diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
index f7470b55204..8b9c541ae04 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactBaseTextShadowNode.java
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ public abstract class ReactBaseTextShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
   protected int mTextAlign = Gravity.NO_GRAVITY;
   protected int mTextBreakStrategy =
       (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) ? 0 : Layout.BREAK_STRATEGY_HIGH_QUALITY;
+  protected int mHyphenationFrequency =
+      (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) ? 0 : Layout.HYPHENATION_FREQUENCY_NONE;
   protected int mJustificationMode =
       (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.O) ? 0 : Layout.JUSTIFICATION_MODE_NONE;
   protected TextTransform mTextTransform = TextTransform.UNSET;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
index 8e7939b6243..3467aebdc0c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class ReactTextShadowNode extends ReactBaseTextShadowNode {
                       .setLineSpacing(0.f, 1.f)
                       .setIncludePad(mIncludeFontPadding)
                       .setBreakStrategy(mTextBreakStrategy)
-                      .setHyphenationFrequency(Layout.HYPHENATION_FREQUENCY_NORMAL);
+                      .setHyphenationFrequency(mHyphenationFrequency);
 
               if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
                 builder.setJustificationMode(mJustificationMode);
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class ReactTextShadowNode extends ReactBaseTextShadowNode {
                       .setLineSpacing(0.f, 1.f)
                       .setIncludePad(mIncludeFontPadding)
                       .setBreakStrategy(mTextBreakStrategy)
-                      .setHyphenationFrequency(Layout.HYPHENATION_FREQUENCY_NORMAL);
+                      .setHyphenationFrequency(mHyphenationFrequency);
 
               if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.P) {
                 builder.setUseLineSpacingFromFallbacks(true);