diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNBottomTabsController.m b/lib/ios/RNNBottomTabsController.m
index 40f9e115b3b..8a4b9a78623 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNBottomTabsController.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNBottomTabsController.m
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ @interface RNNBottomTabsController ()
 
 @implementation RNNBottomTabsController {
 	NSUInteger _currentTabIndex;
+    NSUInteger _previousTabIndex;
     BottomTabsBaseAttacher* _bottomTabsAttacher;
     BOOL _tabBarNeedsRestore;
     
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ - (UIViewController *)selectedViewController {
 
 - (void)setSelectedViewController:(__kindof UIViewController *)selectedViewController {
     NSArray* children = self.pendingChildViewControllers ?: self.childViewControllers;
+    _previousTabIndex = _currentTabIndex;
     _currentTabIndex = [children indexOfObject:selectedViewController];
     [super setSelectedViewController:selectedViewController];
 }
@@ -132,8 +134,7 @@ - (void)setTabBarVisible:(BOOL)visible {
 #pragma mark UITabBarControllerDelegate
 
 - (void)tabBarController:(UITabBarController *)tabBarController didSelectViewController:(UIViewController *)viewController {
-	[self.eventEmitter sendBottomTabSelected:@(tabBarController.selectedIndex) unselected:@(_currentTabIndex)];
-	_currentTabIndex = tabBarController.selectedIndex;
+	[self.eventEmitter sendBottomTabSelected:@(tabBarController.selectedIndex) unselected:@(_previousTabIndex)];
 }
 
 - (void)handleLongPress:(UILongPressGestureRecognizer *) recognizer {
diff --git a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/BottomTabsControllerTest.m b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/BottomTabsControllerTest.m
index d1889243b2b..ecf64f89743 100644
--- a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/BottomTabsControllerTest.m
+++ b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/BottomTabsControllerTest.m
@@ -185,6 +185,18 @@ - (void)testSetSelectedIndex_ShouldSetSelectedIndexWithCurrentTabIndex {
     XCTAssertTrue(uut.selectedIndex == 1);
 }
 
+- (void)testDidSelectViewController_emitEventOnTabPress {
+    RNNNavigationOptions *options = [[RNNNavigationOptions alloc] initEmptyOptions];
+    RNNComponentViewController *vc = [[RNNComponentViewController alloc] initWithLayoutInfo:nil rootViewCreator:nil eventEmitter:nil presenter:nil options:nil defaultOptions:nil];
+	RNNBottomTabsController *uut = [RNNBottomTabsController createWithChildren:@[[UIViewController new], vc] options:options];
+	[uut viewWillAppear:YES];
+	
+	[[(id)uut.eventEmitter expect] sendBottomTabSelected:@(1) unselected:@(0)];
+	[uut setSelectedViewController:vc];
+	[uut tabBarController:uut didSelectViewController:vc];
+	[(id)uut.eventEmitter verify];
+}
+
 - (void)testOnViewDidLayoutSubviews_ShouldUpdateDotIndicatorForChildren {
 	id dotIndicator = [OCMockObject partialMockForObject:[[RNNDotIndicatorPresenter alloc] initWithDefaultOptions:nil]];
     RNNComponentViewController *vc = [[RNNComponentViewController alloc] initWithLayoutInfo:nil rootViewCreator:nil eventEmitter:nil presenter:nil options:nil defaultOptions:nil];
diff --git a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNBottomTabsController+Helpers.m b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNBottomTabsController+Helpers.m
index 4d1b02fc541..1ee54d761e9 100644
--- a/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNBottomTabsController+Helpers.m
+++ b/playground/ios/NavigationTests/RNNBottomTabsController+Helpers.m
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #import "RNNBottomTabsController+Helpers.h"
 #import "BottomTabsPresenterCreator.h"
 #import "BottomTabPresenterCreator.h"
+#import <OCMock/OCMock.h>
 
 @implementation RNNBottomTabsController (Helpers)
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ + (RNNBottomTabsController *)createWithChildren:(NSArray *)children {
 
 + (RNNBottomTabsController *)createWithChildren:(NSArray *)children options:(RNNNavigationOptions *)options {
 	RNNNavigationOptions* defaultOptions = [[RNNNavigationOptions alloc] initEmptyOptions];
-	return [[RNNBottomTabsController alloc] initWithLayoutInfo:nil creator:nil options:options defaultOptions:defaultOptions presenter:[BottomTabsPresenterCreator createWithDefaultOptions:defaultOptions] bottomTabPresenter:[BottomTabPresenterCreator createWithDefaultOptions:defaultOptions] dotIndicatorPresenter:[[RNNDotIndicatorPresenter alloc] initWithDefaultOptions:defaultOptions] eventEmitter:nil childViewControllers:children bottomTabsAttacher:nil];
+	return [[RNNBottomTabsController alloc] initWithLayoutInfo:nil creator:nil options:options defaultOptions:defaultOptions presenter:[BottomTabsPresenterCreator createWithDefaultOptions:defaultOptions] bottomTabPresenter:[BottomTabPresenterCreator createWithDefaultOptions:defaultOptions] dotIndicatorPresenter:[[RNNDotIndicatorPresenter alloc] initWithDefaultOptions:defaultOptions] eventEmitter:[OCMockObject partialMockForObject:RNNEventEmitter.new] childViewControllers:children bottomTabsAttacher:nil];
 }
 
 @end