diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
index 6e7a9ba66fb..f6653a2a9af 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Image/RCTImageComponentView.mm
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
   [super updateProps:props oldProps:oldProps];
 }
 
+- (NSObject *)accessibilityElement
+{
+  return _imageView;
+}
+
 - (void)updateState:(const State::Shared &)state oldState:(const State::Shared &)oldState
 {
   RCTAssert(state, @"`state` must not be null.");