diff --git a/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/System/JSTimers/JSTimersExecution.js b/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/System/JSTimers/JSTimersExecution.js
index df1b60972..b118a28a6 100644
--- a/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/System/JSTimers/JSTimersExecution.js
+++ b/Libraries/JavaScriptAppEngine/System/JSTimers/JSTimersExecution.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ var performanceNow = require('fbjs/lib/performanceNow');
 var warning = require('fbjs/lib/warning');
 var Systrace = require('Systrace');
 
+let hasEmittedTimeDriftWarning = false;
+
 /**
  * JS implementation of timer functions. Must be completely driven by an
  * external clock signal, all that's stored here is timerID, timer type, and
@@ -147,6 +149,17 @@ var JSTimersExecution = {
     }
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Called from native (in development) when environment times are out-of-sync.
+   */
+  emitTimeDriftWarning: function(warningMessage) {
+    if (hasEmittedTimeDriftWarning) {
+      return;
+    }
+    hasEmittedTimeDriftWarning = true;
+    console.warn(warningMessage);
+  },
+
   _clearIndex: function(i) {
     JSTimersExecution.timerIDs[i] = null;
     JSTimersExecution.callbacks[i] = null;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JSTimersExecution.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JSTimersExecution.java
index 9e0ba2a3d..41b241fad 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JSTimersExecution.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/JSTimersExecution.java
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableArray;
 public interface JSTimersExecution extends JavaScriptModule {
 
   public void callTimers(WritableArray timerIDs);
+
+  public void emitTimeDriftWarning(String warningMessage);
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/Timing.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/Timing.java
index d0ee51cfc..8b88c05b4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/Timing.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/core/Timing.java
@@ -226,11 +226,10 @@ public final class Timing extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements Lifecycl
     if (mDevSupportManager.getDevSupportEnabled()) {
       long driftTime = Math.abs(remoteTime - deviceTime);
       if (driftTime > 60000) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(
-          "Debugger and device times have drifted by more than 60s." +
-          "Please correct this by running adb shell " +
-          "\"date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`\" on your debugger machine."
-        );
+        getReactApplicationContext().getJSModule(executorToken, JSTimersExecution.class)
+          .emitTimeDriftWarning(
+            "Debugger and device times have drifted by more than 60s. Please correct this by " +
+            "running adb shell \"date `date +%m%d%H%M%Y.%S`\" on your debugger machine.");
       }
     }