diff --git a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigation/NavigationRouteStack.js b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigation/NavigationRouteStack.js
index fc40cc720..d17e2ffcd 100644
--- a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigation/NavigationRouteStack.js
+++ b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigation/NavigationRouteStack.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ var invariant = require('invariant');
 
 type IterationCallback = (route: any, index: number, key: string) => void;
 
-var {List} = immutable;
+var {List, Set} = immutable;
 
 function isRouteEmpty(route: any): boolean {
   return (route === undefined || route === null || route === '') || false;
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ class RouteNode {
   }
 }
 
+var StackDiffRecord = immutable.Record({
+  key: null,
+  route: null,
+  index: null,
+});
+
 /**
  * The immutable route stack.
  */
@@ -201,6 +207,25 @@ class RouteStack {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns a Set excluding any routes contained within the stack given.
+   */
+  subtract(stack: RouteStack): Set<StackDiffRecord> {
+    var items = [];
+    this._routeNodes.forEach((node: RouteNode, index: number) => {
+      if (!stack._routeNodes.contains(node)) {
+        items.push(
+          new StackDiffRecord({
+            route: node.value,
+            index: index,
+            key: node.key,
+          })
+        );
+      }
+    });
+    return new Set(items);
+  }
+
   _update(index: number, routeNodes: List): RouteStack {
     if (this._index === index && this._routeNodes === routeNodes) {
       return this;
diff --git a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigation/__tests__/NavigationRouteStack-test.js b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigation/__tests__/NavigationRouteStack-test.js
index df75c04ef..77ce34c75 100644
--- a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigation/__tests__/NavigationRouteStack-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/Navigation/__tests__/NavigationRouteStack-test.js
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ jest
 
 var NavigationRouteStack = require('NavigationRouteStack');
 
+function assetStringNotEmpty(str) {
+  expect(!!str && typeof str === 'string').toBe(true);
+}
+
 describe('NavigationRouteStack:', () => {
   // Different types of routes.
   var ROUTES = [
@@ -341,4 +345,62 @@ describe('NavigationRouteStack:', () => {
       ['b', 1, true],
     ]);
   });
+
+  // Diff
+  it('subtracts stack', () => {
+    var stack1 = new NavigationRouteStack(2, ['a', 'b', 'c']);
+    var stack2 = stack1.pop().pop().push('x').push('y');
+
+    var diff = stack1.subtract(stack2);
+
+    var result = diff.toJS().map((record) => {
+      assetStringNotEmpty(record.key);
+      return {
+        index: record.index,
+        route: record.route,
+      };
+    });
+
+    // route `b` and `c` are no longer in the stack.
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      {
+        index: 1,
+        route: 'b',
+      },
+      {
+        index: 2,
+        route: 'c',
+      },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('only subtracts the derived stack', () => {
+    var stack1 = new NavigationRouteStack(2, ['a', 'b', 'c']);
+    var stack2 = new NavigationRouteStack(0, ['a']);
+    var diff = stack1.subtract(stack2);
+
+    var result = diff.toJS().map((record) => {
+      assetStringNotEmpty(record.key);
+      return {
+        index: record.index,
+        route: record.route,
+      };
+    });
+
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      {
+        index: 0,
+        route: 'a',
+      },
+      {
+        index: 1,
+        route: 'b',
+      },
+      {
+        index: 2,
+        route: 'c',
+      },
+    ]);
+
+  });
 });