diff --git a/local-cli/default.config.js b/local-cli/default.config.js
index 6dda83e56..25091edbe 100644
--- a/local-cli/default.config.js
+++ b/local-cli/default.config.js
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ var config = {
     return [];
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Specify any additional platforms to be used by the packager.
+   * For example, if you want to add a "custom" platform, and use modules
+   * ending in .custom.js, you would return ['custom'] here.
+   */
+  getPlatforms() {
+    return [];
+  },
+
   /**
    * Returns a regular expression for modules that should be ignored by the
    * packager on a given platform.
diff --git a/local-cli/server/runServer.js b/local-cli/server/runServer.js
index 1bdac4ab0..e30e92704 100644
--- a/local-cli/server/runServer.js
+++ b/local-cli/server/runServer.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const connect = require('connect');
 const copyToClipBoardMiddleware = require('./middleware/copyToClipBoardMiddleware');
 const cpuProfilerMiddleware = require('./middleware/cpuProfilerMiddleware');
 const defaultAssetExts = require('../../packager/defaults').assetExts;
+const defaultPlatforms = require('../../packager/defaults').platforms;
 const getDevToolsMiddleware = require('./middleware/getDevToolsMiddleware');
 const heapCaptureMiddleware = require('./middleware/heapCaptureMiddleware.js');
 const http = require('http');
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ function getPackagerServer(args, config) {
     cacheVersion: '3',
     extraNodeModules: config.extraNodeModules,
     getTransformOptions: config.getTransformOptions,
+    platforms: defaultPlatforms.concat(args.platforms),
     projectRoots: args.projectRoots,
     resetCache: args.resetCache,
     transformModulePath: transformModulePath,
diff --git a/local-cli/server/server.js b/local-cli/server/server.js
index 35142e7b3..dd7b7d5de 100644
--- a/local-cli/server/server.js
+++ b/local-cli/server/server.js
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@ module.exports = {
     description: 'Specify any additional asset extentions to be used by the packager',
     parse: (val) => val.split(','),
     default: (config) => config.getAssetExts(),
+  }, {
+    command: '--platforms [list]',
+    description: 'Specify any additional platforms to be used by the packager',
+    parse: (val) => val.split(','),
+    default: (config) => config.getPlatforms(),
   }, {
     command: '--skipflow',
     description: 'Disable flow checks'
diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js b/packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
index 386bf25a3..30dd121c5 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/__tests__/Bundler-test.js
@@ -267,6 +267,16 @@ describe('Bundler', function() {
     );
   });
 
+  it('allows overriding the platforms array', () => {
+    expect(bundler._opts.platforms).toEqual(['ios', 'android', 'windows', 'web']);
+    const b = new Bundler({
+      projectRoots,
+      assetServer: assetServer,
+      platforms: ['android', 'vr'],
+    });
+    expect(b._opts.platforms).toEqual(['android', 'vr']);
+  });
+
   describe('getOrderedDependencyPaths', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       assetServer.getAssetData.mockImpl(function(relPath) {
diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/index.js b/packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/index.js
index 97fd41ce2..f7624ad97 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/index.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/Bundler/index.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const imageSize = require('image-size');
 const path = require('path');
 const version = require('../../../../package.json').version;
 const denodeify = require('denodeify');
+const defaults = require('../../../defaults');
 
 const {
   sep: pathSeparator,
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ const validateOpts = declareOpts({
     type: 'array',
     default: ['png'],
   },
+  platforms: {
+    type: 'array',
+    default: defaults.platforms,
+  },
   watch: {
     type: 'boolean',
     default: false,
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@ type Options = {
   getTransformOptions?: GetTransformOptions<*>,
   extraNodeModules: {},
   assetExts: Array<string>,
+  platforms: Array<string>,
   watch: boolean,
   assetServer: AssetServer,
   transformTimeoutInterval: ?number,
@@ -200,6 +206,7 @@ class Bundler {
       watch: opts.watch,
       minifyCode: this._transformer.minify,
       moduleFormat: opts.moduleFormat,
+      platforms: opts.platforms,
       polyfillModuleNames: opts.polyfillModuleNames,
       projectRoots: opts.projectRoots,
       resetCache: opts.resetCache,
diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/Resolver/__tests__/Resolver-test.js b/packager/react-packager/src/Resolver/__tests__/Resolver-test.js
index 80f70de86..34676f452 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/Resolver/__tests__/Resolver-test.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/Resolver/__tests__/Resolver-test.js
@@ -107,6 +107,15 @@ describe('Resolver', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('passes custom platforms to the dependency graph', function() {
+      new Resolver({ // eslint-disable-line no-new
+        projectRoot: '/root',
+        platforms: ['ios', 'windows', 'vr'],
+      });
+      const platforms = DependencyGraph.mock.calls[0][0].platforms;
+      expect(platforms).toEqual(['ios', 'windows', 'vr']);
+    });
+
     pit('should get dependencies with polyfills', function() {
       var module = createModule('index');
       var deps = [module];
diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/Resolver/index.js b/packager/react-packager/src/Resolver/index.js
index 00fb8354d..68fb11883 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/Resolver/index.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/Resolver/index.js
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ const validateOpts = declareOpts({
     type: 'array',
     required: true,
   },
+  platforms: {
+    type: 'array',
+    required: true,
+  },
   cache: {
     type: 'object',
     required: true,
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ class Resolver {
           (opts.blacklistRE && opts.blacklistRE.test(filepath));
       },
       providesModuleNodeModules: defaults.providesModuleNodeModules,
-      platforms: defaults.platforms,
+      platforms: opts.platforms,
       preferNativePlatform: true,
       watch: opts.watch,
       cache: opts.cache,
diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/Server/index.js b/packager/react-packager/src/Server/index.js
index 4bbe476e3..60a4f644f 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/Server/index.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/Server/index.js
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ const validateOpts = declareOpts({
     type: 'array',
     default: defaults.assetExts,
   },
+  platforms: {
+    type: 'array',
+    default: defaults.platforms,
+  },
   transformTimeoutInterval: {
     type: 'number',
     required: false,