diff --git a/ios/Fabric/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm b/ios/Fabric/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
index 652a5c12..b1b80a8f 100644
--- a/ios/Fabric/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
+++ b/ios/Fabric/RNCPagerViewComponentView.mm
@@ -420,6 +420,10 @@ + (ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider
     return concreteComponentDescriptorProvider<RNCViewPagerComponentDescriptor>();
 }
 
+- (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
+  const auto &viewProps = *std::static_pointer_cast<const RNCViewPagerProps>(_props);
+  return viewProps.scrollEnabled;
+}
 
 - (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer {
 
diff --git a/ios/RNCPagerView.m b/ios/RNCPagerView.m
index 507b45d8..a8714bd8 100644
--- a/ios/RNCPagerView.m
+++ b/ios/RNCPagerView.m
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ - (NSString *)determineScrollDirection:(UIScrollView *)scrollView {
     return scrollDirection;
 }
 
+- (BOOL)gestureRecognizerShouldBegin:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer {
+    return self.scrollEnabled;
+}
+
 - (BOOL)gestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gestureRecognizer shouldRecognizeSimultaneouslyWithGestureRecognizer:(UIGestureRecognizer *)otherGestureRecognizer {
 
     // Recognize simultaneously only if the other gesture is RN Screen's pan gesture (one that is used to perform fullScreenGestureEnabled)