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 704d0956d85559..360b503501f7f3 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
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   private @Nullable ScrollWatcher mScrollWatcher;
   private final InternalKeyListener mKeyListener;
   private boolean mDetectScrollMovement = false;
+  private boolean mOnKeyPress = false;
 
   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 4879fbcc6614d2..14f5f3cc8261ae 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
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ public void setOnScroll(final ReactEditText view, boolean onScroll) {
     }
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = "onKeyPress", defaultBoolean = false)
+  public void setOnKeyPress(final ReactEditText view, boolean onKeyPress) {
+    view.setOnKeyPress(onKeyPress);
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = "placeholder")
   public void setPlaceholder(ReactEditText view, @Nullable String placeholder) {
     view.setHint(placeholder);