diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/CoreModulesPackage.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/CoreModulesPackage.java
index 83e820b59..7032fcced 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/CoreModulesPackage.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/CoreModulesPackage.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.ExceptionsManagerModule;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.JSTimersExecution;
+import com.facebook.react.modules.core.RCTNativeAppEventEmitter;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.Timing;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.debug.AnimationsDebugModule;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.debug.SourceCodeModule;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter;
         DeviceEventManagerModule.RCTDeviceEventEmitter.class,
         JSTimersExecution.class,
         RCTEventEmitter.class,
+        RCTNativeAppEventEmitter.class,
         AppRegistry.class,
         ReactNative.class,
         DebugComponentOwnershipModule.RCTDebugComponentOwnership.class);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/RCTNativeAppEventEmitter.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/RCTNativeAppEventEmitter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f678a97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/RCTNativeAppEventEmitter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.modules.core;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptModule;
+
+/**
+ * Module that handles global application events.
+ */
+public interface RCTNativeAppEventEmitter extends JavaScriptModule {
+  void emit(String eventName, @Nullable Object data);
+}
+