diff --git a/types/react-native/index.d.ts b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
index 413053ee10..2316ee63c9 100644
--- a/types/react-native/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-native/index.d.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 //                 Ryan Nickel <https://github.com/mrnickel>
 //                 Souvik Ghosh <https://github.com/souvik-ghosh>
 //                 Cheng Gibson <https://github.com/nossbigg>
+//                 Saransh Kataria <https://github.com/saranshkataria>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.8
 
@@ -903,6 +904,14 @@ export interface TextProps extends TextPropsIOS, TextPropsAndroid, Accessibility
      * Used to reference react managed views from native code.
      */
     nativeID?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies largest possible scale a font can reach when allowFontScaling is enabled. Possible values:
+     * - null/undefined (default): inherit from the parent node or the global default (0)
+     * - 0: no max, ignore parent/global default
+     * - >= 1: sets the maxFontSizeMultiplier of this node to this value
+     */
+    maxFontSizeMultiplier?: number | null;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1427,6 +1436,14 @@ export interface TextInputProps extends ViewProps, TextInputIOSProps, TextInputA
      * or set/update maxLength to prevent unwanted edits without flicker.
      */
     value?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies largest possible scale a font can reach when allowFontScaling is enabled. Possible values:
+     * - null/undefined (default): inherit from the parent node or the global default (0)
+     * - 0: no max, ignore parent/global default
+     * - >= 1: sets the maxFontSizeMultiplier of this node to this value
+     */
+    maxFontSizeMultiplier?: number | null;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/types/react-native/test/index.tsx b/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
index 622e2b28c8..74f8b6a9b5 100644
--- a/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
+++ b/types/react-native/test/index.tsx
@@ -834,6 +834,8 @@ const NativeIDTest = () => (
     </ScrollView>
 );
 
+const MaxFontSizeMultiplierTest = () => <Text maxFontSizeMultiplier={0}>Text</Text>;
+
 const ShareTest = () => {
     Share.share(
         { title: "title", message: "message" },