diff --git a/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.ios.js b/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.ios.js
index b67049036..dd569a07d 100644
--- a/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.ios.js
+++ b/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.ios.js
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ class RCTNetworking extends NativeEventEmitter {
     responseType: 'text' | 'base64',
     incrementalUpdates: boolean,
     timeout: number,
-    callback: (requestId: number) => any
+    callback: (requestId: number) => any,
+    withCredentials: boolean
   ) {
     const body = convertRequestBody(data);
     RCTNetworkingNative.sendRequest({
@@ -43,7 +44,8 @@ class RCTNetworking extends NativeEventEmitter {
       headers,
       responseType,
       incrementalUpdates,
-      timeout
+      timeout,
+      withCredentials
     }, callback);
   }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.mm b/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.mm
index 67379f96b..4a7f7ccd6 100644
--- a/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.mm
+++ b/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.mm
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
   request.HTTPMethod = [RCTConvert NSString:RCTNilIfNull(query[@"method"])].uppercaseString ?: @"GET";
   request.allHTTPHeaderFields = [self stripNullsInRequestHeaders:[RCTConvert NSDictionary:query[@"headers"]]];
   request.timeoutInterval = [RCTConvert NSTimeInterval:query[@"timeout"]];
+  request.HTTPShouldHandleCookies = [RCTConvert BOOL:query[@"withCredentials"]];
   NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *data = [RCTConvert NSDictionary:RCTNilIfNull(query[@"data"])];
   NSString *trackingName = data[@"trackingName"];
   if (trackingName) {
diff --git a/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js b/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
index c0f2be923..92669b8b2 100644
--- a/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
+++ b/Libraries/Network/XMLHttpRequest.js
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class XMLHttpRequest extends EventTarget(...XHR_EVENTS) {
   status: number = 0;
   timeout: number = 0;
   responseURL: ?string;
+  withCredentials: boolean = false
 
   upload: XMLHttpRequestEventTarget = new XMLHttpRequestEventTarget();
 
@@ -501,6 +502,7 @@ class XMLHttpRequest extends EventTarget(...XHR_EVENTS) {
       incrementalEvents,
       this.timeout,
       this.__didCreateRequest.bind(this),
+      this.withCredentials
     );
   }