diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index fb4a4d9cfc174e..7937d0b2142ad2 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -588,6 +588,15 @@ public void onStartTemporaryDetach() {
   @Override
   public void onAttachedToWindow() {
     super.onAttachedToWindow();
+    
+    // Bug workaround for losing text selection ability, see:
+    // https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=208169
+    // This should allow users to copy and paste text from TextInput elements inside ViewPagerAndroid
+    if (isEnabled()) {
+      setEnabled(false);
+      setEnabled(true);
+    }
+
     if (mContainsImages) {
       Spanned text = getText();
       TextInlineImageSpan[] spans = text.getSpans(0, text.length(), TextInlineImageSpan.class);