diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandler.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandler.kt
index b9e4b2c6e2..91534f654c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandler.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandler.kt
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@ open class GestureHandler {
 
   private fun isTrackingPointer(pointerId: Int) = trackedPointerIDs[pointerId] != -1
 
+  /**
+   * Controls whether adapted events should preserve original Android pointer IDs
+   * instead of remapping them to local 0-based IDs.
+   */
+  protected open fun shouldPreserveOriginalPointerIds(): Boolean = false
+
   private fun needAdapt(event: MotionEvent): Boolean {
     if (event.pointerCount != trackedPointersIDsCount) {
       return true
@@ -269,6 +275,7 @@ open class GestureHandler {
       }
     }
     initPointerProps(trackedPointersIDsCount)
+    val preserveOriginalIds = shouldPreserveOriginalPointerIds()
     var count = 0
     val deltaX = event.rawX - event.x
     val deltaY = event.rawY - event.y
@@ -279,7 +286,11 @@ open class GestureHandler {
       val origPointerId = event.getPointerId(index)
       if (trackedPointerIDs[origPointerId] != -1) {
         event.getPointerProperties(index, pointerProps[count])
-        pointerProps[count]!!.id = trackedPointerIDs[origPointerId]
+        pointerProps[count]!!.id = if (preserveOriginalIds) {
+          origPointerId
+        } else {
+          trackedPointerIDs[origPointerId]
+        }
         event.getPointerCoords(index, pointerCoords[count])
         if (index == actionIndex) {
           action = action or (count shl MotionEvent.ACTION_POINTER_INDEX_SHIFT)
diff --git a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
index 8329224455..70a375ae4c 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
+++ b/packages/react-native-gesture-handler/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ class NativeViewGestureHandler : GestureHandler() {
     shouldCancelWhenOutside = true
   }
 
+  // Preserve original pointer IDs when adapting events. This ensures consistency with
+  // events that flow through super.dispatchTouchEvent() before the handler activates,
+  // preventing pointer ID mismatches that cause crashes in native views.
+  override fun shouldPreserveOriginalPointerIds(): Boolean = true
+
   override fun resetConfig() {
     super.resetConfig()
     shouldActivateOnStart = DEFAULT_SHOULD_ACTIVATE_ON_START