diff --git a/packages/render-html/src/RenderHTMLConfigProvider.tsx b/packages/render-html/src/RenderHTMLConfigProvider.tsx
index 7d2e53b10..97bfde1d4 100644
--- a/packages/render-html/src/RenderHTMLConfigProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/render-html/src/RenderHTMLConfigProvider.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export const renderHTMLConfigPropTypes: RenderHTMLConfigPropTypes = {
   bypassAnonymousTPhrasingNodes: PropTypes.bool,
   defaultTextProps: PropTypes.object,
   defaultViewProps: PropTypes.object,
+  enableExperimentalGhostLinesPrevention: PropTypes.bool,
   enableExperimentalMarginCollapsing: PropTypes.bool,
   remoteErrorView: PropTypes.func,
   remoteLoadingView: PropTypes.func,
diff --git a/packages/render-html/src/TTextRenderer.ts b/packages/render-html/src/TTextRenderer.ts
index 27c3508c2..b222b2ca4 100644
--- a/packages/render-html/src/TTextRenderer.ts
+++ b/packages/render-html/src/TTextRenderer.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,16 @@ function TStandardTextRenderer(props: TNodeSubRendererProps<TText>) {
 export default function TTextRenderer(props: TNodeSubRendererProps<TText>) {
   const InternalTextRenderer = useInternalTextRenderer(props.tnode);
   if (InternalTextRenderer) {
-    return React.createElement(InternalTextRenderer);
+    return React.createElement(InternalTextRenderer, props);
+  }
+  // If ghost line prevention is enabled and the text data is empty, render
+  // nothing to avoid React Native painting a 20px height line.
+  // See also https://git.io/JErwX
+  if (
+    props.tnode.data === '' &&
+    props.sharedProps.enableExperimentalGhostLinesPrevention
+  ) {
+    return null;
   }
   return React.createElement(TStandardTextRenderer, props);
 }
diff --git a/packages/render-html/src/context/defaultSharedProps.ts b/packages/render-html/src/context/defaultSharedProps.ts
index f9a30118c..ef8f2deb0 100644
--- a/packages/render-html/src/context/defaultSharedProps.ts
+++ b/packages/render-html/src/context/defaultSharedProps.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const defaultSharedProps: Required<RenderHTMLSharedProps> = {
     allowFontScaling: true
   },
   defaultViewProps: {},
+  enableExperimentalGhostLinesPrevention: false,
   enableExperimentalMarginCollapsing: false,
   computeEmbeddedMaxWidth: (contentWidth) => contentWidth,
   provideEmbeddedHeaders: () => null,
diff --git a/packages/render-html/src/render/render-types.tsx b/packages/render-html/src/render/render-types.tsx
index 8ef29f085..294f0532b 100644
--- a/packages/render-html/src/render/render-types.tsx
+++ b/packages/render-html/src/render/render-types.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 import { TBlock, TPhrasing, TText } from '@native-html/transient-render-engine';
 import { ComponentType } from 'react';
+import { TNodeSubRendererProps } from '../internal-types';
 import { CustomRenderer, InternalRenderer } from '../shared-types';
 
 /**
  * Special internal renderers for non-printable text (wbr, br).
  */
-export type InternalTextContentRenderer = ComponentType<{
-  key?: string | number;
-}> & {
+export type InternalTextContentRenderer = ComponentType<
+  TNodeSubRendererProps<TText>
+> & {
   isNativeInternalTextRenderer: true;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/render-html/src/shared-types.ts b/packages/render-html/src/shared-types.ts
index ecf278ef6..107db63fc 100644
--- a/packages/render-html/src/shared-types.ts
+++ b/packages/render-html/src/shared-types.ts
@@ -363,6 +363,26 @@ export interface RenderHTMLSharedProps {
    */
   defaultWebViewProps?: any;
 
+  /**
+   * React Native doesn't handle lines like we would expect on a web browser.
+   * For example:
+   * ```jsx
+   * <View>
+   *  <Text></Text>
+   * </View>
+   * ```
+   * will span 20 dpi in height. Setting this prop to `true` will make
+   * the renderer take those React Native oddities into account.
+   * See also this ticket: https://git.io/JErwX
+   *
+   * @remarks It might not work when `bypassAnonymousTPhrasingNodes` is set to
+   * `false`. Also note that this is an experimental feature, thus subject to
+   * behavioral instability.
+   *
+   * @defaultValue false
+   */
+  enableExperimentalGhostLinesPrevention?: boolean;
+
   /**
    * Enable or disable margin collapsing CSS behavior (experimental!).
    * See {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Box_Model/Mastering_margin_collapsing | MDN docs}.
@@ -374,6 +394,8 @@ export interface RenderHTMLSharedProps {
    *   flex), which is not standard.
    * - Might not work well with {@link TPhrasing} nodes having only one child.
    *
+   * This is an experimental feature, thus subject to behavioral instability.
+   *
    * @defaultValue false
    */
   enableExperimentalMarginCollapsing?: boolean;