diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/DOM/Nodes/ReadOnlyElement.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/DOM/Nodes/ReadOnlyElement.js
index b6ecccb0c84..321bf454027 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/DOM/Nodes/ReadOnlyElement.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/DOM/Nodes/ReadOnlyElement.js
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ import type HTMLCollection from '../OldStyleCollections/HTMLCollection';
 import {getFabricUIManager} from '../../ReactNative/FabricUIManager';
 import DOMRect from '../Geometry/DOMRect';
 import {createHTMLCollection} from '../OldStyleCollections/HTMLCollection';
-import ReadOnlyNode, {getChildNodes, getShadowNode} from './ReadOnlyNode';
+import ReadOnlyNode, {
+  getChildNodes,
+  getInstanceHandle,
+  getShadowNode,
+} from './ReadOnlyNode';
 import {getElementSibling} from './Utilities/Traversal';
 import nullthrows from 'nullthrows';
 
@@ -55,7 +59,11 @@ export default class ReadOnlyElement extends ReadOnlyNode {
   }
 
   get id(): string {
-    throw new TypeError('Unimplemented');
+    const instanceHandle = getInstanceHandle(this);
+    // TODO: migrate off this private React API
+    // $FlowExpectedError[incompatible-use]
+    const props = instanceHandle?.stateNode?.canonical?.currentProps;
+    return props?.id ?? props?.nativeID ?? '';
   }
 
   get lastElementChild(): ReadOnlyElement | null {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/DOM/Nodes/ReadOnlyNode.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/DOM/Nodes/ReadOnlyNode.js
index e92a298be91..8a95751f8e4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/DOM/Nodes/ReadOnlyNode.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/DOM/Nodes/ReadOnlyNode.js
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ export default class ReadOnlyNode {
 
 const INSTANCE_HANDLE_KEY = Symbol('internalInstanceHandle');
 
-function getInstanceHandle(node: ReadOnlyNode): InternalInstanceHandle {
+export function getInstanceHandle(node: ReadOnlyNode): InternalInstanceHandle {
   // $FlowExpectedError[prop-missing]
   return node[INSTANCE_HANDLE_KEY];
 }