diff --git a/macos/ReactTestApp/AppDelegate.swift b/macos/ReactTestApp/AppDelegate.swift
index f15938601..aaba29e46 100644
--- a/macos/ReactTestApp/AppDelegate.swift
+++ b/macos/ReactTestApp/AppDelegate.swift
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ extension AppDelegate {
                 return viewController
             }
 
-            let viewController = NSViewController(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
+            let viewController = HostingViewController(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
             viewController.title = title
             viewController.view = host.view(
                 moduleName: component.appKey,
diff --git a/macos/ReactTestApp/ViewController.swift b/macos/ReactTestApp/ViewController.swift
index b4163779c..f787b9b14 100644
--- a/macos/ReactTestApp/ViewController.swift
+++ b/macos/ReactTestApp/ViewController.swift
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ final class ViewController: NSViewController {
         )
     }
 
+    #endif // !ENABLE_SINGLE_APP_MODE
+
     override func mouseDown(with event: NSEvent) {
         NSMenu.popUpReactMenu(with: event, for: view)
     }
@@ -40,11 +42,20 @@ final class ViewController: NSViewController {
     override func rightMouseDown(with event: NSEvent) {
         NSMenu.popUpReactMenu(with: event, for: view)
     }
-
-    #endif // !ENABLE_SINGLE_APP_MODE
 }
 
-#if !ENABLE_SINGLE_APP_MODE
+// Hosts a React Native root view. The Fabric root view does not implement
+// `menuForEvent:`, so right-click events propagate up the responder chain to
+// this controller, which presents the React menu as a context menu.
+final class HostingViewController: NSViewController {
+    override func mouseDown(with event: NSEvent) {
+        NSMenu.popUpReactMenu(with: event, for: view)
+    }
+
+    override func rightMouseDown(with event: NSEvent) {
+        NSMenu.popUpReactMenu(with: event, for: view)
+    }
+}
 
 extension NSMenu {
     static func popUpReactMenu(with event: NSEvent, for view: NSView) {
@@ -56,6 +67,8 @@ extension NSMenu {
     }
 }
 
+#if !ENABLE_SINGLE_APP_MODE
+
 final class Label: NSTextView {
     init(text: String) {
         super.init(frame: .zero)