diff --git a/src/components/bottomSheetScrollable/createBottomSheetScrollableComponent.tsx b/src/components/bottomSheetScrollable/createBottomSheetScrollableComponent.tsx
index 56fb7954f..5c79e574e 100644
--- a/src/components/bottomSheetScrollable/createBottomSheetScrollableComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/bottomSheetScrollable/createBottomSheetScrollableComponent.tsx
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ export function createBottomSheetScrollableComponent<T, P>(
       progressViewOffset,
       refreshControl,
       scrollBuffer,
+      preserveScrollMomentum,
       // events
       onScroll,
       onScrollBeginDrag,
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ export function createBottomSheetScrollableComponent<T, P>(
         onScroll,
         onScrollBeginDrag,
         onScrollEndDrag,
-        scrollBuffer
+        scrollBuffer,
+        preserveScrollMomentum
       );
     const {
       enableContentPanningGesture,
@@ -73,8 +75,7 @@ export function createBottomSheetScrollableComponent<T, P>(
     //#region variables
     const scrollableAnimatedProps = useAnimatedProps(
       () => ({
-        decelerationRate:
-          SCROLLABLE_DECELERATION_RATE_MAPPER[animatedScrollableState.value],
+        ...(preserveScrollMomentum ? {} : {decelerationRate: SCROLLABLE_DECELERATION_RATE_MAPPER[animatedScrollableState.value]}),
         showsVerticalScrollIndicator: showsVerticalScrollIndicator
           ? animatedScrollableState.value === SCROLLABLE_STATE.UNLOCKED
           : showsVerticalScrollIndicator,
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ export function createBottomSheetScrollableComponent<T, P>(
       scrollableContentOffsetY,
       onRefresh !== undefined,
       scrollBuffer,
+      preserveScrollMomentum,
       focusHook
     );
     //#endregion
diff --git a/src/components/bottomSheetScrollable/types.d.ts b/src/components/bottomSheetScrollable/types.d.ts
index ba4c2145e..949b785bc 100644
--- a/src/components/bottomSheetScrollable/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/bottomSheetScrollable/types.d.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ export interface BottomSheetScrollableProps {
    * An initial scroll buffer to prevent the bottom sheet from immediately following the scroll gesture.
    */
   scrollBuffer?: number;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether or not to preserve scroll momentum when expanding a scrollable bottom sheet component.
+   */
+  preserveScrollMomentum?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type ScrollableProps<T> =
diff --git a/src/hooks/useScrollEventsHandlersDefault.ts b/src/hooks/useScrollEventsHandlersDefault.ts
index c7ea4f0bd..b09dc8eed 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useScrollEventsHandlersDefault.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useScrollEventsHandlersDefault.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ export type ScrollEventContextType = {
 export const useScrollEventsHandlersDefault: ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
   scrollableRef,
   scrollableContentOffsetY,
-  scrollBuffer
+  scrollBuffer,
+  preserveScrollMomentum
 ) => {
   // hooks
   const {
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ export const useScrollEventsHandlersDefault: ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
     isScrollableLocked,
   } = useBottomSheetInternal();
   const awaitingFirstScroll = useSharedValue(false);
+  const scrollEnded = useSharedValue(false);
 
   //#region callbacks
   const handleOnScroll: ScrollEventHandlerCallbackType<ScrollEventContextType> =
@@ -36,9 +38,9 @@ export const useScrollEventsHandlersDefault: ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
          * handleOnBeginDrag, and the scrollable shouldn't be locked when scrolling back to the
          * start of the list.
          */
-        if (scrollBuffer && awaitingFirstScroll.value && !isScrollableLocked.value) {
+        if ((preserveScrollMomentum || scrollBuffer) && awaitingFirstScroll.value && !isScrollableLocked.value) {
           const isScrollingTowardsBottom = context.initialContentOffsetY < event.contentOffset.y;
-          if (isScrollingTowardsBottom && event.contentOffset.y > scrollBuffer && context.shouldLockInitialPosition) {
+          if (isScrollingTowardsBottom && event.contentOffset.y > (scrollBuffer ?? 0) && context.shouldLockInitialPosition) {
             isScrollableLocked.value = true;
             animatedScrollableState.value = SCROLLABLE_STATE.LOCKED;
             context.shouldLockInitialPosition = true;
@@ -58,12 +60,14 @@ export const useScrollEventsHandlersDefault: ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
         }
 
         if (animatedScrollableState.value === SCROLLABLE_STATE.LOCKED) {
-          const lockPosition = context.shouldLockInitialPosition
-            ? context.initialContentOffsetY ?? 0
-            : 0;
-          // @ts-ignore
-          scrollTo(scrollableRef, 0, lockPosition, false);
-          scrollableContentOffsetY.value = lockPosition;
+          if (!(preserveScrollMomentum && scrollEnded.value)) {
+            const lockPosition = context.shouldLockInitialPosition
+              ? context.initialContentOffsetY ?? 0
+              : 0;
+            // @ts-ignore
+            scrollTo(scrollableRef, 0, lockPosition, false);
+            scrollableContentOffsetY.value = lockPosition;
+          }
           return;
         }
       },
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ export const useScrollEventsHandlersDefault: ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
         rootScrollableContentOffsetY.value = y;
         context.initialContentOffsetY = y;
         awaitingFirstScroll.value = true;
+        scrollEnded.value = false;
 
