diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/components/virtualview/VirtualView.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/components/virtualview/VirtualView.js
index c8652578eae..51183386877 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/components/virtualview/VirtualView.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/components/virtualview/VirtualView.js
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ const VirtualViewNativeComponent: typeof VirtualViewClassicNativeComponent =
 
 type VirtualViewComponent = component(
   children?: React.Node,
+  hiddenStyle?: (targetRect: Rect) => ViewStyleProp,
   nativeID?: string,
   ref?: ?React.RefSetter<React.ElementRef<typeof VirtualViewNativeComponent>>,
   style?: ?ViewStyleProp,
@@ -63,16 +64,21 @@ type VirtualViewComponent = component(
   removeClippedSubviews?: boolean,
 );
 
-type HiddenHeight = number;
 const NotHidden = null;
+type HiddenStyle = Exclude<ViewStyleProp, typeof NotHidden>;
 
-type State = HiddenHeight | typeof NotHidden;
+type State = HiddenStyle | typeof NotHidden;
+
+function defaultHiddenStyle(targetRect: Rect): ViewStyleProp {
+  return {minHeight: targetRect.height, minWidth: targetRect.width};
+}
 
 function createVirtualView(initialState: State): VirtualViewComponent {
   const initialHidden = initialState !== NotHidden;
 
   component VirtualView(
     children?: React.Node,
+    hiddenStyle: (targetRect: Rect) => ViewStyleProp = defaultHiddenStyle,
     nativeID?: string,
     ref?: ?React.RefSetter<React.ElementRef<typeof VirtualViewNativeComponent>>,
     style?: ?ViewStyleProp,
@@ -112,9 +118,8 @@ function createVirtualView(initialState: State): VirtualViewComponent {
           });
         }
         VirtualViewMode.Hidden => {
-          const {height} = event.nativeEvent.targetRect;
           startTransition(() => {
-            setState(height as HiddenHeight);
+            setState(hiddenStyle(event.nativeEvent.targetRect) ?? {});
             emitModeChange?.();
           });
         }
@@ -134,9 +139,7 @@ function createVirtualView(initialState: State): VirtualViewComponent {
         }
         style={
           isHidden
-            ? StyleSheet.compose(style, {
-                height: Math.abs(nullthrows(state) as HiddenHeight),
-              })
+            ? StyleSheet.compose(style, nullthrows(state) as HiddenStyle)
             : style
         }
         onModeChange={handleModeChange}>
@@ -159,8 +162,10 @@ function createVirtualView(initialState: State): VirtualViewComponent {
 
 export default createVirtualView(NotHidden) as VirtualViewComponent;
 
-export function createHiddenVirtualView(height: number): VirtualViewComponent {
-  return createVirtualView(height as HiddenHeight);
+export function createHiddenVirtualView(
+  style: ViewStyleProp,
+): VirtualViewComponent {
+  return createVirtualView((style ?? {}) as HiddenStyle);
 }
 
 export const _logs: {states?: Array<State>} = {};
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/components/virtualview/__tests__/VirtualView-itest.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/components/virtualview/__tests__/VirtualView-itest.js
index a7b5516f77b..9a861bc3c89 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/components/virtualview/__tests__/VirtualView-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/components/virtualview/__tests__/VirtualView-itest.js
@@ -119,19 +119,19 @@ describe('mode changes', () => {
 });
 
 describe('styles', () => {
-  test('does not set height when visible', () => {
+  test('does not set styles when visible', () => {
     const root = Fantom.createRoot();
 
     Fantom.runTask(() => {
       root.render(<VirtualView />);
     });
 
-    expect(root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['height']}).toJSX()).toEqual(
-      <rn-virtualView />,
-    );
+    expect(
+      root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['minHeight', 'minWidth']}).toJSX(),
+    ).toEqual(<rn-virtualView />);
   });
 
-  test('does not set height when prerendered', () => {
+  test('does not set styles when prerendered', () => {
     const root = Fantom.createRoot();
     const viewRef = createRef<React.RefOf<VirtualView>>();
 
@@ -141,12 +141,12 @@ describe('styles', () => {
 
     dispatchModeChangeEvent(viewRef.current, VirtualViewMode.Prerender);
 
-    expect(root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['height']}).toJSX()).toEqual(
-      <rn-virtualView />,
-    );
+    expect(
+      root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['minHeight', 'minWidth']}).toJSX(),
+    ).toEqual(<rn-virtualView />);
   });
 
-  test('sets height when hidden', () => {
+  test('sets styles when hidden', () => {
     const root = Fantom.createRoot();
     const viewRef = createRef<React.RefOf<VirtualView>>();
 
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ describe('styles', () => {
 
     dispatchModeChangeEvent(viewRef.current, VirtualViewMode.Hidden);
 
-    expect(root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['height']}).toJSX()).toEqual(
-      <rn-virtualView height="100.000000" />,
-    );
+    expect(
+      root.getRenderedOutput({props: ['minHeight', 'minWidth']}).toJSX(),
+    ).toEqual(<rn-virtualView minHeight="100.000000" minWidth="100.000000" />);
   });
 });