diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorRegistry.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorRegistry.cpp
index 680c0afd3..8cd94d149 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorRegistry.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorRegistry.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,24 @@ static const std::string componentNameByReactViewName(std::string viewName) {
   return viewName;
 }
 
+const ComponentDescriptor &ComponentDescriptorRegistry::at(
+    ComponentName componentName) const {
+  auto unifiedComponentName = componentNameByReactViewName(componentName);
+
+  auto it = _registryByName.find(unifiedComponentName);
+  if (it == _registryByName.end()) {
+    throw std::invalid_argument(
+        ("Unable to find componentDescriptor for " + unifiedComponentName)
+            .c_str());
+  }
+  return *it->second;
+}
+
+const ComponentDescriptor &ComponentDescriptorRegistry::at(
+    ComponentHandle componentHandle) const {
+  return *_registryByHandle.at(componentHandle);
+}
+
 SharedShadowNode ComponentDescriptorRegistry::createNode(
     Tag tag,
     const std::string &viewName,
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorRegistry.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorRegistry.h
index 6629ad156..83a119713 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorRegistry.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/ComponentDescriptorRegistry.h
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ class ComponentDescriptorRegistry {
   void registerComponentDescriptor(
       SharedComponentDescriptor componentDescriptor);
 
+  const ComponentDescriptor &at(ComponentName componentName) const;
+  const ComponentDescriptor &at(ComponentHandle componentHandle) const;
+
   const SharedComponentDescriptor operator[](
       const SharedShadowNode &shadowNode) const;
   const SharedComponentDescriptor operator[](