diff --git a/React/CoreModules/RCTAccessibilityManager+Internal.h b/React/CoreModules/RCTAccessibilityManager+Internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3a17b5f3c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/React/CoreModules/RCTAccessibilityManager+Internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#import "RCTAccessibilityManager.h"
+
+#import <React/RCTDefines.h>
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
+
+RCT_EXTERN_C_BEGIN
+
+// Only to be used for testing and internal tooling. Do not use this in production.
+void RCTAccessibilityManagerSetIsVoiceOverEnabled(RCTAccessibilityManager *accessibiltyManager, BOOL isVoiceOverEnabled);
+
+RCT_EXTERN_C_END
+
+NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/React/CoreModules/RCTAccessibilityManager.mm b/React/CoreModules/RCTAccessibilityManager.mm
index 1ea4436cf33..3d0c7765d05 100644
--- a/React/CoreModules/RCTAccessibilityManager.mm
+++ b/React/CoreModules/RCTAccessibilityManager.mm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 #import "RCTAccessibilityManager.h"
+#import "RCTAccessibilityManager+Internal.h"
 
 #import <FBReactNativeSpec/FBReactNativeSpec.h>
 #import <React/RCTBridge.h>
@@ -183,9 +184,14 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 
 - (void)voiceVoiceOverStatusDidChange:(__unused NSNotification *)notification
 {
-  BOOL newIsVoiceOverEnabled = UIAccessibilityIsVoiceOverRunning();
-  if (_isVoiceOverEnabled != newIsVoiceOverEnabled) {
-    _isVoiceOverEnabled = newIsVoiceOverEnabled;
+  BOOL isVoiceOverEnabled = UIAccessibilityIsVoiceOverRunning();
+  [self _setIsVoiceOverEnabled:isVoiceOverEnabled];
+}
+
+- (void)_setIsVoiceOverEnabled:(BOOL)isVoiceOverEnabled
+{
+  if (_isVoiceOverEnabled != isVoiceOverEnabled) {
+    _isVoiceOverEnabled = isVoiceOverEnabled;
 #pragma clang diagnostic push
 #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
     [[_moduleRegistry moduleForName:"EventDispatcher"] sendDeviceEventWithName:@"screenReaderChanged"
@@ -350,6 +356,15 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(getCurrentVoiceOverState
   return std::make_shared<facebook::react::NativeAccessibilityManagerSpecJSI>(params);
 }
 
+#pragma mark - Internal
+
+void RCTAccessibilityManagerSetIsVoiceOverEnabled(
+    RCTAccessibilityManager *accessibilityManager,
+    BOOL isVoiceOverEnabled)
+{
+  [accessibilityManager _setIsVoiceOverEnabled:isVoiceOverEnabled];
+}
+
 @end
 
 @implementation RCTBridge (RCTAccessibilityManager)