diff --git a/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.h b/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.h
index 6e96bc98f..6fddf984f 100644
--- a/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.h
+++ b/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.h
@@ -79,6 +79,17 @@ RCT_EXTERN NSString *const RCTUIManagerWillUpdateViewsDueToContentSizeMultiplier
  */
 - (void)setAvailableSize:(CGSize)availableSize forRootView:(UIView *)rootView;
 
+/**
+ * Sets local data for a shadow view corresponded with given view.
+ * In some cases we need a way to specify some environmental data to shadow view
+ * to improve layout (or do something similar), so `localData` serves these needs.
+ * For example, any stateful embedded native views may benefit from this.
+ * Have in mind that this data is not supposed to interfere with the state of
+ * the shadow view.
+ * Please respect one-directional data flow of React.
+ */
+- (void)setLocalData:(NSObject *)localData forView:(UIView *)view;
+
 /**
  * Set the size of a view. This might be in response to a screen rotation
  * or some other layout event outside of the React-managed view hierarchy.
diff --git a/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.m b/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.m
index aae34be74..b7c1db2fa 100644
--- a/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.m
+++ b/React/Modules/RCTUIManager.m
@@ -339,6 +339,20 @@ BOOL RCTIsUIManagerQueue()
   });
 }
 
+- (void)setLocalData:(NSObject *)localData forView:(UIView *)view
+{
+  RCTAssertMainQueue();
+  NSNumber *tag = view.reactTag;
+
+  dispatch_async(RCTGetUIManagerQueue(), ^{
+    RCTShadowView *shadowView = self->_shadowViewRegistry[tag];
+    RCTAssert(shadowView != nil, @"Could not locate shadow view with tag #%@", tag);
+
+    shadowView.localData = localData;
+    [self setNeedsLayout];
+  });
+}
+
 /**
  * TODO(yuwang): implement the nativeID functionality in a more efficient way
  *               instead of searching the whole view tree
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTShadowView.h b/React/Views/RCTShadowView.h
index 8f34abdba..3ab70b68c 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTShadowView.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTShadowView.h
@@ -58,6 +58,18 @@ typedef void (^RCTApplierBlock)(NSDictionary<NSNumber *, UIView *> *viewRegistry
 @property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *backgroundColor; // Used to propagate to children
 @property (nonatomic, copy) RCTDirectEventBlock onLayout;
 
+/**
+ * In some cases we need a way to specify some environmental data to shadow view
+ * to improve layout (or do something similar), so `localData` serves these needs.
+ * For example, any stateful embedded native views may benefit from this.
+ * Have in mind that this data is not supposed to interfere with the state of
+ * the shadow view.
+ * Please respect one-directional data flow of React.
+ * Use `-[RCTUIManager setLocalData:forView:]` to set this property
+ * (to provide local/environmental data for a shadow view) from the main thread.
+ */
+@property (nonatomic, strong) NSObject *localData;
+
 /**
  * isNewView - Used to track the first time the view is introduced into the hierarchy.  It is initialized YES, then is
  * set to NO in RCTUIManager after the layout pass is done and all frames have been extracted to be applied to the