diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Debugging/DebuggingRegistry.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Debugging/DebuggingRegistry.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9b2c8f535f1305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Debugging/DebuggingRegistry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow strict-local
+ * @format
+ * @oncall react_native
+ */
+
+import type {AppContainerRootViewRef} from '../ReactNative/AppContainer-dev';
+
+export type DebuggingRegistrySubscriberProtocol = {
+  rootViewRef: AppContainerRootViewRef,
+};
+
+class DebuggingRegistry {
+  #registry: Set<DebuggingRegistrySubscriberProtocol> = new Set();
+
+  subscribe(subscriber: DebuggingRegistrySubscriberProtocol) {
+    this.#registry.add(subscriber);
+  }
+
+  unsubscribe(subscriber: DebuggingRegistrySubscriberProtocol) {
+    const wasPresent = this.#registry.delete(subscriber);
+    if (!wasPresent) {
+      console.error(
+        '[DebuggingRegistry] Unexpected argument for unsubscription, which was not previously subscribed:',
+        subscriber,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+const debuggingRegistryInstance: DebuggingRegistry = new DebuggingRegistry();
+export default debuggingRegistryInstance;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Debugging/useSubscribeToDebuggingRegistry.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Debugging/useSubscribeToDebuggingRegistry.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..feb01eafce5f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Debugging/useSubscribeToDebuggingRegistry.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow strict-local
+ * @format
+ * @oncall react_native
+ */
+
+import type {AppContainerRootViewRef} from '../ReactNative/AppContainer-dev';
+
+import DebuggingRegistry from './DebuggingRegistry';
+import {useEffect} from 'react';
+
+const useSubscribeToDebuggingRegistry = (
+  rootViewRef: AppContainerRootViewRef,
+) => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const subscriber = {rootViewRef};
+
+    DebuggingRegistry.subscribe(subscriber);
+    return () => DebuggingRegistry.unsubscribe(subscriber);
+  }, [rootViewRef]);
+};
+
+export default useSubscribeToDebuggingRegistry;
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Inspector/Inspector.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Inspector/Inspector.js
index dc274521388903..94c32994a781c6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Inspector/Inspector.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Inspector/Inspector.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+import type {InspectedViewRef} from '../ReactNative/AppContainer-dev';
 import type {
   InspectorData,
   TouchedViewDataAtPoint,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export type InspectedElement = $ReadOnly<{
 export type ElementsHierarchy = InspectorData['hierarchy'];
 
 type Props = {
-  inspectedViewRef: React.RefObject<React.ElementRef<typeof View> | null>,
+  inspectedViewRef: InspectedViewRef,
   onRequestRerenderApp: () => void,
   reactDevToolsAgent?: ReactDevToolsAgent,
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Inspector/ReactDevToolsOverlay.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Inspector/ReactDevToolsOverlay.js
index cca9e7e8b7dc88..c62bc27b2ebe17 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Inspector/ReactDevToolsOverlay.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Inspector/ReactDevToolsOverlay.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  * @flow
  */
 
+import type {InspectedViewRef} from '../ReactNative/AppContainer-dev';
 import type {PointerEvent} from '../Types/CoreEventTypes';
 import type {PressEvent} from '../Types/CoreEventTypes';
 import type {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ const getInspectorDataForViewAtPoint = require('./getInspectorDataForViewAtPoint
 const {useEffect, useState, useCallback} = React;
 
 type Props = {
-  inspectedViewRef: React.RefObject<React.ElementRef<typeof View> | null>,
+  inspectedViewRef: InspectedViewRef,
   reactDevToolsAgent: ReactDevToolsAgent,
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/AppContainer-dev.js b/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/AppContainer-dev.js
index 3e4fe8389610e7..21171128e99379 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/AppContainer-dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/ReactNative/AppContainer-dev.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import type {Props} from './AppContainer';
 import TraceUpdateOverlay from '../Components/TraceUpdateOverlay/TraceUpdateOverlay';
 import ReactNativeStyleAttributes from '../Components/View/ReactNativeStyleAttributes';
 import View from '../Components/View/View';
+import useSubscribeToDebuggingRegistry from '../Debugging/useSubscribeToDebuggingRegistry';
 import RCTDeviceEventEmitter from '../EventEmitter/RCTDeviceEventEmitter';
 import ReactDevToolsOverlay from '../Inspector/ReactDevToolsOverlay';
 import LogBoxNotificationContainer from '../LogBox/LogBoxNotificationContainer';
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ if (reactDevToolsHook) {
 }
 
 type InspectorDeferredProps = {
-  inspectedViewRef: React.RefObject<React.ElementRef<typeof View> | null>,
+  inspectedViewRef: InspectedViewRef,
   onInspectedViewRerenderRequest: () => void,
   reactDevToolsAgent?: ReactDevToolsAgent,
 };
@@ -73,7 +74,9 @@ const AppContainer = ({
   showArchitectureIndicator,
   WrapperComponent,
 }: Props): React.Node => {
-  const innerViewRef = React.useRef<React.ElementRef<typeof View> | null>(null);
+  const appContainerRootViewRef: AppContainerRootViewRef = React.useRef(null);
+  const innerViewRef: InspectedViewRef = React.useRef(null);
+  useSubscribeToDebuggingRegistry(appContainerRootViewRef);
 
   const [key, setKey] = useState(0);
   const [shouldRenderInspector, setShouldRenderInspector] = useState(false);
@@ -138,7 +141,10 @@ const AppContainer = ({
 
   return (
     <RootTagContext.Provider value={createRootTag(rootTag)}>
-      <View style={styles.container} pointerEvents="box-none">
+      <View
+        ref={appContainerRootViewRef}
+        style={styles.container}
+        pointerEvents="box-none">
         {innerView}
 
         {reactDevToolsAgent != null && (
@@ -169,4 +175,10 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {flex: 1},
 });
 
+export type AppContainerRootViewRef = React.RefObject<React.ElementRef<
+  typeof View,
+> | null>;
+export type InspectedViewRef = React.RefObject<React.ElementRef<
+  typeof View,
+> | null>;
 export default AppContainer;