diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index 7a9f34e2a6a0dd..fb4a4d9cfc174e 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   private @Nullable ScrollWatcher mScrollWatcher;
   private final InternalKeyListener mKeyListener;
   private boolean mDetectScrollMovement = false;
+  private boolean mOnKeyPress = false;
   private float mLetterSpacingPt = 0;
 
   private ReactViewBackgroundManager mReactBackgroundManager;
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ protected void onScrollChanged(int horiz, int vert, int oldHoriz, int oldVert) {
   public InputConnection onCreateInputConnection(EditorInfo outAttrs) {
     ReactContext reactContext = (ReactContext) getContext();
     InputConnection inputConnection = super.onCreateInputConnection(outAttrs);
-    if (inputConnection != null) {
+    if (inputConnection != null && mOnKeyPress) {
       inputConnection = new ReactEditTextInputConnectionWrapper(inputConnection, reactContext, this);
     }
 
@@ -274,6 +275,10 @@ public void setBlurOnSubmit(@Nullable Boolean blurOnSubmit) {
     mBlurOnSubmit = blurOnSubmit;
   }
 
+  public void setOnKeyPress(boolean onKeyPress) {
+    mOnKeyPress = onKeyPress;
+  }
+
   public boolean getBlurOnSubmit() {
     if (mBlurOnSubmit == null) {
       // Default blurOnSubmit
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 2c5013a7e712a8..fa3c275c6867a1 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -308,6 +308,11 @@ public void setOnScroll(final ReactEditText view, boolean onScroll) {
     }
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = "onKeyPress", defaultBoolean = false)
+  public void setOnKeyPress(final ReactEditText view, boolean onKeyPress) {
+    view.setOnKeyPress(onKeyPress);
+  }
+
   // Sets the letter spacing as an absolute point size.
   // This extra handling, on top of what ReactBaseTextShadowNode already does, is required for the
   // correct display of spacing in placeholder (hint) text.