diff --git a/src/components/Dialog/types.ts b/src/components/Dialog/types.ts
index 9e7ad3c048..b1a46f8536 100644
--- a/src/components/Dialog/types.ts
+++ b/src/components/Dialog/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
-import type {AccessibilityProps} from 'react-native'
+import type {AccessibilityProps, GestureResponderEvent} from 'react-native'
 import {BottomSheetProps} from '@gorhom/bottom-sheet'
 
 import {ViewStyleProp} from '#/alf'
@@ -10,9 +10,15 @@ type A11yProps = Required<AccessibilityProps>
  * Mutated by useImperativeHandle to provide a public API for controlling the
  * dialog. The methods here will actually become the handlers defined within
  * the `Dialog.Outer` component.
+ *
+ * `Partial<GestureResponderEvent>` here allows us to add this directly to the
+ * `onPress` prop of a button, for example. If this type was not added, we
+ * would need to create a function to wrap `.open()` with.
  */
 export type DialogControlRefProps = {
-  open: (options?: DialogControlOpenOptions) => void
+  open: (
+    options?: DialogControlOpenOptions & Partial<GestureResponderEvent>,
+  ) => void
   close: (callback?: () => void) => void
 }