diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/BUCK b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/BUCK
index 977460fc5..4e062a8bc 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/BUCK
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/BUCK
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ rn_xplat_cxx_library(
     exported_headers = subdir_glob(
         [
             ("primitives", "*.h"),
+            ("componentdescriptor", "*.h"),
             ("shadownode", "*.h"),
         ],
         prefix = "fabric/core",
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/componentdescriptor/ComponentDescriptor.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/componentdescriptor/ComponentDescriptor.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..975900c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/componentdescriptor/ComponentDescriptor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <fabric/core/ShadowNode.h>
+#include <fabric/core/Props.h>
+
+namespace facebook {
+namespace react {
+
+class ComponentDescriptor;
+
+using SharedComponentDescriptor = std::shared_ptr<ComponentDescriptor>;
+
+/*
+ * Abstract class defining an interface of `ComponentDescriptor`.
+ * `ComponentDescriptor` represents particular `ShadowNode` type and
+ * defines (customizes) basic operations with particular kind of
+ * `ShadowNode`s (such as creating, cloning, props and children managing).
+ */
+class ComponentDescriptor {
+public:
+
+  /*
+   * Returns `componentHandle` associated with particular kind of components.
+   * All `ShadowNode`s of this type must return same `componentHandle`.
+   */
+  virtual ComponentHandle getComponentHandle() const = 0;
+
+  /*
+   * Returns component's name.
+   * React uses a `name` to refer to particular kind of components in
+   * `create` requests.
+   */
+  virtual ComponentName getComponentName() const = 0;
+
+  /*
+   * Creates a new `ShadowNode` of a particular type.
+   */
+  virtual SharedShadowNode createShadowNode(
+    const Tag &tag,
+    const Tag &rootTag,
+    const InstanceHandle &instanceHandle,
+    const RawProps &rawProps
+  ) const = 0;
+
+  /*
+   * Clones a `ShadowNode` with optionally new `props` and/or `children`.
+   */
+  virtual SharedShadowNode cloneShadowNode(
+    const SharedShadowNode &shadowNode,
+    const SharedRawProps &rawProps = nullptr,
+    const SharedShadowNodeSharedList &children = nullptr
+  ) const = 0;
+
+  /*
+   * Appends (by mutating) a given `childShadowNode` to `parentShadowNode`.
+   */
+  virtual void appendChild(
+    const SharedShadowNode &parentShadowNode,
+    const SharedShadowNode &childShadowNode
+  ) const = 0;
+};
+
+} // namespace react
+} // namespace facebook
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/componentdescriptor/ConcreteComponentDescriptor.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/componentdescriptor/ConcreteComponentDescriptor.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0a521bd49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/componentdescriptor/ConcreteComponentDescriptor.h
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include <fabric/core/ShadowNode.h>
+#include <fabric/core/Props.h>
+
+namespace facebook {
+namespace react {
+
+/*
+ * Default template-based implementation of ComponentDescriptor.
+ * Use your `ShadowNode` type as a template argument and override any methods
+ * if necessary.
+ */
+template <typename ShadowNodeT>
+class ConcreteComponentDescriptor: public ComponentDescriptor {
+  static_assert(std::is_base_of<ShadowNode, ShadowNodeT>::value, "ShadowNodeT must be a descendant of ShadowNode");
+
+  using SharedShadowNodeT = std::shared_ptr<const ShadowNodeT>;
+  using SharedConcreteProps = typename ShadowNodeT::SharedConcreteProps;
+
+public:
+  ComponentHandle getComponentHandle() const override {
+    return typeid(ShadowNodeT).hash_code();
+  }
+
+  SharedShadowNode createShadowNode(
+    const Tag &tag,
+    const Tag &rootTag,
+    const InstanceHandle &instanceHandle,
+    const RawProps &rawProps
+  ) const override {
+    auto props = ShadowNodeT::Props(rawProps);
+    return std::make_shared<ShadowNodeT>(tag, rootTag, instanceHandle, props);
+  }
+
+  SharedShadowNode cloneShadowNode(
+    const SharedShadowNode &shadowNode,
+    const SharedRawProps &rawProps = nullptr,
+    const SharedShadowNodeSharedList &children = nullptr
+  ) const override {
+    const SharedConcreteProps props = rawProps ? ShadowNodeT::Props(*rawProps, shadowNode->getProps()) : nullptr;
+    return std::make_shared<ShadowNodeT>(std::static_pointer_cast<const ShadowNodeT>(shadowNode), props, children);
+  }
+
+  void appendChild(
+    const SharedShadowNode &parentShadowNode,
+    const SharedShadowNode &childShadowNode
+  ) const override {
+    auto concreteParentShadowNode = std::static_pointer_cast<const ShadowNodeT>(parentShadowNode);
+    auto concreteNonConstParentShadowNode = std::const_pointer_cast<ShadowNodeT>(concreteParentShadowNode);
+    concreteNonConstParentShadowNode->appendChild(childShadowNode);
+  }
+
+};
+
+} // namespace react
+} // namespace facebook
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.cpp
index 1f2777429..d095a8821 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.cpp
@@ -22,11 +22,13 @@ SharedShadowNodeSharedList ShadowNode::emptySharedShadowNodeSharedList() {
 
 ShadowNode::ShadowNode(
   Tag tag,
+  Tag rootTag,
   InstanceHandle instanceHandle,
   SharedProps props,
   SharedShadowNodeSharedList children
 ):
   tag_(tag),
+  rootTag_(rootTag),
   instanceHandle_(instanceHandle),
   props_(props),
   children_(children) {}
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.h
index f341d6f12..0f2fab928 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/core/shadownode/ShadowNode.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public:
 
   ShadowNode(
     Tag tag,
+    Tag rootTag,
     InstanceHandle instanceHandle,
     SharedProps props = SharedProps(),
     SharedShadowNodeSharedList children = SharedShadowNodeSharedList()
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
   Tag tag_;
+  Tag rootTag_;
   InstanceHandle instanceHandle_;
   SharedProps props_;
   SharedShadowNodeSharedList children_;