diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ae8281b..aed3384 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import track, { useTracking } from 'react-tracking';
   - `dispatch`, which is a function to use instead of the default dispatch behavior. See the section on custom `dispatch()` later in this document.
   - `dispatchOnMount`, when set to `true`, dispatches the tracking data when the component mounts to the DOM. When provided as a function will be called on componentDidMount with all of the tracking context data as the only argument.
   - `process`, which is a function that can be defined once on some top-level component, used for selectively dispatching tracking events based on each component's tracking data. See more details later in this document.
+  - `forwardRef`, when set to `true`, adding a ref to the wrapped component will actually return the instance of the underlying component. Default is `false`.
 
 #### `tracking` prop
 
diff --git a/src/__tests__/e2e.test.js b/src/__tests__/e2e.test.js
index a9fea5e..7965fc6 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/e2e.test.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/e2e.test.js
@@ -866,4 +866,37 @@ describe('e2e', () => {
       status: 'failed',
     });
   });
+
+  it('can access wrapped component by ref', async () => {
+    const focusFn = jest.fn();
+    @track({}, { forwardRef: true })
+    class Child extends React.Component {
+      focus = focusFn;
+
+      render() {
+        return 'child';
+      }
+    }
+
+    class Parent extends React.Component {
+      componentDidMount() {
+        this.child.focus();
+      }
+
+      render() {
+        return (
+          <Child
+            ref={el => {
+              this.child = el;
+            }}
+          />
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
+    const parent = await mount(<Parent />);
+
+    expect(parent.instance().child).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(focusFn).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/withTrackingComponentDecorator.js b/src/withTrackingComponentDecorator.js
index ac0d897..510f7d6 100644
--- a/src/withTrackingComponentDecorator.js
+++ b/src/withTrackingComponentDecorator.js
@@ -15,13 +15,18 @@ export const ReactTrackingContext = React.createContext({});
 
 export default function withTrackingComponentDecorator(
   trackingData = {},
-  { dispatch = dispatchTrackingEvent, dispatchOnMount = false, process } = {}
+  {
+    dispatch = dispatchTrackingEvent,
+    dispatchOnMount = false,
+    process,
+    forwardRef = false,
+  } = {}
 ) {
   return DecoratedComponent => {
     const decoratedComponentName =
       DecoratedComponent.displayName || DecoratedComponent.name || 'Component';
 
-    function WithTracking(props) {
+    function WithTracking({ rtFwdRef, ...props }) {
       const { tracking } = useContext(ReactTrackingContext);
       const latestProps = useRef(props);
 
@@ -118,20 +123,32 @@ export default function withTrackingComponentDecorator(
         [getTrackingDispatcher, getTrackingDataFn, getProcessFn]
       );
 
+      const propsToBePassed = useMemo(
+        () => (forwardRef ? { ...props, ref: rtFwdRef } : props),
+        [props, rtFwdRef]
+      );
+
       return useMemo(
         () => (
           <ReactTrackingContext.Provider value={contextValue}>
-            <DecoratedComponent {...props} tracking={trackingProp} />
+            <DecoratedComponent {...propsToBePassed} tracking={trackingProp} />
           </ReactTrackingContext.Provider>
         ),
-        [contextValue, props, trackingProp]
+        [contextValue, trackingProp, propsToBePassed]
       );
     }
 
-    WithTracking.displayName = `WithTracking(${decoratedComponentName})`;
+    if (forwardRef) {
+      const forwarded = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => (
+        <WithTracking {...props} rtFwdRef={ref} />
+      ));
+      forwarded.displayName = `WithTracking(${decoratedComponentName})`;
+      hoistNonReactStatic(forwarded, DecoratedComponent);
+      return forwarded;
+    }
 
+    WithTracking.displayName = `WithTracking(${decoratedComponentName})`;
     hoistNonReactStatic(WithTracking, DecoratedComponent);
-
     return WithTracking;
   };
 }