diff --git a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
index 018f913d1c4..109035aec5b 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
@@ -461,6 +461,16 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
     );
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Evaluate JavaScript on the current page.
+   */
+  evaluateJavaScript: async function(script: string): Promise {
+    var escaped = JSON.stringify(script).replace(/\u2028/g, '\\u2028').replace(/\u2029/g, '\\u2029');
+    var wrapped = 'JSON.stringify(eval(' + escaped + '))';
+    var resultString = await RCTWebViewManager.evaluateJavaScript(this.getWebViewHandle(), wrapped);
+    return JSON.parse(resultString);
+  },
+
   /**
    * We return an event with a bunch of fields including:
    *  url, title, loading, canGoBack, canGoForward
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTWebView.h b/React/Views/RCTWebView.h
index f8bd2608cc0..0b3bbb71ccb 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTWebView.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTWebView.h
@@ -41,5 +41,6 @@ shouldStartLoadForRequest:(NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, id> *)request
 - (void)goBack;
 - (void)reload;
 - (void)stopLoading;
+- (NSString *)evaluateJavaScript:(NSString *)script;
 
 @end
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTWebView.m b/React/Views/RCTWebView.m
index 76c3f096003..e103417ca1e 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTWebView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTWebView.m
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ - (void)stopLoading
   [_webView stopLoading];
 }
 
+- (NSString *)evaluateJavaScript:(NSString*)script
+{
+  return [_webView stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString: script];
+}
+
 - (void)setSource:(NSDictionary *)source
 {
   if (![_source isEqualToDictionary:source]) {
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTWebViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTWebViewManager.m
index af5f5b03b8a..ef4cf9a7bc4 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTWebViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTWebViewManager.m
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #import "RCTUIManager.h"
 #import "RCTWebView.h"
 #import "UIView+React.h"
+#import "RCTUtils.h"
 
 @interface RCTWebViewManager () <RCTWebViewDelegate>
 
@@ -97,6 +98,24 @@ - (UIView *)view
   }];
 }
 
+RCT_REMAP_METHOD(evaluateJavaScript, evaluateJavaScript:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag script:(nonnull NSString *)script resolver:(RCTPromiseResolveBlock)resolve rejecter:(RCTPromiseRejectBlock)reject)
+{
+  [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:^(__unused RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *, RCTWebView *> *viewRegistry) {
+    RCTWebView *view = viewRegistry[reactTag];
+    if (![view isKindOfClass:[RCTWebView class]]) {
+      RCTLogError(@"Invalid view returned from registry, expecting RCTWebView, got: %@", view);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    NSString *result = [view evaluateJavaScript: script];
+    if (result && [result length] > 0) {
+      resolve(result);
+    } else {
+      reject(RCTErrorUnspecified, @"Error evaluating script.", nil);
+    }
+  }];
+}
+
 #pragma mark - Exported synchronous methods
 
 - (BOOL)webView:(__unused RCTWebView *)webView