diff --git a/packages/react-native-fantom/src/index.js b/packages/react-native-fantom/src/index.js
index 85a3e56fe1d..18a122bf850 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-fantom/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-fantom/src/index.js
@@ -616,6 +616,19 @@ export function createShadowNodeReferenceCounter(
   return NativeFantom.createShadowNodeReferenceCounter(shadowNode);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns a function that returns the current revision number for the supplied
+ * element's shadow node.
+ *
+ * @param node The node for which to create a revision getter.
+ */
+export function createShadowNodeRevisionGetter(
+  node: ReactNativeElement,
+): () => ?number {
+  let shadowNode = getNativeNodeReference(node);
+  return NativeFantom.createShadowNodeRevisionGetter(shadowNode);
+}
+
 /**
  * Saves a heap snapshot after forcing garbage collection.
  *
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/__tests__/utilities/ShadowNodeRevisionGetter.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/__tests__/utilities/ShadowNodeRevisionGetter.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d251da8af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/__tests__/utilities/ShadowNodeRevisionGetter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow strict-local
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import ReactNativeElement from '../../webapis/dom/nodes/ReadOnlyNode';
+import ensureInstance from './ensureInstance';
+import * as Fantom from '@react-native/fantom';
+
+function createShadowNodeRevisionGetter(
+  element: ReactNativeElement,
+): () => ?number {
+  const getRevision = Fantom.createShadowNodeRevisionGetter(element);
+  return () => {
+    return getRevision();
+  };
+}
+
+export function createShadowNodeReferenceGetterRef(): [
+  () => ?number,
+  React.RefSetter<mixed>,
+] {
+  let getRevision: ?() => ?number;
+
+  function getShadowNodeReferenceCount() {
+    if (getRevision == null) {
+      throw new Error('ShadowNode revision getter was not initialized.');
+    }
+    return getRevision();
+  }
+
+  function ref(instance: mixed | null) {
+    if (instance == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const element = ensureInstance(instance, ReactNativeElement);
+    if (getRevision != null) {
+      throw new Error('ShadowNode revision getter was already initialized.');
+    }
+    getRevision = createShadowNodeRevisionGetter(element);
+  }
+
+  return [getShadowNodeReferenceCount, ref];
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/__tests__/utilities/__tests__/ShadowNodeRevisionGetter-itest.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/__tests__/utilities/__tests__/ShadowNodeRevisionGetter-itest.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3475f0cb385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/__tests__/utilities/__tests__/ShadowNodeRevisionGetter-itest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow strict-local
+ * @format
+ */
+
+import '@react-native/fantom/src/setUpDefaultReactNativeEnvironment';
+
+import {createShadowNodeReferenceGetterRef} from '../ShadowNodeRevisionGetter';
+import * as Fantom from '@react-native/fantom';
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {ScrollView, View} from 'react-native';
+
+test('base case when cloning results in revision +1', () => {
+  const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+
+  const [getRevision, ref] = createShadowNodeReferenceGetterRef();
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.render(<View ref={ref} />);
+  });
+
+  expect(getRevision()).toBe(1);
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.render(<View nativeID="updated" ref={ref} />);
+  });
+
+  expect(getRevision()).toBe(2);
+});
+
+test('changing height of the top item in ScrollView results in excessive cloning', () => {
+  const root = Fantom.createRoot();
+  const [getRevision, ref] = createShadowNodeReferenceGetterRef();
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.render(
+      <ScrollView>
+        <View id="Sibling" style={{height: 1}} />
+        <View id="A">
+          <View id="B">
+            <View id="C">
+              <View id="D" ref={ref} />
+            </View>
+          </View>
+        </View>
+      </ScrollView>,
+    );
+  });
+
+  expect(getRevision()).toBe(1);
+
+  Fantom.runTask(() => {
+    root.render(
+      <ScrollView>
+        <View id="Sibling" style={{height: 2}} />
+        <View id="A">
+          <View id="B">
+            <View id="C">
+              <View id="D" ref={ref} />
+            </View>
+          </View>
+        </View>
+      </ScrollView>,
+    );
+  });
+
+  // TODO(T225268793): the below assertion should be: `expect(getRevision()).toBe(1);`
+  expect(getRevision()).toBe(2);
+});
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/testing/fantom/specs/NativeFantom.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/testing/fantom/specs/NativeFantom.js
index c3c5a500aa0..10b0d6d77f9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/testing/fantom/specs/NativeFantom.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/testing/fantom/specs/NativeFantom.js
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ interface Spec extends TurboModule {
   createShadowNodeReferenceCounter(
     shadowNode: mixed /* ShadowNode */,
   ): () => number;
+  createShadowNodeRevisionGetter(
+    shadowNode: mixed /* ShadowNode */,
+  ): () => ?number;
   saveJSMemoryHeapSnapshot: (filePath: string) => void;
 }