diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTBridgeTests.m b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTBridgeTests.m
index 24967be4a..a3c4c4354 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTBridgeTests.m
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/UIExplorerUnitTests/RCTBridgeTests.m
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 @property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) RCTBridge *batchedBridge;
 
-- (void)_handleBuffer:(id)buffer;
+- (void)handleBuffer:(id)buffer;
 - (void)setUp;
 
 @end
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ _Pragma("clang diagnostic pop")
   NSArray *args = @[@1234, @5678, @"stringy", @{@"a": @1}, @42];
   NSArray *buffer = @[@[testModuleID], @[testMethodID], @[args], @[], @1234567];
 
-  [_bridge.batchedBridge _handleBuffer:buffer];
+  [_bridge.batchedBridge handleBuffer:buffer];
 
   dispatch_sync(_methodQueue, ^{
     // clear the queue
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ _Pragma("clang diagnostic pop")
 - (void)DISABLED_testBadArgumentsCount
 {
   //NSArray *bufferWithMissingArgument = @[@[@1], @[@0], @[@[@1234, @5678, @"stringy", @{@"a": @1}/*, @42*/]], @[], @1234567];
-  //[_bridge _handleBuffer:bufferWithMissingArgument];
+  //[_bridge handleBuffer:bufferWithMissingArgument];
   NSLog(@"WARNING: testBadArgumentsCount is temporarily disabled until we have a better way to test cases that we expect to trigger redbox errors");
 }
 
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.m b/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.m
index e996af146..aedb23008 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.m
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ RCT_EXTERN NSArray *RCTGetModuleClasses(void);
 {
   BOOL _loading;
   BOOL _valid;
+  BOOL _wasBatchActive;
   __weak id<RCTJavaScriptExecutor> _javaScriptExecutor;
   NSMutableArray *_pendingCalls;
   NSMutableArray *_moduleDataByID;
@@ -386,6 +387,7 @@ RCT_EXTERN NSArray *RCTGetModuleClasses(void);
     // timing issues with RCTRootView
     dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
       [self didFinishLoading];
+
       [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:RCTJavaScriptDidLoadNotification
                                                           object:_parentBridge
                                                         userInfo:@{ @"bridge": self }];
@@ -613,7 +615,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithBundleURL:(__unused NSURL *)bundleUR
          @"error": RCTNullIfNil(error),
        });
 
-       [self _handleBuffer:json];
+       [self handleBuffer:json batchEnded:YES];
 
        onComplete(error);
      }];
@@ -669,7 +671,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithBundleURL:(__unused NSURL *)bundleUR
       return;
     }
     [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:RCTDequeueNotification object:nil userInfo:nil];
-    [self _handleBuffer:json];
+    [self handleBuffer:json batchEnded:YES];
   };
 
   [_javaScriptExecutor executeJSCall:module
@@ -680,14 +682,26 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithBundleURL:(__unused NSURL *)bundleUR
 
 #pragma mark - Payload Processing
 
-- (void)_handleBuffer:(id)buffer
+- (void)handleBuffer:(id)buffer batchEnded:(BOOL)batchEnded
 {
   RCTAssertJSThread();
 
-  if (buffer == nil || buffer == (id)kCFNull) {
-    return;
+  if (buffer != nil && buffer != (id)kCFNull) {
+    _wasBatchActive = YES;
+    [self handleBuffer:buffer];
   }
 
+  if (batchEnded) {
+    if (_wasBatchActive) {
+      [self batchDidComplete];
+    }
+
+    _wasBatchActive = NO;
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)handleBuffer:(id)buffer
+{
   NSArray *requestsArray = [RCTConvert NSArray:buffer];
 
 #if RCT_DEBUG
@@ -765,7 +779,10 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithBundleURL:(__unused NSURL *)bundleUR
       dispatch_async(queue, block);
     }
   }
+}
 
+- (void)batchDidComplete
+{
   // TODO: batchDidComplete is only used by RCTUIManager - can we eliminate this special case?
   for (RCTModuleData *moduleData in _moduleDataByID) {
     if ([moduleData.instance respondsToSelector:@selector(batchDidComplete)]) {
diff --git a/React/Executors/RCTContextExecutor.m b/React/Executors/RCTContextExecutor.m
index a62eb9164..a0f9f0be8 100644
--- a/React/Executors/RCTContextExecutor.m
+++ b/React/Executors/RCTContextExecutor.m
@@ -90,6 +90,13 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-(instancetype)init)
 
 @end
 
+// Private bridge interface to allow middle-batch calls
+@interface RCTBridge (RCTContextExecutor)
+
+- (void)handleBuffer:(NSArray *)buffer batchEnded:(BOOL)hasEnded;
+
+@end
+
 @implementation RCTContextExecutor
 {
   RCTJavaScriptContext *_context;
@@ -336,6 +343,16 @@ static void RCTInstallJSCProfiler(RCTBridge *bridge, JSContextRef context)
     }
     [strongSelf _addNativeHook:RCTNativeLoggingHook withName:"nativeLoggingHook"];
     [strongSelf _addNativeHook:RCTNoop withName:"noop"];
+
+    __weak RCTBridge *bridge = strongSelf->_bridge;
+    strongSelf->_context.context[@"nativeFlushQueueImmediate"] = ^(NSArray *calls){
+      if (!weakSelf.valid || !calls) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      [bridge handleBuffer:calls batchEnded:NO];
+    };
+
 #if RCT_DEV
     [strongSelf _addNativeHook:RCTNativeTraceBeginSection withName:"nativeTraceBeginSection"];
     [strongSelf _addNativeHook:RCTNativeTraceEndSection withName:"nativeTraceEndSection"];