diff --git a/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.h b/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.h
index a04c37be27b89f..07b995eb5cd348 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.h
@@ -10,9 +10,13 @@
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
 #import "RCTInvalidating.h"
+#import "RCTModalHostViewManager.h"
 #import "RCTView.h"
 
 @class RCTBridge;
+@class RCTModalHostViewController;
+
+@protocol RCTModalHostViewInteractor;
 
 @interface RCTModalHostView : UIView <RCTInvalidating>
 
@@ -21,6 +25,15 @@
 
 @property (nonatomic, copy) RCTDirectEventBlock onShow;
 
+@property (nonatomic, weak) id<RCTModalHostViewInteractor> delegate;
+
 - (instancetype)initWithBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge NS_DESIGNATED_INITIALIZER;
 
 @end
+
+@protocol RCTModalHostViewInteractor <NSObject>
+
+- (void)presentModalHostView:(RCTModalHostView *)modalHostView withViewController:(RCTModalHostViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated;
+- (void)dismissModalHostView:(RCTModalHostView *)modalHostView withViewController:(RCTModalHostViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated;
+
+@end
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.m b/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.m
index 5b2f954ef0c863..c622b18996a92f 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTModalHostView.m
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ - (void)didUpdateReactSubviews
 - (void)dismissModalViewController
 {
   if (_isPresented) {
-    [_modalViewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:[self hasAnimationType] completion:nil];
+    [_delegate dismissModalHostView:self withViewController:_modalViewController animated:[self hasAnimationType]];
     _isPresented = NO;
   }
 }
@@ -100,11 +100,7 @@ - (void)didMoveToWindow
     } else if ([self.animationType isEqualToString:@"slide"]) {
       _modalViewController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCoverVertical;
     }
-    [self.reactViewController presentViewController:_modalViewController animated:[self hasAnimationType] completion:^{
-      if (self->_onShow) {
-        self->_onShow(nil);
-      }
-    }];
+    [_delegate presentModalHostView:self withViewController:_modalViewController animated:[self hasAnimationType]];
     _isPresented = YES;
   }
 }
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewManager.h b/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewManager.h
index fb5972d3495325..2ae57b3bca5619 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewManager.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewManager.h
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
 
 #import "RCTInvalidating.h"
 
+typedef void (^RCTModalViewInteractionBlock)(UIViewController *reactViewController, UIViewController *viewController, BOOL animated, dispatch_block_t completionBlock);
+
 @interface RCTModalHostViewManager : RCTViewManager <RCTInvalidating>
 
+/**
+ * `presentationBlock` and `dismissalBlock` allow you to control how a Modal interacts with your case,
+ * e.g. in case you have a native navigator that has its own way to display a modal.
+ * If these are not specified, it falls back to the UIViewController standard way of presenting.
+ */
+@property (nonatomic, strong) RCTModalViewInteractionBlock presentationBlock;
+@property (nonatomic, strong) RCTModalViewInteractionBlock dismissalBlock;
+
 @end
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewManager.m
index a7227247d52eaf..ccd0cdca02ad9e 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTModalHostViewManager.m
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #import "RCTBridge.h"
 #import "RCTModalHostView.h"
+#import "RCTModalHostViewController.h"
 #import "RCTTouchHandler.h"
 #import "RCTShadowView.h"
 #import "RCTUtils.h"
@@ -32,6 +33,10 @@ - (void)insertReactSubview:(id<RCTComponent>)subview atIndex:(NSInteger)atIndex
 
 @end
 
+@interface RCTModalHostViewManager () <RCTModalHostViewInteractor>
+
+@end
+
 @implementation RCTModalHostViewManager
 {
   NSHashTable *_hostViews;
@@ -41,7 +46,8 @@ @implementation RCTModalHostViewManager
 
 - (UIView *)view
 {
-  UIView *view = [[RCTModalHostView alloc] initWithBridge:self.bridge];
+  RCTModalHostView *view = [[RCTModalHostView alloc] initWithBridge:self.bridge];
+  view.delegate = self;
   if (!_hostViews) {
     _hostViews = [NSHashTable weakObjectsHashTable];
   }
@@ -49,6 +55,30 @@ - (UIView *)view
   return view;
 }
 
+- (void)presentModalHostView:(RCTModalHostView *)modalHostView withViewController:(RCTModalHostViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated
+{
+  dispatch_block_t completionBlock = ^{
+    if (modalHostView.onShow) {
+      modalHostView.onShow(nil);
+    }
+  };
+  if (_presentationBlock) {
+    _presentationBlock([modalHostView reactViewController], viewController, animated, completionBlock);
+  } else {
+    [[modalHostView reactViewController] presentViewController:viewController animated:animated completion:completionBlock];
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)dismissModalHostView:(RCTModalHostView *)modalHostView withViewController:(RCTModalHostViewController *)viewController animated:(BOOL)animated
+{
+  if (_dismissalBlock) {
+    _dismissalBlock([modalHostView reactViewController], viewController, animated, nil);
+  } else {
+    [viewController dismissViewControllerAnimated:animated completion:nil];
+  }
+}
+
+
 - (RCTShadowView *)shadowView
 {
   return [RCTModalHostShadowView new];