diff --git a/React/Views/RCTPickerManager.m b/React/Views/RCTPickerManager.m
index 4838710940d..401010befbc 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTPickerManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTPickerManager.m
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #import "RCTBridge.h"
 #import "RCTPicker.h"
 #import "RCTFont.h"
+#import <React/RCTUIManager.h>
 
 @implementation RCTPickerManager
 
@@ -42,4 +43,22 @@ RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(fontFamily, NSString, RCTPicker)
   view.font = [RCTFont updateFont:view.font withFamily:json ?: defaultView.font.familyName];
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(setNativeSelectedIndex : (nonnull NSNumber *)viewTag toIndex : (NSNumber *)index)
+{
+  [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:^(RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *, UIView *> *viewRegistry) {
+    UIView *view = viewRegistry[viewTag];
+    
+    if ([view isKindOfClass:[RCTPicker class]]) {
+      [(RCTPicker *)view setSelectedIndex:index.integerValue];
+    } else {
+      UIView *subview = view.subviews.firstObject;
+      if ([subview isKindOfClass:[RCTPicker class]]) {
+        [(RCTPicker *)subview setSelectedIndex:index.integerValue];
+      } else {
+        RCTLogError(@"view type must be RCTPicker");
+      }
+    }
+  }];
+}
+
 @end