueSendAccessibilityEvent(tag, eventType);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get the first non-virtual (i.e. native) parent view tag of the react view with the passed tag.
+   * If the passed tag represents a non-virtual view, the same tag is returned. If the passed tag
+   * doesn't map to a react view, or a non-virtual parent cannot be found, -1 is returned.
+   */
+  /* package */ int getNonVirtualParent(int reactTag) {
+    ReactShadowNode node = mShadowNodeRegistry.getNode(reactTag);
+    while (node != null && node.isVirtual()) {
+      node = node.getParent();
+    }
+    return node == null ? -1 : node.getReactTag();
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
index 614f67df4..067853045 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
@@ -383,10 +383,11 @@ public class UIViewOperationQueue {
       final float containerX = (float) mMeasureBuffer[0];
       final float containerY = (float) mMeasureBuffer[1];
 
-      final int touchTargetReactTag = mNativeViewHierarchyManager.findTargetTagForTouch(
-          mReactTag,
-          mTargetX,
-          mTargetY);
+      final int touchTargetReactTag = mUIManagerModule.getNonVirtualParent(
+          mNativeViewHierarchyManager.findTargetTagForTouch(
+            mReactTag,
+            mTargetX,
+            mTargetY));
 
       try {
         mNativeViewHierarchyManager.measure(