diff --git a/Libraries/Text/Text.js b/Libraries/Text/Text.js
index 9724057930b..dd1ccffc7e1 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/Text.js
+++ b/Libraries/Text/Text.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ const viewConfig = {
     minimumFontScale: true,
     textBreakStrategy: true,
     onTextLayout: true,
+    dataDetectorType: true,
   },
   directEventTypes: {
     topTextLayout: {
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/TextPropTypes.js b/Libraries/Text/TextPropTypes.js
index dddb43ea007..ea09e6a51f5 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/TextPropTypes.js
+++ b/Libraries/Text/TextPropTypes.js
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ const TextStylePropTypes = require('TextStylePropTypes');
 
 const stylePropType = DeprecatedStyleSheetPropType(TextStylePropTypes);
 
+const DataDetectorTypes = ['phoneNumber', 'link', 'email', 'none', 'all'];
+
 module.exports = {
   /**
    * When `numberOfLines` is set, this prop defines how text will be
@@ -132,4 +134,10 @@ module.exports = {
    * See https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/text.html#disabled
    */
   disabled: PropTypes.bool,
+  /**
+   * Determines the types of data converted to clickable URLs in text.
+   *
+   * See https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/text.html#dataDetectorType
+   */
+  dataDetectorType: PropTypes.oneOf(DataDetectorTypes),
 };
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/TextProps.js b/Libraries/Text/TextProps.js
index 2ffa8959f4e..bb56651a478 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/TextProps.js
+++ b/Libraries/Text/TextProps.js
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ export type TextProps = $ReadOnly<{|
    */
   selectionColor?: ?string,
 
+  dataDetectorType?: ?('phoneNumber' | 'link' | 'email' | 'none' | 'all'),
+
   /**
    * Set text break strategy on Android.
    *
diff --git a/RNTester/js/TextExample.android.js b/RNTester/js/TextExample.android.js
index 6198077bd74..131e5343759 100644
--- a/RNTester/js/TextExample.android.js
+++ b/RNTester/js/TextExample.android.js
@@ -623,6 +623,19 @@ class TextExample extends React.Component<{}> {
         <RNTesterBlock title="Substring Emoji (should only see 'test')">
           <Text>{'test🙃'.substring(0, 5)}</Text>
         </RNTesterBlock>
+        <RNTesterBlock title="Text linkify">
+          <Text dataDetectorType="phoneNumber">Phone number: 123-123-1234</Text>
+          <Text dataDetectorType="link">Link: https://www.facebook.com</Text>
+          <Text dataDetectorType="email">Email: employee@facebook.com</Text>
+          <Text dataDetectorType="none">
+            Phone number: 123-123-1234 Link: https://www.facebook.com Email:
+            employee@facebook.com
+          </Text>
+          <Text dataDetectorType="all">
+            Phone number: 123-123-1234 Link: https://www.facebook.com Email:
+            employee@facebook.com
+          </Text>
+        </RNTesterBlock>
       </RNTesterPage>
     );
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
index 4ebfc827cce..73ec4529205 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextAnchorViewManager.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package com.facebook.react.views.text;
 
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.text.util.Linkify;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.View;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
@@ -160,4 +161,26 @@ public abstract class ReactTextAnchorViewManager<T extends View, C extends React
   public void setDisabled(ReactTextView view, boolean disabled) {
     view.setEnabled(!disabled);
   }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "dataDetectorType")
+  public void setDataDetectorType(ReactTextView view, @Nullable String type) {
+    switch (type) {
+      case "phoneNumber":
+        view.setLinkifyMask(Linkify.PHONE_NUMBERS);
+        break;
+      case "link":
+        view.setLinkifyMask(Linkify.WEB_URLS);
+        break;
+      case "email":
+        view.setLinkifyMask(Linkify.EMAIL_ADDRESSES);
+        break;
+      case "all":
+        view.setLinkifyMask(Linkify.ALL);
+        break;
+      case "none":
+      default:
+        view.setLinkifyMask(0);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index e3575c54714..f6f5201ecae 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ import androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView;
 import android.text.Layout;
 import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.Spanned;
+import android.text.Spannable;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.text.method.LinkMovementMethod;
+import android.text.util.Linkify;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ public class ReactTextView extends AppCompatTextView implements ReactCompoundVie
   private int mTextAlign = Gravity.NO_GRAVITY;
   private int mNumberOfLines = ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES;
   private TextUtils.TruncateAt mEllipsizeLocation = TextUtils.TruncateAt.END;
+  private int mLinkifyMaskType = 0;
 
   private ReactViewBackgroundManager mReactBackgroundManager;
   private Spannable mSpanned;
@@ -55,7 +59,12 @@ public class ReactTextView extends AppCompatTextView implements ReactCompoundVie
     if (getLayoutParams() == null) {
       setLayoutParams(EMPTY_LAYOUT_PARAMS);
     }
-    setText(update.getText());
+    Spannable spannable = update.getText();
+    if (mLinkifyMaskType > 0) {
+      Linkify.addLinks(spannable, mLinkifyMaskType);
+      setMovementMethod(LinkMovementMethod.getInstance());
+    }
+    setText(spannable);
     setPadding(
       (int) Math.floor(update.getPaddingLeft()),
       (int) Math.floor(update.getPaddingTop()),
@@ -276,4 +285,8 @@ public class ReactTextView extends AppCompatTextView implements ReactCompoundVie
   public Spannable getSpanned() {
     return mSpanned;
   }
+
+  public void setLinkifyMask(int mask) {
+    mLinkifyMaskType = mask;
+  }
 }