diff --git a/src/components/Portal/PortalHost.tsx b/src/components/Portal/PortalHost.tsx
index 4a8dc81c5a..7d03069b40 100644
--- a/src/components/Portal/PortalHost.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Portal/PortalHost.tsx
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ export default class PortalHost extends React.Component<Props> {
         }}
       >
         {/* Need collapsable=false here to clip the elevations, otherwise they appear above Portal components */}
-        <View style={styles.container} collapsable={false}>
+        <View
+          style={styles.container}
+          collapsable={false}
+          pointerEvents="box-none"
+        >
           {this.props.children}
         </View>
         <PortalManager ref={this.setManager} />
diff --git a/src/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/Portal.test.js.snap b/src/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/Portal.test.js.snap
index ab38d9acc8..da6b2eb943 100644
--- a/src/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/Portal.test.js.snap
+++ b/src/components/__tests__/__snapshots__/Portal.test.js.snap
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ exports[`renders portal with siblings 1`] = `
 Array [
   <View
     collapsable={false}
+    pointerEvents="box-none"
     style={
       Object {
         "flex": 1,