diff --git a/FS.common.js b/FS.common.js
index 31f6d11..074cdf4 100644
--- a/FS.common.js
+++ b/FS.common.js
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ var RNFS = {
   MainBundlePath: RNFSManager.MainBundlePath,
   CachesDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.NSCachesDirectoryPath,
   DocumentDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.NSDocumentDirectoryPath,
+  ExternalDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.NSExternalDirectoryPath,
   LibraryDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.NSLibraryDirectoryPath,
   PicturesDirectoryPath: RNFSManager.NSPicturesDirectoryPath
 };
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1811c2..0d10b41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ The following constants are available on the `RNFS` export:
 `MainBundlePath` (`String`) The absolute path to the main bundle directory  
 `CachesDirectoryPath` (`String`) The absolute path to the caches directory  
 `DocumentDirectoryPath`  (`String`) The absolute path to the document directory
+`ExternalDirectoryPath` (`String`) The absolute path to the external, shared directory (android only)
 
 ### `promise readDir(path)`
 
diff --git a/RNFSManager.m b/RNFSManager.m
index 4fe5b06..ca8cfcb 100644
--- a/RNFSManager.m
+++ b/RNFSManager.m
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(pathForBundle:(NSString *)bundleNamed
     @"MainBundlePath": [[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath],
     @"NSCachesDirectoryPath": [self getPathForDirectory:NSCachesDirectory],
     @"NSDocumentDirectoryPath": [self getPathForDirectory:NSDocumentDirectory],
+    @"NSExternalDirectoryPath": [NSNull null],
     @"NSLibraryDirectoryPath": [self getPathForDirectory:NSLibraryDirectory],
     @"NSFileTypeRegular": NSFileTypeRegular,
     @"NSFileTypeDirectory": NSFileTypeDirectory
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
index dd3ea64..aeca38e 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/rnfs/RNFSManager.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule;
 public class RNFSManager extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
 
   private static final String NSDocumentDirectoryPath = "NSDocumentDirectoryPath";
+  private static final String NSExternalDirectoryPath = "NSExternalDirectoryPath";
   private static final String NSPicturesDirectoryPath = "NSPicturesDirectoryPath";
   private static final String NSCachesDirectoryPath = "NSCachesDirectoryPath";
   private static final String NSDocumentDirectory = "NSDocumentDirectory";
@@ -310,6 +311,12 @@ public class RNFSManager extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
     final Map<String, Object> constants = new HashMap<>();
     constants.put(NSDocumentDirectory, 0);
     constants.put(NSDocumentDirectoryPath, this.getReactApplicationContext().getFilesDir().getAbsolutePath());
+    File externalDirectory = this.getReactApplicationContext().getExternalFilesDir(null);
+    if (externalDirectory != null) {
+        constants.put(NSExternalDirectoryPath, externalDirectory.getAbsolutePath());
+    } else {
+        constants.put(NSExternalDirectoryPath, null);
+    }
     constants.put(NSPicturesDirectoryPath, Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_PICTURES).getAbsolutePath());
     constants.put(NSCachesDirectoryPath, this.getReactApplicationContext().getCacheDir().getAbsolutePath());
     constants.put(NSFileTypeRegular, 0);