diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/paper/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerDelegate.java b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/paper/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerDelegate.java
index 3e0b2e26c4..dc618ead4c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/paper/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerDelegate.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/paper/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerDelegate.java
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ public void setProperty(T view, String propName, @Nullable Object value) {
       case "borderStyle":
         mViewManager.setBorderStyle(view, value == null ? "solid" : (String) value);
         break;
+      case "pointerEvents":
+        mViewManager.setPointerEvents(view, (String) value);
+        break;
       default:
         super.setProperty(view, propName, value);
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/paper/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerInterface.java b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/paper/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerInterface.java
index 975704f08b..6250c3d502 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/paper/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerInterface.java
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/paper/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/viewmanagers/RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerInterface.java
@@ -24,4 +24,5 @@ public interface RNGestureHandlerButtonManagerInterface<T extends View> extends
   void setBorderWidth(T view, float value);
   void setBorderColor(T view, @Nullable Integer value);
   void setBorderStyle(T view, @Nullable String value);
+  void setPointerEvents(T view, @Nullable String value);
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
index 32cb973b80..e4114c40fa 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager.kt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import androidx.core.view.children
 import com.facebook.react.R
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PointerEvents
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactPointerEventsView
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewGroupManager
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewManagerDelegate
@@ -132,6 +134,17 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
     view.isSoundEffectsEnabled = !touchSoundDisabled
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.POINTER_EVENTS)
+  override fun setPointerEvents(view: ButtonViewGroup, pointerEvents: String?) {
+    view.pointerEvents = when (pointerEvents) {
+      "none" -> PointerEvents.NONE
+      "box-none" -> PointerEvents.BOX_NONE
+      "box-only" -> PointerEvents.BOX_ONLY
+      "auto", null -> PointerEvents.AUTO
+      else -> PointerEvents.AUTO
+    }
+  }
+
   override fun onAfterUpdateTransaction(view: ButtonViewGroup) {
     super.onAfterUpdateTransaction(view)
 
@@ -142,7 +155,8 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
 
   class ButtonViewGroup(context: Context?) :
     ViewGroup(context),
-    NativeViewGestureHandler.NativeViewGestureHandlerHook {
+    NativeViewGestureHandler.NativeViewGestureHandlerHook,
+    ReactPointerEventsView {
     // Using object because of handling null representing no value set.
     var rippleColor: Int? = null
       set(color) = withBackgroundUpdate {
@@ -200,6 +214,8 @@ class RNGestureHandlerButtonViewManager :
 
     var exclusive = true
 
+    override var pointerEvents: PointerEvents = PointerEvents.AUTO
+
     private var buttonBackgroundColor = Color.TRANSPARENT
     private var needBackgroundUpdate = false
     private var lastEventTime = -1L
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
index 2ae6f8eea8..4979bad4da 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/apple/RNGestureHandlerButtonComponentView.mm
@@ -223,12 +223,17 @@ - (void)updateProps:(const Props::Shared &)props oldProps:(const Props::Shared &
   _buttonView.hitTestEdgeInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(
       -newProps.hitSlop.top, -newProps.hitSlop.left, -newProps.hitSlop.bottom, -newProps.hitSlop.right);
 
+  // We need to cast to ViewProps to access the pointerEvents property with the correct type.
+  // This is necessary because pointerEvents is redefined in the spec,
+  // which shadows the base property with a different, incompatible type.
+  const auto &newViewProps = static_cast<const ViewProps &>(newProps);
   if (!oldProps) {
-    _buttonView.pointerEvents = RCTPointerEventsToEnum(newProps.pointerEvents);
+    _buttonView.pointerEvents = RCTPointerEventsToEnum(newViewProps.pointerEvents);
   } else {
     const auto &oldButtonProps = *std::static_pointer_cast<const RNGestureHandlerButtonProps>(oldProps);
-    if (oldButtonProps.pointerEvents != newProps.pointerEvents) {
-      _buttonView.pointerEvents = RCTPointerEventsToEnum(newProps.pointerEvents);
+    const auto &oldViewProps = static_cast<const ViewProps &>(oldButtonProps);
+    if (oldViewProps.pointerEvents != newViewProps.pointerEvents) {
+      _buttonView.pointerEvents = RCTPointerEventsToEnum(newViewProps.pointerEvents);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/specs/RNGestureHandlerButtonNativeComponent.ts b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/specs/RNGestureHandlerButtonNativeComponent.ts
index 8d4c3da4b9..4fedd3160e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/specs/RNGestureHandlerButtonNativeComponent.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/specs/RNGestureHandlerButtonNativeComponent.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import type {
 } from 'react-native/Libraries/Types/CodegenTypes';
 import type { ViewProps, ColorValue } from 'react-native';
 
+// @ts-ignore - Redefining pointerEvents with WithDefault for codegen, conflicts with ViewProps type but codegen needs it
 interface NativeProps extends ViewProps {
   exclusive?: WithDefault<boolean, true>;
   foreground?: boolean;
@@ -17,6 +18,10 @@ interface NativeProps extends ViewProps {
   borderWidth?: Float;
   borderColor?: ColorValue;
   borderStyle?: WithDefault<string, 'solid'>;
+  pointerEvents?: WithDefault<
+    'box-none' | 'none' | 'box-only' | 'auto',
+    'auto'
+  >;
 }
 
 export default codegenNativeComponent<NativeProps>('RNGestureHandlerButton');