diff --git a/core/src/utils/keyboard/keyboard.ts b/core/src/utils/keyboard/keyboard.ts
index 2b43d3cacb..f87f00e6fc 100644
--- a/core/src/utils/keyboard/keyboard.ts
+++ b/core/src/utils/keyboard/keyboard.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export const startKeyboardAssist = (win: Window) => {
    * how it resizes such that the Visual Viewport API is not
    * reliable here.
    */
-  if (nativeEngine !== undefined) {
+  if (nativeEngine) {
     startNativeListeners(win);
   } else {
     if (!(win as any).visualViewport) {
diff --git a/core/src/utils/keyboard/test/keyboard.spec.ts b/core/src/utils/keyboard/test/keyboard.spec.ts
index e732fae730..52825703e3 100644
--- a/core/src/utils/keyboard/test/keyboard.spec.ts
+++ b/core/src/utils/keyboard/test/keyboard.spec.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ const mockVisualViewport = (
   return win;
 };
 
+const mockCapacitor = (win: Window) => {
+  win.Capacitor = {
+    isPluginAvailable: () => false,
+  };
+};
+
 const resizeVisualViewport = (win: Window, visualViewport: any = {}) => {
   win.visualViewport = Object.assign(win.visualViewport, visualViewport);
 
@@ -251,3 +257,19 @@ describe('Keyboard Assist Integration', () => {
     expect(window.dispatchEvent.mock.calls.length).toEqual(0);
   });
 });
+
+describe('Keyboard Assist with Capacitor', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    resetKeyboardAssist(window);
+    mockCapacitor(window);
+    mockVisualViewport(window);
+    startKeyboardAssist(window);
+  });
+
+  it('should attach visual viewport listeners when Capacitor is available but the Keyboard plugin is not', () => {
+    resizeVisualViewport(window, { width: 320, height: 350 });
+
+    expect(window.dispatchEvent.mock.calls.length).toEqual(1);
+    expect(window.dispatchEvent.mock.calls[0][0].type).toEqual(KEYBOARD_DID_OPEN);
+  });
+});