diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/LazyReactPackage.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/LazyReactPackage.java
index e9b29db7c..8f15a7f63 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/LazyReactPackage.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/LazyReactPackage.java
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ public abstract class LazyReactPackage implements ReactPackage {
     return modules;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @return list of native modules which should be eagerly initialized.
+   */
+  public List<String> getEagerNativeModules() {
+    return Collections.emptyList();
+  }
+
+
   /**
    * @param reactContext react application context that can be used to create View Managers.
    * @return list of module specs that can create the View Managers.
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/NativeModuleRegistryBuilder.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/NativeModuleRegistryBuilder.java
index ba107f1a6..2c6877902 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/NativeModuleRegistryBuilder.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/NativeModuleRegistryBuilder.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class NativeModuleRegistryBuilder {
     if (reactPackage instanceof LazyReactPackage) {
       LazyReactPackage lazyReactPackage = (LazyReactPackage) reactPackage;
       List<ModuleSpec> moduleSpecs = lazyReactPackage.getNativeModules(mReactApplicationContext);
+      List<String> eagerNativeModules = lazyReactPackage.getEagerNativeModules();
       Map<String, ReactModuleInfo> reactModuleInfoMap =
           lazyReactPackage.getReactModuleInfoProvider().getReactModuleInfos();
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public class NativeModuleRegistryBuilder {
         String className = moduleSpec.getClassName();
         ReactModuleInfo reactModuleInfo = reactModuleInfoMap.get(className);
         ModuleHolder moduleHolder;
-        if (reactModuleInfo == null) {
+        if (reactModuleInfo == null || eagerNativeModules.contains(className)) {
           NativeModule module;
           ReactMarker.logMarker(
             ReactMarkerConstants.CREATE_MODULE_START,