diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.cpp
index d3265e0149ee22..57f0473b05e8d9 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.cpp
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ void YGNodeSetAlwaysFormsContainingBlock(
   resolveRef(node)->setAlwaysFormsContainingBlock(alwaysFormsContainingBlock);
 }
 
+bool YGNodeGetAlwaysFormsContainingBlock(YGNodeConstRef node) {
+  return resolveRef(node)->alwaysFormsContainingBlock();
+}
+
 // TODO: This leaks internal details to the public API. Remove after removing
 // ComponentKit usage of it.
 bool YGNodeCanUseCachedMeasurement(
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.h
index e6f233acea5652..448000ebd714ab 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.h
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ YG_EXPORT void YGNodeSetAlwaysFormsContainingBlock(
     YGNodeRef node,
     bool alwaysFormsContainingBlock);
 
+/**
+ * Whether the node will always form a containing block for any descendant. This
+ * can happen in situation where the client implements something like a
+ * transform that can affect containing blocks but is not handled by Yoga
+ * directly.
+ */
+YG_EXPORT bool YGNodeGetAlwaysFormsContainingBlock(YGNodeConstRef node);
+
 /**
  * @deprecated
  */