diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt
index 2c6c277787..d44513339d 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/GestureHandlerOrchestrator.kt
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ class GestureHandlerOrchestrator(
     return parent === wrapperView
   }
 
+  fun isAnyHandlerActive() = gestureHandlers.any { it?.state == GestureHandler.STATE_ACTIVE }
+
   /**
    * Transforms an event in the coordinates of wrapperView into the coordinate space of the received view.
    *
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
index 3fd219d041..64f230a2c8 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/core/NativeViewGestureHandler.kt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewConfiguration
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.widget.ScrollView
+import com.facebook.react.views.scroll.ReactScrollView
 import com.facebook.react.views.swiperefresh.ReactSwipeRefreshLayout
 import com.facebook.react.views.textinput.ReactEditText
 
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ class NativeViewGestureHandler : GestureHandler<NativeViewGestureHandler>() {
       is NativeViewGestureHandlerHook -> this.hook = view
       is ReactEditText -> this.hook = EditTextHook(this, view)
       is ReactSwipeRefreshLayout -> this.hook = SwipeRefreshLayoutHook(this, view)
+      is ReactScrollView -> this.hook = ScrollViewHook()
     }
   }
 
@@ -248,4 +250,8 @@ class NativeViewGestureHandler : GestureHandler<NativeViewGestureHandler>() {
       // oh well  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     }
   }
+
+  private class ScrollViewHook : NativeViewGestureHandlerHook {
+    override fun shouldCancelRootViewGestureHandlerIfNecessary() = true
+  }
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootHelper.kt b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootHelper.kt
index b20ba42229..f6ea6a107f 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootHelper.kt
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/gesturehandler/react/RNGestureHandlerRootHelper.kt
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ class RNGestureHandlerRootHelper(private val context: ReactContext, wrappedView:
   private inner class RootViewGestureHandler : GestureHandler<RootViewGestureHandler>() {
     override fun onHandle(event: MotionEvent, sourceEvent: MotionEvent) {
       val currentState = state
-      if (currentState == STATE_UNDETERMINED) {
+      // we shouldn't stop intercepting events when there is an active handler already, which could happen when
+      // adding a new pointer to the screen after a handler activates
+      if (currentState == STATE_UNDETERMINED && (!shouldIntercept || orchestrator?.isAnyHandlerActive() != true)) {
         begin()
         shouldIntercept = false
       }