diff --git a/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js b/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
index d0e685a5e..6f0a312e9 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Image/Image.android.js
@@ -190,9 +190,6 @@ let Image = (
     props.loadingIndicatorSource,
   );
 
-  // As opposed to the ios version, here we render `null` when there is no source, source.uri
-  // or source array.
-
   if (source && source.uri === '') {
     console.warn('source.uri should not be an empty string');
   }
@@ -215,13 +212,9 @@ let Image = (
     );
   }
 
-  if (!source || (!source.uri && !Array.isArray(source))) {
-    return null;
-  }
-
   let style;
   let sources;
-  if (source.uri) {
+  if (source?.uri != null) {
     const {width, height} = source;
     style = flattenStyle([{width, height}, styles.base, props.style]);
     sources = [{uri: source.uri}];
@@ -235,7 +228,7 @@ let Image = (
     style,
     shouldNotifyLoadEvents: !!(onLoadStart || onLoad || onLoadEnd || onError),
     src: sources,
-    headers: source.headers,
+    headers: source?.headers,
     defaultSrc: defaultSource ? defaultSource.uri : null,
     loadingIndicatorSrc: loadingIndicatorSource
       ? loadingIndicatorSource.uri
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
index 440bf3f2c..cf7a1580f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
 
   public static final int REMOTE_IMAGE_FADE_DURATION_MS = 300;
 
+  public static final String REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI =
+  "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=";
+
   private static float[] sComputedCornerRadii = new float[4];
 
   /*
@@ -338,7 +341,10 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
 
   public void setSource(@Nullable ReadableArray sources) {
     mSources.clear();
-    if (sources != null && sources.size() != 0) {
+    if (sources == null || sources.size() == 0) {
+      ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getContext(), REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI);
+      mSources.add(imageSource);
+    } else {
       // Optimize for the case where we have just one uri, case in which we don't need the sizes
       if (sources.size() == 1) {
         ReadableMap source = sources.getMap(0);
@@ -572,9 +578,9 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
   private void setSourceImage() {
     mImageSource = null;
     if (mSources.isEmpty()) {
-      return;
-    }
-    if (hasMultipleSources()) {
+      ImageSource imageSource = new ImageSource(getContext(), REMOTE_TRANSPARENT_BITMAP_URI);
+       mSources.add(imageSource);
+     } else if (hasMultipleSources()) {
       MultiSourceResult multiSource =
         MultiSourceHelper.getBestSourceForSize(getWidth(), getHeight(), mSources);
       mImageSource = multiSource.getBestResult();
@@ -609,4 +615,3 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
     }
   }
 }
-