diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
index 5cf1bb3fd2eb01..92c6e9135b7ea8 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 
 			this.lastEventCount = undefined; // force a refresh on the native side
 		}
-		let minHeight = 0;
+		let minHeight = styles[ 'editor-rich-text' ].minHeight;
 		if ( style && style.minHeight ) {
 			minHeight = style.minHeight;
 		}
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/style.native.scss b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/style.native.scss
index b1207a4338aa4a..b4d626a388bd2a 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/style.native.scss
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/style.native.scss
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
 .editor-rich-text {
 	font-family: $default-regular-font;
 	text-decoration-color: $gray;
+	min-height: $min-height-paragraph;
 }