diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLetterSpacingSpan.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLetterSpacingSpan.java
index 3b9cf58e33d..d537cd5dccc 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLetterSpacingSpan.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/CustomLetterSpacingSpan.java
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ public class CustomLetterSpacingSpan extends MetricAffectingSpan implements Reac
     apply(paint);
   }
 
+  public float getSpacing() {
+    return mLetterSpacing;
+  }
+
   private void apply(TextPaint paint) {
     if (!Float.isNaN(mLetterSpacing)) {
       paint.setLetterSpacing(mLetterSpacing);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index ec66e8c98e5..d063e593cd4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -691,6 +691,18 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText
             return (getPaintFlags() & Paint.UNDERLINE_TEXT_FLAG) != 0;
           }
         });
+
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
+      stripSpansOfKind(
+          sb,
+          CustomLetterSpacingSpan.class,
+          new SpanPredicate<CustomLetterSpacingSpan>() {
+            @Override
+            public boolean test(CustomLetterSpacingSpan span) {
+              return span.getSpacing() == mTextAttributes.getEffectiveLetterSpacing();
+            }
+          });
+    }
   }
 
   private <T> void stripSpansOfKind(
@@ -732,6 +744,13 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText
       spans.add(new ReactUnderlineSpan());
     }
 
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
+      float effectiveLetterSpacing = mTextAttributes.getEffectiveLetterSpacing();
+      if (!Float.isNaN(effectiveLetterSpacing)) {
+        spans.add(new CustomLetterSpacingSpan(effectiveLetterSpacing));
+      }
+    }
+
     for (Object span : spans) {
       workingText.setSpan(span, 0, workingText.length(), spanFlags);
     }
@@ -1083,7 +1102,9 @@ public class ReactEditText extends AppCompatEditText
 
     float effectiveLetterSpacing = mTextAttributes.getEffectiveLetterSpacing();
     if (!Float.isNaN(effectiveLetterSpacing)) {
-      setLetterSpacing(effectiveLetterSpacing);
+      if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
+        setLetterSpacing(effectiveLetterSpacing);
+      }
     }
   }