diff --git a/Libraries/NativeApp/RCTNativeAppEventEmitter.js b/Libraries/NativeApp/RCTNativeAppEventEmitter.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38ccb0dcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/NativeApp/RCTNativeAppEventEmitter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @providesModule RCTNativeAppEventEmitter
+ * @flow
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+var EventEmitter = require('EventEmitter');
+
+var RCTNativeAppEventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
+
+module.exports = RCTNativeAppEventEmitter;
diff --git a/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js b/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js
index b94b172f3..c81183b5b 100644
--- a/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js
+++ b/Libraries/react-native/react-native.js
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ var ReactNative = Object.assign(Object.create(require('React')), {
 
   // Plugins
   DeviceEventEmitter: require('RCTDeviceEventEmitter'),
+  NativeAppEventEmitter: require('RCTNativeAppEventEmitter'),
   NativeModules: require('NativeModules'),
   requireNativeComponent: require('requireNativeComponent'),