diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
index c2cc7f38f43..d09c6f760fd 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/Fabric/Mounting/ComponentViews/Text/RCTParagraphComponentView.mm
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
   ParagraphAttributes _paragraphAttributes;
   RCTParagraphComponentAccessibilityProvider *_accessibilityProvider;
   UILongPressGestureRecognizer *_longPressGestureRecognizer;
+  CAShapeLayer *_highlightLayer;
 }
 
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
@@ -132,7 +133,21 @@ using namespace facebook::react;
   [nativeTextLayoutManager drawAttributedString:_state->getData().attributedString
                             paragraphAttributes:_paragraphAttributes
                                           frame:frame
-                                    textStorage:unwrapManagedObject(nsTextStorage)];
+                                    textStorage:unwrapManagedObject(nsTextStorage)
+                              drawHighlightPath:^(UIBezierPath *highlightPath) {
+                                if (highlightPath) {
+                                  if (!self->_highlightLayer) {
+                                    self->_highlightLayer = [CAShapeLayer layer];
+                                    self->_highlightLayer.fillColor = [UIColor colorWithWhite:0 alpha:0.25].CGColor;
+                                    [self.layer addSublayer:self->_highlightLayer];
+                                  }
+                                  self->_highlightLayer.position = frame.origin;
+                                  self->_highlightLayer.path = highlightPath.CGPath;
+                                } else {
+                                  [self->_highlightLayer removeFromSuperlayer];
+                                  self->_highlightLayer = nil;
+                                }
+                              }];
 }
 
 #pragma mark - Accessibility
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
index b76bb2fba04..74f5b65df13 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTAttributedTextUtils.mm
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ NSDictionary<NSAttributedStringKey, id> *RCTNSTextAttributesFromTextAttributes(c
   }
 
   // Special
-  if (textAttributes.isHighlighted) {
+  if (textAttributes.isHighlighted.value_or(false)) {
     attributes[RCTAttributedStringIsHighlightedAttributeName] = @YES;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.h
index b0d906ca10c..41809ce12ae 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.h
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ using RCTTextLayoutFragmentEnumerationBlock =
 - (void)drawAttributedString:(facebook::react::AttributedString)attributedString
          paragraphAttributes:(facebook::react::ParagraphAttributes)paragraphAttributes
                        frame:(CGRect)frame
-                 textStorage:(NSTextStorage *_Nullable)textStorage;
+                 textStorage:(NSTextStorage *_Nullable)textStorage
+           drawHighlightPath:(void (^_Nullable)(UIBezierPath *highlightPath))block;
 
 - (facebook::react::LinesMeasurements)getLinesForAttributedString:(facebook::react::AttributedString)attributedString
                                               paragraphAttributes:
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
index f7d17f52dc3..1b917150074 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/platform/ios/react/renderer/textlayoutmanager/RCTTextLayoutManager.mm
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ static NSLineBreakMode RCTNSLineBreakModeFromEllipsizeMode(EllipsizeMode ellipsi
          paragraphAttributes:(ParagraphAttributes)paragraphAttributes
                        frame:(CGRect)frame
                  textStorage:(NSTextStorage *_Nullable)textStorage
+           drawHighlightPath:(void (^_Nullable)(UIBezierPath *highlightPath))block
 {
   BOOL createdStorageForFrame = NO;
 
@@ -118,6 +119,38 @@ static NSLineBreakMode RCTNSLineBreakModeFromEllipsizeMode(EllipsizeMode ellipsi
 #if TARGET_OS_MACCATALYST
   CGContextRestoreGState(context);
 #endif
+
+  if (block != nil) {
+    __block UIBezierPath *highlightPath = nil;
+    NSRange characterRange = [layoutManager characterRangeForGlyphRange:glyphRange actualGlyphRange:NULL];
+
+    [textStorage
+        enumerateAttribute:RCTAttributedStringIsHighlightedAttributeName
+                   inRange:characterRange
+                   options:0
+                usingBlock:^(NSNumber *value, NSRange range, __unused BOOL *stop) {
+                  if (!value.boolValue) {
+                    return;
+                  }
+
+                  [layoutManager
+                      enumerateEnclosingRectsForGlyphRange:range
+                                  withinSelectedGlyphRange:range
+                                           inTextContainer:textContainer
+                                                usingBlock:^(CGRect enclosingRect, __unused BOOL *anotherStop) {
+                                                  UIBezierPath *path = [UIBezierPath
+                                                      bezierPathWithRoundedRect:CGRectInset(enclosingRect, -2, -2)
+                                                                   cornerRadius:2];
+                                                  if (highlightPath) {
+                                                    [highlightPath appendPath:path];
+                                                  } else {
+                                                    highlightPath = path;
+                                                  }
+                                                }];
+                }];
+
+    block(highlightPath);
+  }
 }
 
 - (LinesMeasurements)getLinesForAttributedString:(AttributedString)attributedString