diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMComponent-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMComponent-test.js
index 95809b7a1b5b4..e695a845ff505 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMComponent-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMComponent-test.js
@@ -2659,4 +2659,44 @@ describe('ReactDOMComponent', () => {
       document.body.removeChild(container);
     }
   });
+
+  describe('iOS Tap Highlight', () => {
+    it('adds onclick handler to elements with onClick prop', () => {
+      const container = document.createElement('div');
+
+      const elementRef = React.createRef();
+      function Component() {
+        return <div ref={elementRef} onClick={() => {}} />;
+      }
+
+      ReactDOM.render(<Component />, container);
+      expect(typeof elementRef.current.onclick).toBe('function');
+    });
+
+    it('adds onclick handler to a portal root', () => {
+      const container = document.createElement('div');
+      const portalContainer = document.createElement('div');
+
+      function Component() {
+        return ReactDOM.createPortal(
+          <div onClick={() => {}} />,
+          portalContainer,
+        );
+      }
+
+      ReactDOM.render(<Component />, container);
+      expect(typeof portalContainer.onclick).toBe('function');
+    });
+
+    it('does not add onclick handler to the React root', () => {
+      const container = document.createElement('div');
+
+      function Component() {
+        return <div onClick={() => {}} />;
+      }
+
+      ReactDOM.render(<Component />, container);
+      expect(typeof container.onclick).not.toBe('function');
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOM.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOM.js
index f0cf8ea162795..83563ee14f9d5 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOM.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOM.js
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ if (__DEV__) {
 
 ReactControlledComponent.setRestoreImplementation(restoreControlledState);
 
-type DOMContainer =
+export type DOMContainer =
   | (Element & {
       _reactRootContainer: ?Root,
     })
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMHostConfig.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMHostConfig.js
index a9dd23f2fac3c..c5dc1f34d1267 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMHostConfig.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMHostConfig.js
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import {
   DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE,
 } from '../shared/HTMLNodeType';
 
+import type {DOMContainer} from './ReactDOM';
+
 export type Type = string;
 export type Props = {
   autoFocus?: boolean,
@@ -342,7 +344,7 @@ export function appendChild(
 }
 
 export function appendChildToContainer(
-  container: Container,
+  container: DOMContainer,
   child: Instance | TextInstance,
 ): void {
   let parentNode;
@@ -358,9 +360,14 @@ export function appendChildToContainer(
   // through the React tree. However, on Mobile Safari the click would
   // never bubble through the *DOM* tree unless an ancestor with onclick
   // event exists. So we wouldn't see it and dispatch it.
-  // This is why we ensure that containers have inline onclick defined.
+  // This is why we ensure that non React root containers have inline onclick
+  // defined.
   // https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/11918
-  if (parentNode.onclick === null) {
+  const reactRootContainer = container._reactRootContainer;
+  if (
+    (reactRootContainer === null || reactRootContainer === undefined) &&
+    parentNode.onclick === null
+  ) {
     // TODO: This cast may not be sound for SVG, MathML or custom elements.
     trapClickOnNonInteractiveElement(((parentNode: any): HTMLElement));
   }