diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-9b1e075e-6ff9-424b-99f6-d9bc58c34f86.json b/change/react-native-windows-9b1e075e-6ff9-424b-99f6-d9bc58c34f86.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d69abdcad64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-9b1e075e-6ff9-424b-99f6-d9bc58c34f86.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Add onPressIn / onPressOut events to TextInput",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "igklemen@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/@react-native-windows/tester/src/js/examples/TextInput/TextInputExample.windows.js b/packages/@react-native-windows/tester/src/js/examples/TextInput/TextInputExample.windows.js
index b34bf03c6b4..156e48d4fe5 100644
--- a/packages/@react-native-windows/tester/src/js/examples/TextInput/TextInputExample.windows.js
+++ b/packages/@react-native-windows/tester/src/js/examples/TextInput/TextInputExample.windows.js
@@ -131,6 +131,31 @@ class AutogrowingTextInputExample extends React.Component<{...}> {
   }
 }
 
+class PressInOutEvents extends React.Component<
+  $FlowFixMeProps,
+  $FlowFixMeState,
+> {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = {text: 'PressIn/PressOut message'};
+  }
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <View>
+        <Text>{this.state.text}</Text>
+        <TextInput
+          placeholder="Click inside the box to observe events being fired."
+          style={[styles.singleLineWithHeightTextInput]}
+          onPressIn={() =>
+            this.setState({text: 'Holding down the click/touch'})
+          }
+          onPressOut={() => this.setState({text: 'Released click/touch'})}
+        />
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   multiline: {
     height: 60,
@@ -424,4 +449,10 @@ exports.examples = ([
       return <ToggleDefaultPaddingExample />;
     },
   },
+  {
+    title: 'onPressIn, onPressOut events',
+    render: function(): React.Node {
+      return <PressInOutEvents />;
+    },
+  },
 ]: Array<RNTesterExampleModuleItem>);
diff --git a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Views/TextInputViewManager.cpp b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Views/TextInputViewManager.cpp
index badf5616544..392325a9351 100644
--- a/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Views/TextInputViewManager.cpp
+++ b/vnext/Microsoft.ReactNative/Views/TextInputViewManager.cpp
@@ -355,6 +355,22 @@ void TextInputShadowNode::registerEvents() {
           }
         });
   }
+
+  control.as<xaml::UIElement>().AddHandler(
+      xaml::UIElement::PointerPressedEvent(),
+      winrt::box_value(xaml::Input::PointerEventHandler([=](auto &&, xaml::Input::PointerRoutedEventArgs const &args) {
+        folly::dynamic eventData = folly::dynamic::object("target", tag);
+        GetViewManager()->GetReactContext().DispatchEvent(tag, "topTextInputPressIn", std::move(eventData));
+      })),
+      true);
+
+  control.as<xaml::UIElement>().AddHandler(
+      xaml::UIElement::PointerReleasedEvent(),
+      winrt::box_value(xaml::Input::PointerEventHandler([=](auto &&, xaml::Input::PointerRoutedEventArgs const &args) {
+        folly::dynamic eventData = folly::dynamic::object("target", tag);
+        GetViewManager()->GetReactContext().DispatchEvent(tag, "topTextInputPressOut", std::move(eventData));
+      })),
+      true);
 }
 
 xaml::Shapes::Shape TextInputShadowNode::FindCaret(xaml::DependencyObject element) {
@@ -688,6 +704,8 @@ void TextInputViewManager::GetExportedCustomDirectEventTypeConstants(
                                L"SelectionChange",
                                L"ContentSizeChange",
                                L"KeyPress",
+                               L"PressIn",
+                               L"PressOut",
                                L"OnScroll",
                                L"SubmitEditing"};