diff --git a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/CSSPropertyOperations.js b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/CSSPropertyOperations.js
index 55fd43ec479d0..a7c66c98a0db8 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/CSSPropertyOperations.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/CSSPropertyOperations.js
@@ -254,3 +254,52 @@ function validateShorthandPropertyCollisionInDev(prevStyles, nextStyles) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+export function constructClassNameString(args) {
+  const convertToString = arg => {
+    if (typeof arg === 'string') {
+      return arg;
+    }
+
+    if (typeof arg === 'number') {
+      return arg.toString();
+    }
+
+    if (typeof arg === 'object') {
+      if (Array.isArray(arg)) {
+        return arg
+          .reduce((acc, arg2) => {
+            if (arg2) {
+              const argString = convertToString(arg2);
+              if (argString) {
+                return [...acc, argString];
+              }
+            }
+            return acc;
+          }, [])
+          .join(' ');
+      }
+
+      return Object.entries(arg)
+        .filter(([key, value]) => value)
+        .map(([key]) => key)
+        .join(' ');
+    }
+
+    return '';
+  };
+
+  const className = args
+    .reduce((acc, arg) => {
+      if (arg) {
+        const argString = convertToString(arg);
+        if (argString) {
+          return [...acc, argString];
+        }
+      }
+      return acc;
+    }, [])
+    .join(' ');
+
+  return className;
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/DOMPropertyOperations.js b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/DOMPropertyOperations.js
index 867eeba4a0869..ffec02e8ccac6 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/DOMPropertyOperations.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/DOMPropertyOperations.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import isAttributeNameSafe from '../shared/isAttributeNameSafe';
 import {enableTrustedTypesIntegration} from 'shared/ReactFeatureFlags';
 import {checkAttributeStringCoercion} from 'shared/CheckStringCoercion';
 import {getFiberCurrentPropsFromNode} from './ReactDOMComponentTree';
+import {constructClassNameString} from './CSSPropertyOperations';
 
 /**
  * Get the value for a attribute on a node. Only used in DEV for SSR validation.
@@ -157,6 +158,16 @@ export function setValueForKnownAttribute(
   );
 }
 
+export function setComputedValueForClassAttribute(node: Element, value: mixed | Array<mixed>) {
+  if (value === null) {
+    node.removeAttribute('class');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const computedValue = constructClassNameString(value);
+  setValueForKnownAttribute(node, 'class', computedValue);
+}
+
 export function setValueForNamespacedAttribute(
   node: Element,
   namespace: string,
diff --git a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
index 673fd47eca464..4ea899fbab52e 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom-bindings/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   setValueForKnownAttribute,
   setValueForAttribute,
   setValueForNamespacedAttribute,
+  setComputedValueForClassAttribute,
 } from './DOMPropertyOperations';
 import {
   validateInputProps,
@@ -388,6 +389,9 @@ function setProp(
     case 'className':
       setValueForKnownAttribute(domElement, 'class', value);
       break;
+    case 'classNames':
+      setComputedValueForClassAttribute(domElement, value);
+      break;
     case 'tabIndex':
       // This has to be case sensitive in SVG.
       setValueForKnownAttribute(domElement, 'tabindex', value);