diff --git a/React/Base/RCTConstants.h b/React/Base/RCTConstants.h
index c92fc1041c9..06fbc7597ca 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTConstants.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTConstants.h
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ RCT_EXTERN NSString *const RCTUserInterfaceStyleDidChangeNotificationTraitCollec
 RCT_EXTERN BOOL RCTExperimentGetPreemptiveViewAllocationDisabled(void);
 RCT_EXTERN void RCTExperimentSetPreemptiveViewAllocationDisabled(BOOL value);
 
+/*
+ * Initial maximum surface size
+ */
+RCT_EXTERN BOOL RCTGetInitialMaxSizeEnabled(void);
+RCT_EXTERN void RCTSetInitialMaxSizeEnabled(BOOL value);
+
 /*
  * Remove clipped subviews
  */
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTConstants.m b/React/Base/RCTConstants.m
index 38947bb170f..f734a3384a6 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTConstants.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTConstants.m
@@ -25,6 +25,21 @@ void RCTExperimentSetPreemptiveViewAllocationDisabled(BOOL value)
   RCTExperimentPreemptiveViewAllocationDisabled = value;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Initial maximum surface size
+ */
+static BOOL RCTInitialMaxSizeEnabled = NO;
+
+BOOL RCTGetInitialMaxSizeEnabled()
+{
+  return RCTInitialMaxSizeEnabled;
+}
+
+void RCTSetInitialMaxSizeEnabled(BOOL value)
+{
+  RCTInitialMaxSizeEnabled = value;
+}
+
 /*
  * Remove clipped subviews
  */
diff --git a/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm b/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
index 57b6889bc20..0c3d987ba1b 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/RCTSurfacePresenter.mm
@@ -259,6 +259,10 @@ static BackgroundExecutor RCTGetBackgroundExecutor()
     RCTSetRemoveClippedSubviewsEnabled(YES);
   }
 
+  if (reactNativeConfig && reactNativeConfig->getBool("react_fabric:enable_initial_max_size_ios")) {
+    RCTSetInitialMaxSizeEnabled(YES);
+  }
+
   auto componentRegistryFactory =
       [factory = wrapManagedObject(_mountingManager.componentViewRegistry.componentViewFactory)](
           EventDispatcher::Weak const &eventDispatcher, ContextContainer::Shared const &contextContainer) {
diff --git a/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm b/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
index f806c801aff..e18ee5a5f2b 100644
--- a/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
+++ b/React/Fabric/Surface/RCTFabricSurface.mm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #import <mutex>
 
 #import <React/RCTAssert.h>
+#import <React/RCTConstants.h>
 #import <React/RCTConversions.h>
 #import <React/RCTFollyConvert.h>
 #import <React/RCTI18nUtil.h>
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
 
     [_surfacePresenter registerSurface:self];
 
+    if (RCTGetInitialMaxSizeEnabled()) {
+      [self setMinimumSize:CGSizeZero maximumSize:RCTViewportSize()];
+    }
+
     [self _updateLayoutContext];
 
     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self