diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29c0423..b60af5a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
     "start:build": "yarn build && yarn example build",
     "start:debug": "yarn build && yarn example debug",
     "test": "NODE_OPTIONS=\"${NODE_OPTIONS:-} --experimental-vm-modules\" jest",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit"
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit && tsc --noEmit -p src/__tests__/types"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "react-native",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/types/_exact-optional-props.tsx b/src/__tests__/types/_exact-optional-props.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85bd7d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/types/_exact-optional-props.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+import type {
+  ButtonProps,
+  FlatListProps,
+  ImageBackgroundProps,
+  ImageProps,
+  InputAccessoryViewProps,
+  KeyboardAvoidingViewProps,
+  ModalProps,
+  ScrollViewProps,
+  StatusBarProps,
+  SwitchProps,
+  TextInputProps,
+  TextProps,
+  TouchableWithoutFeedbackProps,
+  ViewProps,
+} from "react-native";
+
+import type { VirtualizedListWithoutRenderItemProps } from "@react-native/virtualized-lists";
+
+// Every prop this package adds must accept an explicit `undefined`, as React Native's own
+// optional props already do. Under `exactOptionalPropertyTypes` a bare `?: string` rejects
+// it, so `className={condition ? "p-4" : undefined}` — the ordinary conditional — fails.
+// This file compiles with that flag on; the root typecheck cannot observe the difference.
+declare const maybeString: string | undefined;
+declare const maybeBoolean: boolean | undefined;
+declare const noop: () => void;
+
+export const view: ViewProps = {
+  className: maybeString,
+  cssInterop: maybeBoolean,
+};
+
+export const text: TextProps = {
+  className: maybeString,
+  cssInterop: maybeBoolean,
+};
+
+export const image: ImageProps = {
+  className: maybeString,
+  cssInterop: maybeBoolean,
+};
+
+export const switchProps: SwitchProps = {
+  className: maybeString,
+  cssInterop: maybeBoolean,
+};
+
+export const inputAccessoryView: InputAccessoryViewProps = {
+  className: maybeString,
+  cssInterop: maybeBoolean,
+};
+
+export const touchableWithoutFeedback: TouchableWithoutFeedbackProps = {
+  className: maybeString,
+  cssInterop: maybeBoolean,
+};
+
+export const statusBar: StatusBarProps = {
+  className: maybeString,
+  cssInterop: maybeBoolean,
+};
+
+export const button: ButtonProps = {
+  title: "",
+  onPress: noop,
+  className: maybeString,
+};
+
+export const scrollView: ScrollViewProps = {
+  contentContainerClassName: maybeString,
+  indicatorClassName: maybeString,
+};
+
+export const flatList: FlatListProps<unknown> = {
+  data: [],
+  renderItem: () => null,
+  columnWrapperClassName: maybeString,
+};
+
+export const imageBackground: ImageBackgroundProps = {
+  source: 0,
+  imageClassName: maybeString,
+};
+
+export const textInput: TextInputProps = {
+  placeholderClassName: maybeString,
+};
+
+export const keyboardAvoidingView: KeyboardAvoidingViewProps = {
+  contentContainerClassName: maybeString,
+};
+
+export const modal: ModalProps = {
+  presentationClassName: maybeString,
+};
+
+export const virtualizedList: VirtualizedListWithoutRenderItemProps<unknown> = {
+  data: [],
+  getItem: () => undefined,
+  getItemCount: () => 0,
+  ListFooterComponentClassName: maybeString,
+  ListHeaderComponentClassName: maybeString,
+};
diff --git a/src/__tests__/types/tsconfig.json b/src/__tests__/types/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bef1691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/__tests__/types/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true
+  },
+  "include": ["./*"],
+  "files": ["../../../types.d.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/src/runtime.types.ts b/src/runtime.types.ts
index 6e8f9ad..ec24d04 100644
--- a/src/runtime.types.ts
+++ b/src/runtime.types.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export type StyledReactElement<
         : M[K] extends true | string | object
           ? K
           : never
-      : never]?: string;
+      : never]?: string | undefined;
   }
 >;
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export type StyledProps<P, M extends StyledConfiguration<any>> = P & {
       : M[K] extends true | string | object
         ? K
         : never
-    : never]?: string;
+    : never]?: string | undefined;
 };
 
