diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js
index a7c237be721..a1731badbd3 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/agent.js
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ import {
 } from './views/TraceUpdates';
 import {currentBridgeProtocol} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/bridge';
 
+import type {
+  TouchedViewDataAtPoint,
+} from './ReactNativeTypes';
 import type {BackendBridge} from 'react-devtools-shared/src/bridge';
 import type {
   InstanceAndStyle,
@@ -953,6 +956,12 @@ export default class Agent extends EventEmitter<{
     );
   }
 
+  selectNodeWithViewData(viewData?: TouchedViewDataAtPoint): void {
+    if (viewData) {
+      this._bridge.send('selectElementWithViewData', viewData);
+    }
+  }
+
   registerRendererInterface(
     rendererID: RendererID,
     rendererInterface: RendererInterface,
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js
index af3a87b5968..a4037a824c8 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/bridge.js
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 import EventEmitter from './events';
 
+import type {
+  TouchedViewDataAtPoint,
+} from './ReactNativeTypes';
 import type {ComponentFilter, Wall} from './frontend/types';
 import type {
   InspectedElementPayload,
@@ -215,6 +218,7 @@ export type BackendEvents = {
   reloadAppForProfiling: [],
   saveToClipboard: [string],
   selectElement: [number | null],
+  selectElementWithViewData: [TouchedViewDataAtPoint | null],
   shutdown: [],
   stopInspectingHost: [boolean],
   scrollTo: [{left: number, top: number, right: number, bottom: number}],