diff --git a/library/ui/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ui/PlayerView.java b/library/ui/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ui/PlayerView.java
index d9bb5dc955..85bbc4d38d 100644
--- a/library/ui/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ui/PlayerView.java
+++ b/library/ui/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ui/PlayerView.java
@@ -436,7 +436,11 @@ public class PlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
           break;
       }
       surfaceView.setLayoutParams(params);
+      // We don't want surfaceView to be clickable separately to the PlayerView itself, but we do
+      // want to register as an OnClickListener so that surfaceView implementations can propagate
+      // click events up to the PlayerView by calling their own performClick method.
       surfaceView.setOnClickListener(componentListener);
+      surfaceView.setClickable(false);
       contentFrame.addView(surfaceView, 0);
     } else {
       surfaceView = null;
diff --git a/library/ui/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ui/StyledPlayerView.java b/library/ui/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ui/StyledPlayerView.java
index 779cea7e0f..0eb9b40286 100644
--- a/library/ui/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ui/StyledPlayerView.java
+++ b/library/ui/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/ui/StyledPlayerView.java
@@ -443,7 +443,11 @@ public class StyledPlayerView extends FrameLayout implements AdViewProvider {
           break;
       }
       surfaceView.setLayoutParams(params);
+      // We don't want surfaceView to be clickable separately to the StyledPlayerView itself, but we
+      // do want to register as an OnClickListener so that surfaceView implementations can propagate
+      // click events up to the StyledPlayerView by calling their own performClick method.
       surfaceView.setOnClickListener(componentListener);
+      surfaceView.setClickable(false);
       contentFrame.addView(surfaceView, 0);
     } else {
       surfaceView = null;