 export type Styled = <
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ type StyledComponent<
         : M[K] extends true | string | object
           ? K
           : never
-      : never]?: string;
+      : never]?: string | undefined;
   }
 >;
 
diff --git a/types.d.ts b/types.d.ts
index 1ba5b85..2b359e3 100644
--- a/types.d.ts
+++ b/types.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars */
+// Every added prop is declared `| undefined` explicitly so the declarations
+// hold under `exactOptionalPropertyTypes`, where `?: string` forbids passing an
+// explicit `undefined` — which is what a conditional `className={x ? a : undefined}`
+// spreads, and what every optional prop in React Native's own types already allows.
 import type {
   ScrollViewProps,
   ScrollViewPropsAndroid,
@@ -10,64 +14,64 @@ import type {
 declare module "@react-native/virtualized-lists" {
   export interface VirtualizedListWithoutRenderItemProps<ItemT>
     extends ScrollViewProps {
-    ListFooterComponentClassName?: string;
-    ListHeaderComponentClassName?: string;
+    ListFooterComponentClassName?: string | undefined;
+    ListHeaderComponentClassName?: string | undefined;
   }
 }
 
 declare module "react-native" {
   interface ButtonProps {
-    className?: string;
+    className?: string | undefined;
   }
   interface ScrollViewProps
     extends ViewProps,
       ScrollViewPropsIOS,
       ScrollViewPropsAndroid,
       Touchable {
-    contentContainerClassName?: string;
-    indicatorClassName?: string;
+    contentContainerClassName?: string | undefined;
+    indicatorClassName?: string | undefined;
   }
   interface FlatListProps<ItemT> extends VirtualizedListProps<ItemT> {
-    columnWrapperClassName?: string;
+    columnWrapperClassName?: string | undefined;
   }
   interface ImageBackgroundProps extends ImagePropsBase {
-    imageClassName?: string;
+    imageClassName?: string | undefined;
   }
   interface ImagePropsBase {
-    className?: string;
-    cssInterop?: boolean;
+    className?: string | undefined;
+    cssInterop?: boolean | undefined;
   }
   interface ViewProps {
-    className?: string;
-    cssInterop?: boolean;
+    className?: string | undefined;
+    cssInterop?: boolean | undefined;
   }
   interface TextInputProps {
-    placeholderClassName?: string;
+    placeholderClassName?: string | undefined;
   }
   interface TextProps {
-    className?: string;
-    cssInterop?: boolean;
+    className?: string | undefined;
+    cssInterop?: boolean | undefined;
   }
   interface SwitchProps {
-    className?: string;
-    cssInterop?: boolean;
+    className?: string | undefined;
+    cssInterop?: boolean | undefined;
   }
   interface InputAccessoryViewProps {
-    className?: string;
-    cssInterop?: boolean;
+    className?: string | undefined;
+    cssInterop?: boolean | undefined;
   }
   interface TouchableWithoutFeedbackProps {
-    className?: string;
-    cssInterop?: boolean;
+    className?: string | undefined;
+    cssInterop?: boolean | undefined;
   }
   interface StatusBarProps {
-    className?: string;
-    cssInterop?: boolean;
+    className?: string | undefined;
+    cssInterop?: boolean | undefined;
   }
   interface KeyboardAvoidingViewProps extends ViewProps {
-    contentContainerClassName?: string;
+    contentContainerClassName?: string | undefined;
   }
   interface ModalBaseProps {
-    presentationClassName?: string;
+    presentationClassName?: string | undefined;
   }
 }