diff --git a/packages/react-strict-dom/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/react-strict-dom/CHANGELOG.md
index b27380ef..87c80169 100644
--- a/packages/react-strict-dom/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/react-strict-dom/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 * [Native] React Strict DOM and React Strict Animated now require `react-native >=0.82.0` for native builds that use RN DOM Node APIs.
 
+### Fixes
+
+* [Native] Call inherited host node methods, such as `focus` and `blur`, on the host node so imperative ref APIs work again.
+
 ### Internal
 
 * [Native] `useStrictDOMElement` now wraps the RN host node with `Object.create(node)` and defines only strict-dom overrides as own properties.
diff --git a/packages/react-strict-dom/src/native/modules/useStrictDOMElement.js b/packages/react-strict-dom/src/native/modules/useStrictDOMElement.js
index a8a6c7bd..eaf42291 100644
--- a/packages/react-strict-dom/src/native/modules/useStrictDOMElement.js
+++ b/packages/react-strict-dom/src/native/modules/useStrictDOMElement.js
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ type StrictRefTarget = {
 const memoizedStrictRefs: WeakMap<HostInstance, StrictRefTarget> =
   new WeakMap();
 
+const objectPrototype: interface {} | null = Object.getPrototypeOf({});
+
 const lengthPropertySet: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
   'clientHeight',
   'clientLeft',
@@ -64,6 +66,45 @@ const lengthPropertySet: ReadonlySet<string> = new Set([
   'scrollWidth'
 ]);
 
+/**
+ * Re-exposes the host node's inherited methods as own properties that call
+ * through to the node.
+ *
+ * Reading a method off the wrapper resolves it via the prototype chain but
+ * calls it with the wrapper as the receiver. RN's host node methods read
+ * internals off `this`, and those internals are not reachable from the
+ * wrapper, so `strictRef.focus()` is a no-op while `node.focus()` works.
+ * Own methods of the node are left alone: RN assigns those as closures over
+ * the node, so their receiver does not matter.
+ */
+function bindInheritedMethods(strictRef: StrictRefTarget, node: HostInstance) {
+  let proto: interface {} | null = Object.getPrototypeOf(node);
+  while (proto != null && proto !== objectPrototype) {
+    const names: ReadonlyArray<string> = Object.getOwnPropertyNames(proto);
+    for (const name of names) {
+      if (
+        name === 'constructor' ||
+        Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(strictRef, name) != null
+      ) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(proto, name);
+      // Accessors are left on the prototype chain: they read the plain
+      // instance fields that the wrapper already inherits.
+      if (descriptor == null || typeof descriptor.value !== 'function') {
+        continue;
+      }
+      Object.defineProperty(strictRef, name, {
+        value: (...args: Array<unknown>) =>
+          // $FlowFixMe[prop-missing] - dynamic method call on the RN host node.
+          node[name](...args),
+        configurable: true
+      });
+    }
+    proto = Object.getPrototypeOf(proto);
+  }
+}
+
 /**
  * Uses the RN host node as the wrapper's prototype so non-overridden reads
  * resolve via the prototype chain — including the symbol-keyed internals
@@ -88,6 +129,10 @@ function getOrCreateStrictRef(
   // $FlowFixMe[class-object-subtyping] - read the host node's polyfill members.
   const nodeInternals: StrictRefPolyfills = node;
 
+  // Runs before the definitions below so the strict-dom overrides, such as the
+  // viewport-scaled `getBoundingClientRect`, still win.
+  bindInheritedMethods(strictRef, node);
+
   Object.defineProperty(strictRef, 'nodeName', {
     value: tagName.toUpperCase(),
     configurable: true
diff --git a/packages/react-strict-dom/tests/html/html-refs-test.native.js b/packages/react-strict-dom/tests/html/html-refs-test.native.js
index 5b80dbe2..20dfda8e 100644
--- a/packages/react-strict-dom/tests/html/html-refs-test.native.js
+++ b/packages/react-strict-dom/tests/html/html-refs-test.native.js
@@ -94,6 +94,41 @@ describe('<html.*> refs', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    test('input ref calls inherited host node methods on the host node', () => {
+      // RN host instances define `focus` and `blur` on the prototype chain and
+      // read internals off `this`, so the receiver has to stay the host node.
+      const receivers = {};
+      let hostNode;
+      function createNodeMock() {
+        const prototype = {
+          blur() {
+            receivers.blur = this;
+          },
+          focus() {
+            receivers.focus = this;
+          }
+        };
+        const ownProperties = buildHostNodeMock();
+        delete ownProperties.blur;
+        delete ownProperties.focus;
+        hostNode = Object.assign(Object.create(prototype), ownProperties);
+        return hostNode;
+      }
+      act(() => {
+        create(
+          <html.input
+            ref={(node) => {
+              node.focus();
+              node.blur();
+            }}
+          />,
+          { createNodeMock }
+        );
+      });
+      expect(receivers.focus).toBe(hostNode);
+      expect(receivers.blur).toBe(hostNode);
+    });
+
     test('input ref does not throw when host node is null', () => {
       act(() => {
         create(