diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.mm
index bfc273bdf43..a5a84bb2cb3 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Views/RCTFont.mm
@@ -418,12 +418,14 @@ RCT_ARRAY_CONVERTER(RCTFontVariantDescriptor)
   familyName = [RCTConvert NSString:family] ?: familyName;
   isItalic = style ? [RCTConvert RCTFontStyle:style] : isItalic;
   fontWeight = weight ? [RCTConvert RCTFontWeight:weight] : fontWeight;
+  isCondensed = isCondensed || [familyName isEqualToString:@"SystemCondensed"];
 
   BOOL didFindFont = NO;
 
   // Handle system font as special case. This ensures that we preserve
   // the specific metrics of the standard system font as closely as possible.
-  if ([familyName isEqual:defaultFontFamily] || [familyName isEqualToString:@"System"]) {
+  if ([familyName isEqual:defaultFontFamily] || [familyName isEqualToString:@"System"] ||
+      [familyName isEqualToString:@"SystemCondensed"]) {
     font = cachedSystemFont(fontSize, fontWeight);
     if (font) {
       didFindFont = YES;