diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/__tests__/Image-itest.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/__tests__/Image-itest.js
index cd73f21af60..ae74a839cc0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/__tests__/Image-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/__tests__/Image-itest.js
@@ -288,6 +288,46 @@ describe('<Image>', () => {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    describe('resizeMode', () => {
+      it('is set to "cover" by default', () => {
+        const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+
+        Fantom.runTask(() => {
+          root.render(<Image source={LOGO_SOURCE} />);
+        });
+
+        expect(root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['resizeMode']}).toJSX()).toEqual(
+          <rn-image />,
+        );
+
+        Fantom.runTask(() => {
+          root.render(<Image resizeMode="cover" source={LOGO_SOURCE} />);
+        });
+
+        expect(root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['resizeMode']}).toJSX()).toEqual(
+          <rn-image />,
+        );
+      });
+
+      (['stretch', 'contain', 'repeat', 'center'] as const).forEach(
+        resizeMode => {
+          it(`can be set to "${resizeMode}"`, () => {
+            const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+
+            Fantom.runTask(() => {
+              root.render(
+                <Image resizeMode={resizeMode} source={LOGO_SOURCE} />,
+              );
+            });
+
+            expect(
+              root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['resizeMode']}).toJSX(),
+            ).toEqual(<rn-image resizeMode={resizeMode} />);
+          });
+        },
+      );
+    });
   });
 
   describe('ref', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.cpp
index 19d5501f09b..dca045f67ce 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.cpp
@@ -304,8 +304,30 @@ SharedDebugStringConvertibleList ImageProps::getDebugProps() const {
       SharedDebugStringConvertibleList{
           debugStringConvertibleItem(
               "blurRadius", blurRadius, imageProps.blurRadius),
+          debugStringConvertibleItem(
+              "resizeMode",
+              toString(resizeMode),
+              toString(imageProps.resizeMode)),
       };
 }
+
+inline std::string toString(ImageResizeMode resizeMode) {
+  switch (resizeMode) {
+    case ImageResizeMode::Cover:
+      return "cover";
+    case ImageResizeMode::Contain:
+      return "contain";
+    case ImageResizeMode::Stretch:
+      return "stretch";
+    case ImageResizeMode::Center:
+      return "center";
+    case ImageResizeMode::Repeat:
+      return "repeat";
+    case ImageResizeMode::None:
+      return "none";
+  }
+}
+
 #endif
 
 } // namespace facebook::react
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.h
index 43cdc51ac5b..1b753d7ffa0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/image/ImageProps.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class ImageProps final : public ViewProps {
   ImageSources sources{};
   ImageSource defaultSource{};
   ImageSource loadingIndicatorSource{};
-  ImageResizeMode resizeMode{ImageResizeMode::Stretch};
+  ImageResizeMode resizeMode{ImageResizeMode::Cover};
   Float blurRadius{};
   EdgeInsets capInsets{};
   SharedColor tintColor{};