diff --git a/Libraries/SurfaceHostingComponent/RCTSurfaceHostingComponent.mm b/Libraries/SurfaceHostingComponent/RCTSurfaceHostingComponent.mm
index 010bd961c40530..2d2a2cc10f0b63 100644
--- a/Libraries/SurfaceHostingComponent/RCTSurfaceHostingComponent.mm
+++ b/Libraries/SurfaceHostingComponent/RCTSurfaceHostingComponent.mm
@@ -16,10 +16,16 @@
 #import <React/RCTSurface.h>
 #import <React/RCTSurfaceView.h>
 
+#import "RCTSurfaceHostingComponentController.h"
 #import "RCTSurfaceHostingComponentState.h"
 
 @implementation RCTSurfaceHostingComponent
 
++ (Class<CKComponentControllerProtocol>)controllerClass
+{
+  return [RCTSurfaceHostingComponentController class];
+}
+
 + (id)initialState
 {
   return [RCTSurfaceHostingComponentState new];