diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/build.gradle b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/build.gradle
index 77dc57e448..aac02756af 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/build.gradle
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ android {
     defaultConfig {
         minSdkVersion safeExtGet('minSdkVersion', 24)
         targetSdkVersion safeExtGet('targetSdkVersion', 33)
+        consumerProguardFiles 'consumer-rules.pro'
 
         externalNativeBuild {
             cmake {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/consumer-rules.pro b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/consumer-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41bfb1ad57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/consumer-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Reached only by reflection in NativeViewGestureHandler, so R8 would otherwise strip it.
+-keep interface com.facebook.react.uimanager.HasChildPressedStateDelay {
+  void setHasChildPressedStateDelay(java.lang.Boolean);
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/package.json b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/package.json
index a439aa6b5a..f030903eb2 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "android/build.gradle",
     "android/gradle.properties",
     "android/CMakeLists.txt",
+    "android/consumer-rules.pro",
     "android/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml",
     "android/src/main/java/",
     "android/src/main/jni/",