diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootViewManager.kt
index 8292b72a73..ade22b5167 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootViewManager.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.swmansion.gesturehandler.react
 
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PointerEvents.Companion.parsePointerEvents
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewGroupManager
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerDelegate
@@ -39,6 +40,11 @@ class RNGestureHandlerRootViewManager :
     view.setModuleId(value)
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = "pointerEvents")
+  override fun setPointerEvents(view: RNGestureHandlerRootView, pointerEventsStr: String?) {
+    view.pointerEvents = parsePointerEvents(pointerEventsStr)
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = "unstable_forceActive")
   override fun setUnstable_forceActive(view: RNGestureHandlerRootView, active: Boolean) {
     view.setUnstableForceActive(active)
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/specs/RNGestureHandlerRootViewNativeComponent.ts b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/specs/RNGestureHandlerRootViewNativeComponent.ts
index 6497da2d34..8d3bfa8f48 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/specs/RNGestureHandlerRootViewNativeComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/specs/RNGestureHandlerRootViewNativeComponent.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ export interface RootViewNativeProps extends ViewProps {
   unstable_forceActive?: boolean;
 }
 
+// @ts-expect-error WithDefault adds null for codegen, unlike ViewProps.pointerEvents.
 interface NativeProps extends ViewProps {
+  pointerEvents?: CodegenTypes.WithDefault<
+    'box-none' | 'none' | 'box-only' | 'auto',
+    'auto'
+  >;
   moduleId?: CodegenTypes.WithDefault<CodegenTypes.Int32, -1>;
   unstable_forceActive?: boolean;
 }