diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCWebWorker.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCWebWorker.cpp
index 91895b800..62902fcf0 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCWebWorker.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCWebWorker.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ JSCWebWorker::JSCWebWorker(int id, JSCWebWorkerOwner *owner, std::string scriptS
     owner_(owner) {
   ownerMessageQueueThread_ = owner->getMessageQueueThread();
   CHECK(ownerMessageQueueThread_) << "Owner MessageQueue must not be null";
-  workerMessageQueueThread_ = WebWorkers::createWebWorkerThread(id, ownerMessageQueueThread_.get());
+  workerMessageQueueThread_ = WebWorkerUtil::createWebWorkerThread(id, ownerMessageQueueThread_.get());
   CHECK(workerMessageQueueThread_) << "Failed to create worker thread";
 
   workerMessageQueueThread_->runOnQueue([this] () {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.cpp
index d91cfcaeb..03edca72c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ GetCurrentMessageQueueThread getCurrentMessageQueueThread;
 };
 
 namespace WebWorkerUtil {
+WebWorkerQueueFactory createWebWorkerThread;
 LoadScriptFromAssets loadScriptFromAssets;
 };
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.h b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.h
index 4fa42591a..c5c1c5043 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.h
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.h
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ extern GetCurrentMessageQueueThread getCurrentMessageQueueThread;
 };
 
 namespace WebWorkerUtil {
+using WebWorkerQueueFactory = std::function<std::unique_ptr<MessageQueueThread>(int id, MessageQueueThread* ownerMessageQueue)>;
+extern WebWorkerQueueFactory createWebWorkerThread;
+
 using LoadScriptFromAssets = std::function<std::string(const std::string& assetName)>;
 extern LoadScriptFromAssets loadScriptFromAssets;
 };
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
index 10f1399f2..2617fae7c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "JMessageQueueThread.h"
 #include "JSLogging.h"
 #include "JSCPerfLogging.h"
+#include "WebWorkers.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 
 #ifdef WITH_FBSYSTRACE
@@ -839,6 +840,7 @@ extern "C" JNIEXPORT jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved) {
   return initialize(vm, [] {
     // Inject some behavior into react/
     ReactMarker::logMarker = bridge::logMarker;
+    WebWorkerUtil::createWebWorkerThread = WebWorkers::createWebWorkerThread;
     WebWorkerUtil::loadScriptFromAssets =
       [] (const std::string& assetName) {
         return loadScriptFromAssets(assetName);