         if (scrollBuffer) {
           if (y <= 0 && (
@@ -93,7 +98,7 @@ export const useScrollEventsHandlersDefault: ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
             isScrollableLocked.value = false;
           }
         } else {
-          isScrollableLocked.value = true;
+          isScrollableLocked.value = preserveScrollMomentum ? y <= 0 : true;
         }
 
         /**
@@ -118,8 +123,9 @@ export const useScrollEventsHandlersDefault: ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
     );
   const handleOnEndDrag: ScrollEventHandlerCallbackType<ScrollEventContextType> =
     useWorkletCallback(
-      ({ contentOffset: { y } }, context) => {
+      ({ contentOffset: { y }}, context) => {
         awaitingFirstScroll.value = false;
+        scrollEnded.value = true;
         if (animatedScrollableState.value === SCROLLABLE_STATE.LOCKED) {
           const lockPosition = context.shouldLockInitialPosition
             ? context.initialContentOffsetY ?? 0
@@ -146,12 +152,14 @@ export const useScrollEventsHandlersDefault: ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
     useWorkletCallback(
       ({ contentOffset: { y } }, context) => {
         if (animatedScrollableState.value === SCROLLABLE_STATE.LOCKED) {
-          const lockPosition = context.shouldLockInitialPosition
-            ? context.initialContentOffsetY ?? 0
-            : 0;
-          // @ts-ignore
-          scrollTo(scrollableRef, 0, lockPosition, false);
-          scrollableContentOffsetY.value = 0;
+          if (!(preserveScrollMomentum && scrollEnded.value)) {
+            const lockPosition = context.shouldLockInitialPosition
+              ? context.initialContentOffsetY ?? 0
+              : 0;
+            // @ts-ignore
+            scrollTo(scrollableRef, 0, lockPosition, false);
+            scrollableContentOffsetY.value = 0;
+          }
           return;
         }
         if (animatedAnimationState.value !== ANIMATION_STATE.RUNNING) {
diff --git a/src/hooks/useScrollHandler.ts b/src/hooks/useScrollHandler.ts
index 49fecfab5..dfdc6a3d2 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useScrollHandler.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useScrollHandler.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export const useScrollHandler = (
   onScroll?: ScrollableEvent,
   onScrollBeginDrag?: ScrollableEvent,
   onScrollEndDrag?: ScrollableEvent,
-  scrollBuffer?: number
+  scrollBuffer?: number,
+  preserveScrollMomentum?: boolean
 ) => {
   // refs
   const scrollableRef = useAnimatedRef<Scrollable>();
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export const useScrollHandler = (
     handleOnEndDrag = noop,
     handleOnMomentumEnd = noop,
     handleOnMomentumBegin = noop,
-  } = useScrollEventsHandlers(scrollableRef, scrollableContentOffsetY, scrollBuffer);
+  } = useScrollEventsHandlers(scrollableRef, scrollableContentOffsetY, scrollBuffer, preserveScrollMomentum);
 
   // callbacks
   const scrollHandler = useAnimatedScrollHandler(
diff --git a/src/hooks/useScrollableSetter.ts b/src/hooks/useScrollableSetter.ts
index fbdb3a096..bbe6565be 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useScrollableSetter.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useScrollableSetter.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export const useScrollableSetter = (
   contentOffsetY: Animated.SharedValue<number>,
   refreshable: boolean,
   scrollBuffer: number | undefined,
+  preserveScrollMomentum: boolean | undefined,
   useFocusHook = useEffect
 ) => {
   // hooks
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ export const useScrollableSetter = (
     rootScrollableContentOffsetY.value = contentOffsetY.value;
     animatedScrollableType.value = type;
     isScrollableRefreshable.value = refreshable;
-    isScrollableLocked.value = !scrollBuffer;
+    isScrollableLocked.value = !preserveScrollMomentum && !scrollBuffer;
     isContentHeightFixed.value = false;
 
     // set current scrollable ref
diff --git a/src/types.d.ts b/src/types.d.ts
index 5a5db0840..2cd97c324 100644
--- a/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/types.d.ts
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ export type ScrollEventsHandlersHookType = (
   ref: React.RefObject<Scrollable>,
   contentOffsetY: SharedValue<number>,
   scrollBuffer: number | undefined,
+  preserveScrollMomentum: boolean | undefined,
 ) => {
   handleOnScroll?: ScrollEventHandlerCallbackType;
   handleOnBeginDrag?: ScrollEventHandlerCallbackType;