diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextProps.cpp b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextProps.cpp
index 56ba3fbd30d7..b04c994865db 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextProps.cpp
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextProps.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "TextProps.h"
 
+#include <react/renderer/core/propsConversions.h>
+
 namespace facebook::react {
 
 TextProps::TextProps(
@@ -14,7 +16,19 @@ TextProps::TextProps(
     const TextProps& sourceProps,
     const RawProps& rawProps)
     : Props(context, sourceProps, rawProps),
-      BaseTextProps::BaseTextProps(context, sourceProps, rawProps) {};
+      BaseTextProps::BaseTextProps(context, sourceProps, rawProps),
+      transform(convertRawProp(
+          context,
+          rawProps,
+          "transform",
+          sourceProps.transform,
+          {})),
+      transformOrigin(convertRawProp(
+          context,
+          rawProps,
+          "transformOrigin",
+          sourceProps.transformOrigin,
+          {})) {};
 
 void TextProps::setProp(
     const PropsParserContext& context,
@@ -23,6 +37,12 @@ void TextProps::setProp(
     const RawValue& value) {
   BaseTextProps::setProp(context, hash, propName, value);
   Props::setProp(context, hash, propName, value);
+
+  static auto defaults = TextProps{};
+  switch (hash) {
+    RAW_SET_PROP_SWITCH_CASE_BASIC(transform);
+    RAW_SET_PROP_SWITCH_CASE_BASIC(transformOrigin);
+  }
 }
 
 #pragma mark - DebugStringConvertible
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextProps.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextProps.h
index 164a8e5358cd..f3101f8df6f6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextProps.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextProps.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <react/renderer/core/Props.h>
 #include <react/renderer/core/PropsParserContext.h>
 #include <react/renderer/graphics/Color.h>
+#include <react/renderer/graphics/Transform.h>
 
 namespace facebook::react {
 
@@ -23,6 +24,10 @@ class TextProps : public Props, public BaseTextProps {
   void
   setProp(const PropsParserContext &context, RawPropsPropNameHash hash, const char *propName, const RawValue &value);
 
+  // View-level props that affect whether this text node needs a backing view
+  Transform transform{};
+  TransformOrigin transformOrigin{};
+
 #pragma mark - DebugStringConvertible
 
 #if RN_DEBUG_STRING_CONVERTIBLE
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextShadowNode.h b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextShadowNode.h
index 1fb00e59a255..3bc6be1db960 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextShadowNode.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactCommon/react/renderer/components/text/TextShadowNode.h
@@ -42,6 +42,23 @@ class TextShadowNode : public ConcreteShadowNode<TextComponentName, ShadowNode,
   {
     orderIndex_ = std::numeric_limits<decltype(orderIndex_)>::max();
   }
+#else
+  using BaseShadowNode = ConcreteShadowNode<TextComponentName, ShadowNode, TextProps, TextEventEmitter>;
+
+  TextShadowNode(const ShadowNodeFragment &fragment, const ShadowNodeFamily::Shared &family, ShadowNodeTraits traits)
+      : BaseShadowNode(
+            fragment,
+            family,
+            [&] {
+              auto textProps = std::static_pointer_cast<const TextProps>(fragment.props);
+              if (textProps && !textProps->transform.operations.empty()) {
+                traits.set(ShadowNodeTraits::Trait::FormsView);
+              }
+              return traits;
+            }()),
+        BaseTextShadowNode()
+  {
+  }
 #endif
 };