diff --git a/Libraries/Image/__tests__/resolveAssetSource-test.js b/Libraries/Image/__tests__/resolveAssetSource-test.js
index b406316a1..ae7ce3c5e 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/__tests__/resolveAssetSource-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Image/__tests__/resolveAssetSource-test.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ describe('resolveAssetSource', () => {
       });
     });
   });
-  
+
   describe('bundle was loaded from file on Android', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       NativeModules.SourceCode.scriptURL =
@@ -189,6 +189,34 @@ describe('resolveAssetSource', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('bundle was loaded from raw file on Android', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      NativeModules.SourceCode.scriptURL =
+        '/sdcard/Path/To/Simulator/main.bundle';
+      Platform.OS = 'android';
+    });
+
+    it('uses sideloaded image', () => {
+      expectResolvesAsset({
+        __packager_asset: true,
+        fileSystemLocation: '/root/app/module/a',
+        httpServerLocation: '/assets/AwesomeModule/Subdir',
+        width: 100,
+        height: 200,
+        scales: [1],
+        hash: '5b6f00f',
+        name: '!@Logo#1_€',
+        type: 'png',
+      }, {
+        __packager_asset: true,
+        width: 100,
+        height: 200,
+        uri: 'file:///sdcard/Path/To/Simulator/drawable-mdpi/awesomemodule_subdir_logo1_.png',
+        scale: 1,
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
 });
 
 describe('resolveAssetSource.pickScale', () => {
diff --git a/Libraries/Image/resolveAssetSource.js b/Libraries/Image/resolveAssetSource.js
index 6527e91df..e42b2d1da 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/resolveAssetSource.js
+++ b/Libraries/Image/resolveAssetSource.js
@@ -47,12 +47,22 @@ function getDevServerURL() {
 
 function getOfflinePath() {
   if (_offlinePath === undefined) {
-    var scriptURL = SourceCode.scriptURL;
-    var match = scriptURL && scriptURL.match(/^file:\/\/(\/.*\/)/);
-    if (match) {
-      _offlinePath = match[1];
-    } else {
+    const scriptURL = SourceCode.scriptURL;
+    if (!scriptURL) {
+      // scriptURL is falsy, we have nothing to go on here
       _offlinePath = '';
+      return _offlinePath;
+    }
+    if (scriptURL.startsWith('assets://')) {
+      // running from within assets, no offline path to use
+      _offlinePath = '';
+      return _offlinePath;
+    }
+    if (scriptURL.startsWith('file://')) {
+      // cut off the protocol
+      _offlinePath = scriptURL.substring(7, scriptURL.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
+    } else {
+      _offlinePath = scriptURL.substring(0, scriptURL.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
     }
   }