diff --git a/Libraries/Modal/__tests__/Modal-test.js b/Libraries/Modal/__tests__/Modal-test.js
index 33cbb19dd50af8..7c27e70b200af3 100644
--- a/Libraries/Modal/__tests__/Modal-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Modal/__tests__/Modal-test.js
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ describe('<Modal />', () => {
     expect(instance).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
 
+  it('should not render its children when mocked with visible=false', () => {
+    const instance = render.create(
+      <Modal visible={false}>
+        <View testID="child" />
+      </Modal>,
+    );
+    expect(instance.root.findAllByProps({testID: 'child'})).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+
   it('should shallow render as <Modal> when mocked', () => {
     const output = render.shallow(
       <Modal>
diff --git a/Libraries/Modal/__tests__/__snapshots__/Modal-test.js.snap b/Libraries/Modal/__tests__/__snapshots__/Modal-test.js.snap
index b8afa443934ab0..2bd414e07c8c0a 100644
--- a/Libraries/Modal/__tests__/__snapshots__/Modal-test.js.snap
+++ b/Libraries/Modal/__tests__/__snapshots__/Modal-test.js.snap
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ exports[`<Modal /> should render as <RCTModalHostView> when not mocked 1`] = `
 <RCTModalHostView
   animationType="none"
   hardwareAccelerated={false}
-  identifier={1}
+  identifier={4}
   onDismiss={[Function]}
   onStartShouldSetResponder={[Function]}
   presentationStyle="fullScreen"
diff --git a/jest/mockModal.js b/jest/mockModal.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8c5bfc7ec092cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jest/mockModal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ * @flow strict-local
+ */
+
+/* eslint-env jest */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const React = require('react');
+const Modal = require('../Libraries/Modal/Modal');
+
+function mockModal(BaseComponent: $FlowFixMe) {
+  class ModalMock extends BaseComponent {
+    render(): React.Element<typeof Modal> {
+      return (
+        <BaseComponent {...this.props}>
+          {this.props.visible !== true ? null : this.props.children}
+        </BaseComponent>
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return ModalMock;
+}
+
+module.exports = (mockModal: $FlowFixMe);
diff --git a/jest/setup.js b/jest/setup.js
index 912b5f78dcee58..778778859da0ce 100644
--- a/jest/setup.js
+++ b/jest/setup.js
@@ -110,9 +110,11 @@ jest
       getNativeRef: jest.fn(),
     }),
   )
-  .mock('../Libraries/Modal/Modal', () =>
-    mockComponent('../Libraries/Modal/Modal'),
-  )
+  .mock('../Libraries/Modal/Modal', () => {
+    const baseComponent = mockComponent('../Libraries/Modal/Modal');
+    const mockModal = jest.requireActual('./mockModal');
+    return mockModal(baseComponent);
+  })
   .mock('../Libraries/Components/View/View', () =>
     mockComponent('../Libraries/Components/View/View', MockNativeMethods),
   )