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 e67955e27fd6..5e02ff8f03d2 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
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ public void setKeyboardType(ReactEditText view, @Nullable String keyboardType) {
       //  the flags work out, the underlying field will end up a URI-type field.
       flagsToSet = InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_VISIBLE_PASSWORD;
     } else if (KEYBOARD_TYPE_URI.equalsIgnoreCase(keyboardType)) {
-      flagsToSet = InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_URI;
+      flagsToSet = InputType.TYPE_CLASS_TEXT | InputType.TYPE_TEXT_VARIATION_URI;
     }
 
     updateStagedInputTypeFlag(view, InputType.TYPE_MASK_CLASS, flagsToSet);