diff --git a/ios/EnrichedTextView.h b/ios/EnrichedTextView.h
index cd5d47243..b8c83de1a 100644
--- a/ios/EnrichedTextView.h
+++ b/ios/EnrichedTextView.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 - (void)emitOnLinkPressEvent:(NSString *)url;
 - (void)emitOnMentionPressEvent:(MentionParams *)mention;
 - (void)emitOnImagePressEvent:(MediaAttachment *)attachment;
+- (void)layoutAttachments;
 @end
 
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_END
diff --git a/ios/enrichedTextTextView/EnrichedTextTextView.mm b/ios/enrichedTextTextView/EnrichedTextTextView.mm
index 8927518e3..61cce05fc 100644
--- a/ios/enrichedTextTextView/EnrichedTextTextView.mm
+++ b/ios/enrichedTextTextView/EnrichedTextTextView.mm
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@
 
 @implementation EnrichedTextTextView
 
+- (void)layoutSubviews {
+  [super layoutSubviews];
+
+  // once the textView actually knows its width and height,
+  // we can position the inline images
+  EnrichedTextView *host = self.host;
+  if (!CGRectIsEmpty(host.textView.frame)) {
+    [host layoutAttachments];
+  }
+}
+
 - (void)copy:(id)sender {
   EnrichedTextView *host = self.host;
   if (host == nullptr) {