diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/buildStyleInterpolator.js b/Libraries/Utilities/buildStyleInterpolator.js
index fdb9653e8..1ff93d106 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utilities/buildStyleInterpolator.js
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/buildStyleInterpolator.js
@@ -553,8 +553,15 @@ var createFunctionString = function(anims) {
  * object and returns a boolean describing if any update was actually applied.
  */
 var buildStyleInterpolator = function(anims) {
-  return Function(createFunctionString(anims))();
+  // Defer compiling this method until we really need it.
+  var interpolator = null;
+  function lazyStyleInterpolator(result, value) {
+    if (interpolator === null) {
+      interpolator = Function(createFunctionString(anims))();
+    }
+    return interpolator(result, value);
+  }
+  return lazyStyleInterpolator;
 };
 
-
 module.exports = buildStyleInterpolator;