diff --git a/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js b/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
index d6e7f6150..088f7b2c9 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
@@ -388,12 +388,13 @@ var ScrollResponderMixin = {
   /**
    * A helper function to zoom to a specific rect in the scrollview.
    * @param {object} rect Should have shape {x, y, width, height}
+   * @param {bool} animated Specify whether zoom is instant or animated
    */
-  scrollResponderZoomTo: function(rect: { x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number; }) {
+  scrollResponderZoomTo: function(rect: { x: number; y: number; width: number; height: number; }, animated: boolean = true) {
     if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
       invariant('zoomToRect is not implemented');
     } else {
-      ScrollViewManager.zoomToRect(React.findNodeHandle(this), rect);
+      ScrollViewManager.zoomToRect(React.findNodeHandle(this), rect, animated);
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
index 702b75043..7381e4223 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(scrollWithoutAnimationTo:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag withOffs
     }];
 }
 
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(zoomToRect:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag withRect:(CGRect)rect)
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(zoomToRect:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag withRect:(CGRect)rect animated:(BOOL)animated)
 {
   [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:^(__unused RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *, UIView *> *viewRegistry){
     UIView *view = viewRegistry[reactTag];
     if ([view conformsToProtocol:@protocol(RCTScrollableProtocol)]) {
-      [(id<RCTScrollableProtocol>)view zoomToRect:rect animated:YES];
+      [(id<RCTScrollableProtocol>)view zoomToRect:rect animated:animated];
     } else {
       RCTLogError(@"tried to zoomToRect: on non-RCTScrollableProtocol view %@ with tag #%@", view, reactTag);
     }