diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
index 754f10026624..2bed60a1e6a1 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.kt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import android.view.Menu
 import android.view.MenuItem
 import android.view.MotionEvent
 import android.view.View
+import android.view.ViewConfiguration
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo
 import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.views.text.internal.span.ReactStrikethroughSpan
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.internal.span.ReactTextPaintHolderSpan
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.internal.span.ReactUnderlineSpan
 import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList
+import kotlin.math.abs
 import kotlin.math.max
 import kotlin.math.min
 
@@ -132,6 +134,9 @@ public open class ReactEditText public constructor(context: Context) : AppCompat
   private var scrollWatcher: ScrollWatcher?
   private var keyListener: InternalKeyListener? = null
   private var detectScrollMovement = false
+  private var touchDownX = 0f
+  private var touchDownY = 0f
+  private val touchSlop = ViewConfiguration.get(context).scaledTouchSlop
   private var onKeyPress = false
   private val textAttributes: TextAttributes
   private var typefaceDirty = false
@@ -316,6 +321,8 @@ public open class ReactEditText public constructor(context: Context) : AppCompat
   override fun onTouchEvent(ev: MotionEvent): Boolean {
     when (ev.action) {
       MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN -> {
+        touchDownX = ev.x
+        touchDownY = ev.y
         detectScrollMovement = true
         // Disallow parent views to intercept touch events, until we can detect if we should be
         // capturing these touches or not.
@@ -324,21 +331,33 @@ public open class ReactEditText public constructor(context: Context) : AppCompat
 
       MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE ->
           if (detectScrollMovement) {
-            if (
-                !canScrollVertically(-1) &&
-                    !canScrollVertically(1) &&
-                    !canScrollHorizontally(-1) &&
-                    !canScrollHorizontally(1)
-            ) {
-              // We cannot scroll, let parent views take care of these touches.
-              this.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false)
+            val deltaX = ev.x - touchDownX
+            val deltaY = ev.y - touchDownY
+            val dominantAxisDistance = max(abs(deltaX), abs(deltaY))
+            if (dominantAxisDistance > touchSlop) {
+              if (!canScrollInGestureDirection(deltaX, deltaY)) {
+                // We cannot scroll, let parent views take care of these touches.
+                this.parent.requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(false)
+              }
+              detectScrollMovement = false
             }
-            detectScrollMovement = false
           }
     }
     return super.onTouchEvent(ev)
   }
 
+  private fun canScrollInGestureDirection(deltaX: Float, deltaY: Float): Boolean {
+    if (abs(deltaY) > abs(deltaX)) {
+      val canScrollUp = deltaY > 0 && canScrollVertically(-1)
+      val canScrollDown = deltaY <= 0 && canScrollVertically(1)
+      return canScrollUp || canScrollDown
+    } else {
+      val canScrollLeft = deltaX > 0 && canScrollHorizontally(-1)
+      val canScrollRight = deltaX <= 0 && canScrollHorizontally(1)
+      return canScrollLeft || canScrollRight
+    }
+  }
+
   // Consume 'Enter' key events: TextView tries to give focus to the next TextInput, but it can't
   // since we only allow JS to change focus, which in turn causes TextView to crash.
   override fun onKeyUp(keyCode: Int, event: KeyEvent): Boolean {
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/ScrollView/ScrollViewExample.js b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/ScrollView/ScrollViewExample.js
index ef937f99089c..72580d9c0485 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/ScrollView/ScrollViewExample.js
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/js/examples/ScrollView/ScrollViewExample.js
@@ -470,6 +470,24 @@ const examples: Array<RNTesterModuleExample> = [
       return <ChildrenWithTouchEventsOverflowingContainerHorizontal />;
     },
   },
+  {
+    name: 'scrollTextInputsVertical',
+    title: '<ScrollView> TextInputs\n',
+    description:
+      'Vertical scroll gestures on a TextInput should scroll the ScrollView unless the input can also scroll vertically.',
+    render(): React.Node {
+      return <VerticalScrollTextInputs />;
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'scrollTextInputsHorizontal',
+    title: '<ScrollView> TextInputs (horizontal = true)\n',
+    description:
+      'Horizontal scroll gestures on a TextInput should scroll the ScrollView unless the input can also scroll horizontally.',
+    render(): React.Node {
+      return <HorizontalScrollTextInputs />;
+    },
+  },
 ];
 
 if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
@@ -611,6 +629,145 @@ const ScrollsChildToFocusExample = () => {
   );
 };
 
