diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/polyfills/console.js b/packager/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/polyfills/console.js
index e04597402..e841aebb8 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/polyfills/console.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/polyfills/console.js
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@
   };
 
   function setupConsole(global) {
+
+    var originalConsole = global.console;
+
     if (!global.nativeLoggingHook) {
       return;
     }
@@ -462,6 +465,16 @@
       table: consoleTablePolyfill
     };
 
+    // If available, also call the original `console` method since that is
+    // sometimes useful. Ex: on OS X, this will let you see rich output in
+    // the Safari Web Inspector console.
+    Object.keys(global.console).forEach(methodName => {
+      var reactNativeMethod = global.console[methodName];
+      global.console[methodName] = function() {
+        originalConsole[methodName](...arguments);
+        reactNativeMethod.apply(global.console, arguments);
+      };
+    });
   }
 
   if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {