diff --git a/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewController.m b/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewController.m
index 16cd7c2cba..9ec619e165 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewController.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewController.m
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
   if (!(self = [super init])) {
     return nil;
   }
-
+    
+  if (@available(iOS 13.0, *)) {
+    self.modalInPresentation = YES;
+  }
+    
 #if !TARGET_OS_TV
   _preferredStatusBarStyle = [RCTSharedApplication() statusBarStyle];
   _preferredStatusBarHidden = [RCTSharedApplication() isStatusBarHidden];