diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/paragraph/ParagraphShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/paragraph/ParagraphShadowNode.h
index c6513462cf9..e82fd18295e 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/paragraph/ParagraphShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/paragraph/ParagraphShadowNode.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ class ParagraphShadowNode : public ConcreteViewShadowNode<
   static ShadowNodeTraits BaseTraits() {
     auto traits = ConcreteViewShadowNode::BaseTraits();
     traits.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::LeafYogaNode);
+
     return traits;
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/text/TextShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/text/TextShadowNode.h
index c6824e55ce8..8841e73d89e 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/text/TextShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/text/text/TextShadowNode.h
@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ class TextShadowNode : public ConcreteShadowNode<
                            TextEventEmitter>,
                        public BaseTextShadowNode {
  public:
+  static ShadowNodeTraits BaseTraits() {
+    auto traits = ConcreteShadowNode::BaseTraits();
+
+#ifdef ANDROID
+    traits.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsView);
+    traits.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsStackingContext);
+#endif
+
+    return traits;
+  }
+
   using ConcreteShadowNode::ConcreteShadowNode;
 };
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ConcreteViewShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ConcreteViewShadowNode.h
index fbe6d32dcad..8ae629b3dcd 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ConcreteViewShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ConcreteViewShadowNode.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ class ConcreteViewShadowNode : public ConcreteShadowNode<
   static ShadowNodeTraits BaseTraits() {
     auto traits = BaseShadowNode::BaseTraits();
     traits.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::ViewKind);
+    traits.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsStackingContext);
+    traits.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsView);
     return traits;
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.cpp
index 3dd1cb622da..d00b4e3be8e 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.cpp
@@ -33,5 +33,58 @@ bool ViewShadowNode::isLayoutOnly() const {
       getLayoutMetrics().borderWidth == EdgeInsets{};
 }
 
+ViewShadowNode::ViewShadowNode(
+    ShadowNodeFragment const &fragment,
+    ShadowNodeFamily::Shared const &family,
+    ShadowNodeTraits traits)
+    : ConcreteViewShadowNode(fragment, family, traits) {
+  updateTraits();
+}
+
+ViewShadowNode::ViewShadowNode(
+    ShadowNode const &sourceShadowNode,
+    ShadowNodeFragment const &fragment)
+    : ConcreteViewShadowNode(sourceShadowNode, fragment) {
+  updateTraits();
+}
+
+static bool isColorMeaningful(SharedColor const &color) {
+  if (!color) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  return colorComponentsFromColor(color).alpha > 0;
+}
+
+void ViewShadowNode::updateTraits() {
+  auto &viewProps = static_cast<ViewProps const &>(*props_);
+
+  bool formsStackingContext = !viewProps.collapsable ||
+      viewProps.pointerEvents == PointerEventsMode::None ||
+      !viewProps.nativeId.empty() || viewProps.accessible ||
+      viewProps.opacity != 1.0 || viewProps.transform != Transform{} ||
+      viewProps.zIndex != 0 || viewProps.getClipsContentToBounds() ||
+      viewProps.yogaStyle.positionType() == YGPositionTypeAbsolute;
+
+  bool formsView = isColorMeaningful(viewProps.backgroundColor) ||
+      isColorMeaningful(viewProps.foregroundColor) ||
+      isColorMeaningful(viewProps.shadowColor) ||
+      !(viewProps.yogaStyle.border() == YGStyle::Edges{});
+
+  formsView = formsView || formsStackingContext;
+
+  if (formsView) {
+    traits_.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsView);
+  } else {
+    traits_.unset(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsView);
+  }
+
+  if (formsStackingContext) {
+    traits_.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsStackingContext);
+  } else {
+    traits_.unset(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsStackingContext);
+  }
+}
+
 } // namespace react
 } // namespace facebook
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h
index daffb630fd9..f29b6760bd3 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/components/view/ViewShadowNode.h
@@ -23,9 +23,19 @@ class ViewShadowNode final : public ConcreteViewShadowNode<
                                  ViewProps,
                                  ViewEventEmitter> {
  public:
-  using ConcreteViewShadowNode::ConcreteViewShadowNode;
+  ViewShadowNode(
+      ShadowNodeFragment const &fragment,
+      ShadowNodeFamily::Shared const &family,
+      ShadowNodeTraits traits);
+
+  ViewShadowNode(
+      ShadowNode const &sourceShadowNode,
+      ShadowNodeFragment const &fragment);
 
   bool isLayoutOnly() const;
+
+ private:
+  void updateTraits();
 };
 
 } // namespace react
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.h
index 66d2c6ce218..cb3b265a1e1 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.h
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ class ShadowNode : public Sealable, public DebugStringConvertible {
    */
   ShadowNodeFamily::Shared family_;
 
+ protected:
   /*
    * Traits associated with the particular `ShadowNode` class and an instance of
    * that class.
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNodeTraits.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNodeTraits.h
index 46ad563d712..607d308e96d 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNodeTraits.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNodeTraits.h
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ class ShadowNodeTraits {
     // Inherits `LayoutableShadowNode` and calls `measure()`.
     HasMeasure = 1 << 11,
 
+    // Indicates that the `ShadowNode` must form a stacking context (a level
+    // of the hierarchy; `ShadowView`s formed by descendants the node will be
+    // descendants of a `ShadowView` formed by the node).
+    FormsStackingContext = 1 << 13,
+
+    // Indicates that the node must form a `ShadowView`.
+    FormsView = 1 << 14,
+
     // Internal to `ShadowNode`; do not use it outside.
     // Indicates that `children` list is shared between nodes and need
     // to be cloned before the first mutation.