diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/__tests__/ReactNativeDocument-itest.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/__tests__/ReactNativeDocument-itest.js
index 75afc1751af..ccfdd12129e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/__tests__/ReactNativeDocument-itest.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/__tests__/ReactNativeDocument-itest.js
@@ -125,6 +125,32 @@ describe('ReactNativeDocument', () => {
     expect(document.textContent).toBe(null);
   });
 
+  it('provides a documentElement node that behaves like a regular element', () => {
+    let lastNode;
+
+    const root = Fantom.createRoot({viewportWidth: 200, viewportHeight: 100});
+    Fantom.runTask(() => {
+      root.render(
+        <View
+          ref={node => {
+            lastNode = node;
+          }}
+        />,
+      );
+    });
+
+    const element = ensureInstance(lastNode, ReactNativeElement);
+    const document = ensureInstance(element.ownerDocument, ReactNativeDocument);
+
+    const {x, y, width, height} =
+      document.documentElement.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+    expect(x).toBe(0);
+    expect(y).toBe(0);
+    expect(width).toBe(200);
+    expect(height).toBe(100);
+  });
+
   it('implements compareDocumentPosition correctly', () => {
     let lastNode;
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/internals/NodeInternals.js b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/internals/NodeInternals.js
index 77cd8a796f0..44e105c869e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/internals/NodeInternals.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/private/webapis/dom/nodes/internals/NodeInternals.js
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ export function getNativeElementReference(
   // $FlowExpectedError[incompatible-cast] We know ReadOnlyElement instances provide InternalInstanceHandle
   const instanceHandle = getInstanceHandle(node) as InternalInstanceHandle;
 
+  if (isReactNativeDocumentElementInstanceHandle(instanceHandle)) {
+    return getNativeElementReferenceFromReactNativeDocumentElementInstanceHandle(
+      instanceHandle,
+    );
+  }
+
   // $FlowExpectedError[incompatible-return]
   return getRendererProxy().getNodeFromInternalInstanceHandle(instanceHandle);
 }