diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/magellan-enableTextfieldScroll_2018-03-14-22-27.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/magellan-enableTextfieldScroll_2018-03-14-22-27.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..594bfc13201cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/magellan-enableTextfieldScroll_2018-03-14-22-27.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "TextField: Enabled scrolling and resize when disabled",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "law@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/TextField/TextField.scss b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/TextField/TextField.scss
index e605924784b16..8a940db798450 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/TextField/TextField.scss
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/TextField/TextField.scss
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ $field-error-color: $errorTextColor;
   .rootIsDisabled & {
     background-color: $field-background-disabled-color;
     border-color: $field-border-disabled-color;
-    pointer-events: none;
-    cursor: default;
   }
 
   &:hover,
@@ -104,8 +102,6 @@ $field-error-color: $errorTextColor;
   :global(.field) {
     background-color: $field-background-disabled-color;
     border-color: $field-border-disabled-color;
-    pointer-events: none;
-    cursor: default;
   }
 }
 
@@ -148,8 +144,6 @@ $field-error-color: $errorTextColor;
   &[disabled] {
     background-color: transparent;
     border-color: transparent;
-    pointer-events: none;
-    cursor: default;
   }
 
   .field {
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/TextField/examples/TextField.Multiline.Example.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/TextField/examples/TextField.Multiline.Example.tsx
index b15fe8d8929ee..480dabd284aa0 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/TextField/examples/TextField.Multiline.Example.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/TextField/examples/TextField.Multiline.Example.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { TextField } from 'office-ui-fabric-react/lib/TextField';
 import './TextField.Examples.scss';
+import { lorem } from '@uifabric/example-app-base';
 
 export class TextFieldMultilineExample extends React.Component<any, any> {
   public render() {
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export class TextFieldMultilineExample extends React.Component<any, any> {
           multiline
           rows={ 4 }
           disabled={ true }
+          value={ lorem(100) }
         />
         <TextField
           label='Required'