diff --git a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
index 8bb6d8288..4617b2cb6 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ class WebView extends React.Component {
      * start playing. The default value is `false`.
      */
     mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction: PropTypes.bool,
+
+    /**
+     * Boolean that sets whether JavaScript running in the context of a file
+     * scheme URL should be allowed to access content from any origin.
+     * Including accessing content from other file scheme URLs
+     * @platform android
+     */
+    allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs: PropTypes.bool,
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
@@ -227,6 +235,7 @@ class WebView extends React.Component {
         onLoadingError={this.onLoadingError}
         testID={this.props.testID}
         mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction={this.props.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction}
+        allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs={this.props.allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs}
       />;
 
     return (
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
index 20951b621..df061a734 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
@@ -375,6 +375,11 @@ public class ReactWebViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
     view.getSettings().setMediaPlaybackRequiresUserGesture(requires);
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = "allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs")
+  public void setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs(WebView view, boolean allow) {
+    view.getSettings().setAllowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs(allow);
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = "injectedJavaScript")
   public void setInjectedJavaScript(WebView view, @Nullable String injectedJavaScript) {
     ((ReactWebView) view).setInjectedJavaScript(injectedJavaScript);