diff --git a/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h b/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h
index 9e54ccbf187..913cf852283 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTEventDispatcherProtocol.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, RCTTextEventType) {
  */
 @protocol RCTEventDispatcherProtocol <RCTBridgeModule, RCTJSDispatcherModule>
 
+- (void)sendViewEventWithName:(NSString *)name reactTag:(NSNumber *)reactTag;
+
 /**
  * Deprecated, do not use.
  */
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTRootView.h b/React/Base/RCTRootView.h
index 27eec8bf3df..dd563453153 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTRootView.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTRootView.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ extern
  */
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) RCTModuleRegistry *moduleRegistry;
 
+@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol> eventDispatcher;
+
 /**
  * The name of the JavaScript module to execute within the
  * specified scriptURL (required). Setting this will not have
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTRootView.m b/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
index a8a8c2ccfa2..4da26ee42b1 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTRootView.m
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)initWithCoder : (NSCoder *)aDecoder)
   return _bridge.moduleRegistry;
 }
 
+- (id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol>)eventDispatcher
+{
+  return [self.moduleRegistry moduleForName:"EventDispatcher"];
+}
+
 #pragma mark - passThroughTouches
 
 - (BOOL)passThroughTouches
diff --git a/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h b/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
index 110b6e4f23b..7a42041d0fd 100644
--- a/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
+++ b/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) RCTBridge *bridge;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) BOOL hasBridge;
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) RCTModuleRegistry *moduleRegistry;
+@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol> eventDispatcher;
 @property (nonatomic, copy, readwrite) NSDictionary *appProperties;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) RCTRootViewSizeFlexibility sizeFlexibility;
 @property (nonatomic, weak) id<RCTRootViewDelegate> delegate;
diff --git a/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm b/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
index 6ca24ae80bb..ad12ace6ddc 100644
--- a/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
+++ b/React/Base/Surface/SurfaceHostingView/RCTSurfaceHostingProxyRootView.mm
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ static RCTRootViewSizeFlexibility convertToRootViewSizeFlexibility(RCTSurfaceSiz
   return _bridge.moduleRegistry;
 }
 
+- (id<RCTEventDispatcherProtocol>)eventDispatcher
+{
+  return [self.moduleRegistry moduleForName:"EventDispatcher"];
+}
+
 RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)initWithFrame : (CGRect)frame)
 RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)initWithCoder : (NSCoder *)aDecoder)
 
diff --git a/React/CoreModules/RCTEventDispatcher.mm b/React/CoreModules/RCTEventDispatcher.mm
index d9c69053896..5b2dad2d61b 100644
--- a/React/CoreModules/RCTEventDispatcher.mm
+++ b/React/CoreModules/RCTEventDispatcher.mm
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
   _observersLock = [NSLock new];
 }
 
+- (void)sendViewEventWithName:(NSString *)name reactTag:(NSNumber *)reactTag
+{
+  [_callableJSModules invokeModule:@"RCTViewEventEmitter" method:@"emit" withArgs:@[ name, RCTNullIfNil(reactTag) ]];
+}
+
 - (void)sendAppEventWithName:(NSString *)name body:(id)body
 {
   [_callableJSModules invokeModule:@"RCTNativeAppEventEmitter"