diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
index 2e3da99145f..c7d8d84a79f 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/DOMEventResponderSystem.js
@@ -170,6 +170,22 @@ const eventResponderContext: ReactResponderContext = {
     }
     return false;
   },
+  isTargetDirectlyWithinEventComponent(target: Element | Document): boolean {
+    validateResponderContext();
+    if (target != null) {
+      let fiber = getClosestInstanceFromNode(target);
+      while (fiber !== null) {
+        if (fiber.stateNode === currentInstance) {
+          return true;
+        }
+        if (fiber.tag === EventComponent) {
+          return false;
+        }
+        fiber = fiber.return;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  },
   isTargetWithinElement(
     childTarget: Element | Document,
     parentTarget: Element | Document,
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMEventResponderSystem-test.internal.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMEventResponderSystem-test.internal.js
index 8d476b4568c..f1555339573 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMEventResponderSystem-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMEventResponderSystem-test.internal.js
@@ -917,4 +917,52 @@ describe('DOMEventResponderSystem', () => {
       },
     ]);
   });
+
+  it('isTargetDirectlyWithinEventComponent works', () => {
+    const buttonRef = React.createRef();
+    const divRef = React.createRef();
+    const log = [];
+
+    const EventComponent = createReactEventComponent(
+      ['pointerout'],
+      undefined,
+      undefined,
+      (event, context) => {
+        const isWithin = context.isTargetDirectlyWithinEventComponent(
+          event.nativeEvent.relatedTarget,
+        );
+        log.push(isWithin);
+      },
+    );
+
+    const Test = () => (
+      <EventComponent>
+        <div ref={divRef} />
+        <EventComponent>
+          <button ref={buttonRef}>Click me!</button>
+        </EventComponent>
+      </EventComponent>
+    );
+    ReactDOM.render(<Test />, container);
+
+    const createEvent = (type, data) => {
+      const event = document.createEvent('CustomEvent');
+      event.initCustomEvent(type, true, true);
+      if (data != null) {
+        Object.entries(data).forEach(([key, value]) => {
+          event[key] = value;
+        });
+      }
+      return event;
+    };
+
+    buttonRef.current.dispatchEvent(
+      createEvent('pointerout', {relatedTarget: divRef.current}),
+    );
+    divRef.current.dispatchEvent(
+      createEvent('pointerout', {relatedTarget: buttonRef.current}),
+    );
+
+    expect(log).toEqual([false, true, false]);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-events/src/Hover.js b/packages/react-events/src/Hover.js
index 90b5a00883c..b18dc3610b3 100644
--- a/packages/react-events/src/Hover.js
+++ b/packages/react-events/src/Hover.js
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ function dispatchHoverStartEvents(
   if (event !== null) {
     const {nativeEvent} = event;
     if (
-      context.isTargetWithinEventComponent((nativeEvent: any).relatedTarget)
+      context.isTargetDirectlyWithinEventComponent(
+        (nativeEvent: any).relatedTarget,
+      )
     ) {
       return;
     }
@@ -156,7 +158,9 @@ function dispatchHoverEndEvents(
   if (event !== null) {
     const {nativeEvent} = event;
     if (
-      context.isTargetWithinEventComponent((nativeEvent: any).relatedTarget)
+      context.isTargetDirectlyWithinEventComponent(
+        (nativeEvent: any).relatedTarget,
+      )
     ) {
       return;
     }
diff --git a/packages/react-events/src/__tests__/Hover-test.internal.js b/packages/react-events/src/__tests__/Hover-test.internal.js
index dc29723b659..b4f2303008c 100644
--- a/packages/react-events/src/__tests__/Hover-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-events/src/__tests__/Hover-test.internal.js
@@ -443,18 +443,17 @@ describe('Hover event responder', () => {
         createPointerEvent('pointerover', {relatedTarget: innerRef.current}),
       );
       outerRef.current.dispatchEvent(createPointerEvent('pointerout'));
-      // TODO: correct result should include commented events
       expect(events).toEqual([
         'outer: onHoverStart',
         'outer: onHoverChange',
-        // 'outer: onHoverEnd',
-        // 'outer: onHoverChange',
+        'outer: onHoverEnd',
+        'outer: onHoverChange',
         'inner: onHoverStart',
         'inner: onHoverChange',
         'inner: onHoverEnd',
         'inner: onHoverChange',
-        // 'outer: onHoverStart',
-        // 'outer: onHoverChange',
+        'outer: onHoverStart',
+        'outer: onHoverChange',
         'outer: onHoverEnd',
         'outer: onHoverChange',
       ]);
diff --git a/packages/shared/ReactTypes.js b/packages/shared/ReactTypes.js
index d625733dfd3..8f1cd7c76e0 100644
--- a/packages/shared/ReactTypes.js
+++ b/packages/shared/ReactTypes.js
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ export type ReactResponderContext = {
     parentTarget: Element | Document,
   ) => boolean,
   isTargetWithinEventComponent: (Element | Document) => boolean,
+  isTargetDirectlyWithinEventComponent: (Element | Document) => boolean,
   isPositionWithinTouchHitTarget: (
     doc: Document,
     x: number,