+const VerticalScrollTextInputs = () => {
+  const _verticalScrollView =
+    useRef<?React.ElementRef<typeof ScrollView>>(null);
+  const [verticalScrolled, setVerticalScrolled] = useState(false);
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <RNTesterText style={styles.text} testID="vertical_status">
+        scrolled = {verticalScrolled ? 'true' : 'false'}
+      </RNTesterText>
+      <ScrollView
+        ref={_verticalScrollView}
+        style={{backgroundColor: '#eeeeee', height: 350}}
+        contentContainerStyle={{padding: 10, gap: 20}}
+        nestedScrollEnabled
+        onScroll={event => {
+          setVerticalScrolled(event.nativeEvent.contentOffset.y > 0);
+        }}>
+        <TextInput
+          placeholder="TextInput"
+          style={styles.textInput}
+          testID="text_input_vertical"
+        />
+        <TextInput
+          placeholder="TextInput (center)"
+          style={styles.textInput}
+          textAlign="center"
+          testID="text_input_vertical_center"
+        />
+        <TextInput
+          placeholder="TextInput (right)"
+          style={styles.textInput}
+          textAlign="right"
+          testID="text_input_vertical_right"
+        />
+        <TextInput
+          defaultValue={
+            'A TextInput with a value that overflows the input width so it can be scrolled horizontally.'
+          }
+          placeholder="TextInput"
+          style={styles.textInput}
+          testID="text_input_vertical_overflow_width"
+        />
+        <TextInput
+          defaultValue={
+            'A multiline TextInput\nwith a value that\noverflows the input\nheight so it can be\nscrolled vertically.'
+          }
+          placeholder="TextInput"
+          style={styles.textInput}
+          multiline
+          testID="text_input_vertical_overflow_height"
+        />
+        <View
+          style={[styles.textInput, {backgroundColor: '#cccccc', height: 200}]}
+        />
+      </ScrollView>
+      <Button
+        label="Scroll to top"
+        onPress={() => {
+          nullthrows<$FlowFixMe>(_verticalScrollView.current).scrollTo({
+            y: 0,
+          });
+        }}
+        testID="scroll_to_top_button"
+      />
+    </View>
+  );
+};
+
+const HorizontalScrollTextInputs = () => {
+  const _horizontalScrollView =
+    useRef<?React.ElementRef<typeof ScrollView>>(null);
+  const [horizontalScrolled, setHorizontalScrolled] = useState(false);
+
+  return (
+    <View>
+      <RNTesterText style={styles.text} testID="horizontal_status">
+        scrolled = {horizontalScrolled ? 'true' : 'false'}
+      </RNTesterText>
+      <ScrollView
+        ref={_horizontalScrollView}
+        style={{backgroundColor: '#eeeeee'}}
+        contentContainerStyle={{padding: 10, gap: 20}}
+        nestedScrollEnabled
+        horizontal
+        onScroll={event => {
+          setHorizontalScrolled(event.nativeEvent.contentOffset.x > 0);
+        }}>
+        <View
+          style={[
+            styles.textInput,
+            {backgroundColor: '#cccccc', width: 100, height: '100%'},
+          ]}
+          testID="left_filler"
+        />
+        <View style={{gap: 20}}>
+          <TextInput
+            placeholder="TextInput"
+            style={[styles.textInput, {width: 200}]}
+            testID="text_input_horizontal"
+          />
+          <TextInput
+            defaultValue={
+              'A TextInput with a value that overflows the input width so it can be scrolled horizontally.'
+            }
+            placeholder="TextInput"
+            style={[styles.textInput, {width: 200}]}
+            testID="text_input_horizontal_overflow_width"
+          />
+          <TextInput
+            defaultValue={
+              'A multiline TextInput\nwith a value that\noverflows the input\nheight so it can be\nscrolled vertically.'
+            }
+            placeholder="TextInput"
+            style={[styles.textInput, {width: 200}]}
+            multiline
+            testID="text_input_horizontal_overflow_height"
+          />
+        </View>
+        <View
+          style={[
+            styles.textInput,
+            {backgroundColor: '#cccccc', width: 100, height: '100%'},
+          ]}
+        />
+      </ScrollView>
+      <Button
+        label="Scroll to start"
+        onPress={() => {
+          nullthrows<$FlowFixMe>(_horizontalScrollView.current).scrollTo({
+            x: 0,
+          });
+        }}
+        testID="scroll_to_start_button"
+      />
+    </View>
+  );
+};
+
 const HorizontalScrollView = (props: {
   direction: 'ltr' | 'rtl',
   itemCount?: number,
@@ -1554,8 +1711,9 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     alignSelf: 'center',
   },
   textInput: {
-    height: 40,
+    height: 48,
     borderColor: 'gray',
     borderWidth: 1,
+    paddingHorizontal: 10,
   },
 });