diff --git a/packages/drawer/src/routers/DrawerRouter.js b/packages/drawer/src/routers/DrawerRouter.js
index de97594c..f0e51772 100644
--- a/packages/drawer/src/routers/DrawerRouter.js
+++ b/packages/drawer/src/routers/DrawerRouter.js
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 import { SwitchRouter } from 'react-navigation';
-import withDefaultValue from 'react-navigation/src/utils/withDefaultValue';
-
 import DrawerActions from './DrawerActions';
 
+function withDefaultValue(obj, key, defaultValue) {
+  if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+    return obj;
+  }
+
+  obj[key] = defaultValue;
+  return obj;
+}
+
 const getActiveRouteKey = route => {
   if (route.routes && route.routes[route.index]) {
     return getActiveRouteKey(route.routes[route.index]);
diff --git a/packages/drawer/src/utils/invariant.js b/packages/drawer/src/utils/invariant.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9c478c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/drawer/src/utils/invariant.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-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.
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * Use invariant() to assert state which your program assumes to be true.
+ *
+ * Provide sprintf-style format (only %s is supported) and arguments
+ * to provide information about what broke and what you were
+ * expecting.
+ *
+ * The invariant message will be stripped in production, but the invariant
+ * will remain to ensure logic does not differ in production.
+ */
+
+var validateFormat = function(format) {};
+
+if (__DEV__) {
+  validateFormat = function(format) {
+    if (format === undefined) {
+      throw new Error('invariant requires an error message argument');
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+function invariant(condition, format, a, b, c, d, e, f) {
+  validateFormat(format);
+
+  if (!condition) {
+    var error;
+    if (format === undefined) {
+      error = new Error(
+        'Minified exception occurred; use the non-minified dev environment for the full error message and additional helpful warnings.'
+      );
+    } else {
+      var args = [a, b, c, d, e, f];
+      var argIndex = 0;
+      error = new Error(
+        format.replace(/%s/g, function() {
+          return args[argIndex++];
+        })
+      );
+      error.name = 'Invariant Violation';
+    }
+
+    error.framesToPop = 1; // we don't care about invariant's own frame
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = invariant;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerNavigatorItems.js b/packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerNavigatorItems.js
index cfbda36d..c2181e94 100644
--- a/packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerNavigatorItems.js
+++ b/packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerNavigatorItems.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { View, Text, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
 import { SafeAreaView } from 'react-navigation';
-import TouchableItem from 'react-navigation/src/views/TouchableItem';
+import TouchableItem from './TouchableItem';
 
 /**
  * Component that renders the navigation list in the drawer.
diff --git a/packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerSidebar.js b/packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerSidebar.js
index c7b29190..05d0a1b0 100644
--- a/packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerSidebar.js
+++ b/packages/drawer/src/views/DrawerSidebar.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { StyleSheet, View } from 'react-native';
 
 import { NavigationActions, StackActions } from 'react-navigation';
-import invariant from 'react-navigation/src/utils/invariant';
+import invariant from '../utils/invariant';
 
 /**
  * Component that renders the sidebar screen of the drawer.
diff --git a/packages/drawer/src/views/TouchableItem.js b/packages/drawer/src/views/TouchableItem.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c7a19b77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/drawer/src/views/TouchableItem.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/**
+ * TouchableItem renders a touchable that looks native on both iOS and Android.
+ *
+ * It provides an abstraction on top of TouchableNativeFeedback and
+ * TouchableOpacity.
+ *
+ * On iOS you can pass the props of TouchableOpacity, on Android pass the props
+ * of TouchableNativeFeedback.
+ */
+import React from 'react';
+import {
+  Platform,
+  TouchableNativeFeedback,
+  TouchableOpacity,
+  View,
+} from 'react-native';
+
+const ANDROID_VERSION_LOLLIPOP = 21;
+
+export default class TouchableItem extends React.Component {
+  static defaultProps = {
+    borderless: false,
+    pressColor: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, .32)',
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    /*
+     * TouchableNativeFeedback.Ripple causes a crash on old Android versions,
+     * therefore only enable it on Android Lollipop and above.
+     *
+     * All touchables on Android should have the ripple effect according to
+     * platform design guidelines.
+     * We need to pass the background prop to specify a borderless ripple effect.
+     */
+    if (
+      Platform.OS === 'android' &&
+      Platform.Version >= ANDROID_VERSION_LOLLIPOP
+    ) {
+      const { style, ...rest } = this.props;
+      return (
+        <TouchableNativeFeedback
+          {...rest}
+          style={null}
+          background={TouchableNativeFeedback.Ripple(
+            this.props.pressColor,
+            this.props.borderless
+          )}
+        >
+          <View style={style}>{React.Children.only(this.props.children)}</View>
+        </TouchableNativeFeedback>
+      );
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <TouchableOpacity {...this.props}>{this.props.children}</TouchableOpacity>
+    );
+  }
+}