diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableView.java
index e7769b2a..d575faf2 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableView.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaOnlyArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableType;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PointerEvents;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
@@ -522,6 +523,10 @@ abstract public class RenderableView extends VirtualView {
             return -1;
         }
 
+        if (mPointerEvents == PointerEvents.NONE) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
         float[] dst = new float[2];
         mInvMatrix.mapPoints(dst, src);
         mInvTransform.mapPoints(dst);
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableViewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableViewManager.java
index 949cef5d..ab9badcb 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/RenderableViewManager.java
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.DisplayMetricsHolder;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.LayoutShadowNode;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.MatrixMathHelper;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PointerEvents;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.TransformHelper;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewGroupManager;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewProps;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropGroup;
 
+import java.util.Locale;
+
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -1230,6 +1234,17 @@ class RenderableViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<VirtualView> {
         node.setResponsible(responsible);
     }
 
+    @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.POINTER_EVENTS)
+    public void setPointerEvents(VirtualView view, @androidx.annotation.Nullable String pointerEventsStr) {
+        if (pointerEventsStr == null) {
+            view.setPointerEvents(PointerEvents.AUTO);
+        } else {
+            PointerEvents pointerEvents =
+                    PointerEvents.valueOf(pointerEventsStr.toUpperCase(Locale.US).replace("-", "_"));
+            view.setPointerEvents(pointerEvents);
+        }
+    }
+
     @ReactProp(name = "onLayout")
     public void setOnLayout(VirtualView node, boolean onLayout) {
         node.setOnLayout(onLayout);
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualView.java b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualView.java
index 633e46d2..9c0b0c22 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualView.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/horcrux/svg/VirtualView.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableType;
 import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.DisplayMetricsHolder;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.OnLayoutEvent;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PointerEvents;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIManagerModule;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
@@ -102,6 +103,11 @@ abstract public class VirtualView extends ReactViewGroup {
     Region mStrokeRegion;
     Region mClipRegion;
     ArrayList<PathElement> elements;
+    PointerEvents mPointerEvents;
+
+    void setPointerEvents(PointerEvents pointerEvents) {
+        mPointerEvents = pointerEvents;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void invalidate() {
diff --git a/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m b/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
index 037c470d..96a37f24 100644
--- a/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
+++ b/ios/RNSVGRenderable.m
@@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ UInt32 saturate(CGFloat value) {
         return nil;
     }
 
+    BOOL canReceiveTouchEvents = (([self isUserInteractionEnabled] || self.responsible) && ![self isHidden]);
+    if(!canReceiveTouchEvents) {
+      return nil;
+    }
+
     if (self.active) {
         if (!event) {
             self.active = NO;
diff --git a/ios/ViewManagers/RNSVGNodeManager.m b/ios/ViewManagers/RNSVGNodeManager.m
index 23267347..a33c5792 100644
--- a/ios/ViewManagers/RNSVGNodeManager.m
+++ b/ios/ViewManagers/RNSVGNodeManager.m
@@ -236,4 +236,30 @@ RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(display, id, RNSVGNode)
 
 RCT_CUSTOM_SHADOW_PROPERTY(direction, id, RNSVGNode) {}
 
+RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(pointerEvents, RCTPointerEvents, RNSVGNode)
+{
+  if (!json) {
+    view.userInteractionEnabled = defaultView.userInteractionEnabled;
+    return;
+  }
+
+  switch ([RCTConvert RCTPointerEvents:json]) {
+    case RCTPointerEventsBoxNone:
+    case RCTPointerEventsBoxOnly:
+    case RCTPointerEventsUnspecified:
+      // Pointer events "unspecified" acts as if a stylesheet had not specified,
+      // which is different than "auto" in CSS (which cannot and will not be
+      // supported in `React`. "auto" may override a parent's "none".
+      // Unspecified values do not.
+      // This wouldn't override a container view's `userInteractionEnabled = NO`
+      view.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
+      break;
+    case RCTPointerEventsNone:
+      view.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
+      break;
+    default:
+      view.userInteractionEnabled = NO;
+      RCTLogError(@"UIView base class does not support pointerEvent value: %@", json);
+  }
+}
 @end