diff --git a/TestsExample/App.js b/TestsExample/App.js
index 9c27219df8..53da704eae 100644
--- a/TestsExample/App.js
+++ b/TestsExample/App.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ import Test1072 from './src/Test1072';
 import Test1084 from './src/Test1084';
 import Test1091 from './src/Test1091';
 import Test1096 from './src/Test1096';
+import Test1157 from './src/Test1157';
 import Test1162 from './src/Test1162';
 
 export default function App() {
diff --git a/TestsExample/src/Test1157.tsx b/TestsExample/src/Test1157.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f78f3d2095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TestsExample/src/Test1157.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {Button, View, TouchableOpacity} from 'react-native';
+import {NavigationContainer, ParamListBase} from '@react-navigation/native';
+import {createNativeStackNavigator, NativeStackNavigationProp} from 'react-native-screens/native-stack';
+
+function First({
+  navigation,
+}: {
+  navigation: NativeStackNavigationProp<ParamListBase>;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <View style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'red'}}>
+      <Button
+        title="Tap me for second screen"
+        onPress={() => navigation.navigate('Second')}
+      />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
+function Second({
+  navigation,
+}: {
+  navigation: NativeStackNavigationProp<ParamListBase>;
+}) {
+  return (
+    <View style={{flex: 1, backgroundColor: 'yellow'}}>
+      <Button title="Tap me for first screen" onPress={() => navigation.goBack()} />
+    </View>
+  );
+}
+
+const Stack = createNativeStackNavigator();
+
+const ButtonWithBiggerChild = () => (
+  <TouchableOpacity style={{width: 30, height: 30, backgroundColor: 'red'}} onPress={() => console.log("hello")}>
+      <View style={{width: 30, height: 30, backgroundColor: 'yellow', marginLeft: -15}}/>
+  </TouchableOpacity>
+);
+
+export default function App() {
+  return (
+    <NavigationContainer>
+      <Stack.Navigator screenOptions={{stackPresentation: 'modal'}}>
+        <Stack.Screen name="First" component={First} 
+          options={{headerShown: true,
+            // headerLeft: () => <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => console.log("hello")} style={{width: 30, height: 30, backgroundColor: 'red', marginLeft: -15}}/>,
+            headerLeft: () => <ButtonWithBiggerChild />,
+            headerRight: () => <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => console.log("there")} style={{width: 30, height: 30, backgroundColor: 'red', marginRight: -15}}/>,
+            }}
+        />
+        <Stack.Screen
+          name="Second"
+          component={Second}
+          options={{
+            headerLeft: () => <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => console.log("hello")} style={{width: 50, height: 50, backgroundColor: 'red', marginLeft: -15}}/>
+          }}
+        />
+      </Stack.Navigator>
+    </NavigationContainer>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/ios/RNSScreenStack.m b/ios/RNSScreenStack.m
index ec56020620..8fc2806980 100644
--- a/ios/RNSScreenStack.m
+++ b/ios/RNSScreenStack.m
@@ -489,6 +489,23 @@ - (void)updateContainer
   [self setModalViewControllers:modalControllers];
 }
 
+// By default, the header buttons that are not inside the native hit area
+// cannot be clicked, so we check it by ourselves
+- (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
+{
+  if (CGRectContainsPoint(_controller.navigationBar.frame, point)) {
+    // headerConfig should be the first subview of the topmost screen
+    UIView *headerConfig = [[_reactSubviews.lastObject reactSubviews] firstObject];
+    if ([headerConfig isKindOfClass:[RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig class]]) {
+      UIView *headerHitTestResult = [headerConfig hitTest:point withEvent:event];
+      if (headerHitTestResult != nil) {
+        return headerHitTestResult;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return [super hitTest:point withEvent:event];
+}
+
 - (void)layoutSubviews
 {
   [super layoutSubviews];
diff --git a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
index c7116ff405..5e8e04bc7c 100644
--- a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
+++ b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
@@ -118,6 +118,27 @@ - (void)removeFromSuperview
   _screenView = nil;
 }
 
+// this method is never invoked by the system since this view
+// is not added to native view hierarchy so we can apply our logic
+- (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
+{
+  for (RNSScreenStackHeaderSubview *subview in _reactSubviews) {
+    if (subview.type == RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeLeft || subview.type == RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeRight) {
+      // we wrap the headerLeft/Right component in a UIBarButtonItem
+      // so we need to use the only subview of it to retrieve the correct view
+      UIView *headerComponent = subview.subviews.firstObject;
+      // we convert the point to RNSScreenStackView since it always contains the header inside it
+      CGPoint convertedPoint = [_screenView.reactSuperview convertPoint:point toView:headerComponent];
+
+      UIView *hitTestResult = [headerComponent hitTest:convertedPoint withEvent:event];
+      if (hitTestResult != nil) {
+        return hitTestResult;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return nil;
+}
+
 - (void)updateViewControllerIfNeeded
 {
   UIViewController *vc = _screenView.controller;