diff --git a/ios/FluentUI/TextField/FluentTextField.swift b/ios/FluentUI/TextField/FluentTextField.swift
index 2db4a876fc..c6195a0bc4 100644
--- a/ios/FluentUI/TextField/FluentTextField.swift
+++ b/ios/FluentUI/TextField/FluentTextField.swift
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ public final class FluentTextField: UIView, UITextFieldDelegate, TokenizedContro
         }
     }
 
+    @objc public override var canBecomeFirstResponder: Bool {
+        textfield.canBecomeFirstResponder
+    }
+
     // Hierarchy:
     //
     // imageTextStack
@@ -153,6 +157,13 @@ public final class FluentTextField: UIView, UITextFieldDelegate, TokenizedContro
         }
     }
 
+    @discardableResult
+    @objc public override func becomeFirstResponder() -> Bool {
+        let didBecomeFirstResponder = textfield.becomeFirstResponder()
+        updateState()
+        return didBecomeFirstResponder
+    }
+
     required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
         fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
     }