diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.mm b/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.mm
index 5c90acca5..2f5a6da2c 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.mm
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBatchedBridge.mm
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, RCTBridgeFields) {
 @synthesize loading = _loading;
 @synthesize valid = _valid;
 @synthesize performanceLogger = _performanceLogger;
+@synthesize bridgeDescription = _bridgeDescription;
 
 - (instancetype)initWithParentBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
 {
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTBridge+Private.h b/React/Base/RCTBridge+Private.h
index a917ef124..ec7dde92f 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTBridge+Private.h
+++ b/React/Base/RCTBridge+Private.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ RCT_EXTERN void RCTVerifyAllModulesExported(NSArray *extraModules);
 @property (nonatomic, assign) CFMutableDictionaryRef flowIDMap;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSLock *flowIDMapLock;
 
+// Used by RCTDevMenu
+@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *bridgeDescription;
+
 + (instancetype)currentBridge;
 + (void)setCurrentBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge;
 
diff --git a/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridge.mm b/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridge.mm
index be29341e3..cd6844bdb 100644
--- a/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridge.mm
+++ b/React/CxxBridge/RCTCxxBridge.mm
@@ -72,6 +72,30 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSUInteger, RCTBridgeFields) {
   RCTBridgeFieldCallID,
 };
 
+namespace {
+
+class GetDescAdapter : public JSExecutorFactory {
+public:
+  GetDescAdapter(RCTCxxBridge *bridge, std::shared_ptr<JSExecutorFactory> factory)
+    : bridge_(bridge)
+    , factory_(factory) {}
+  std::unique_ptr<JSExecutor> createJSExecutor(
+      std::shared_ptr<ExecutorDelegate> delegate,
+      std::shared_ptr<MessageQueueThread> jsQueue) override {
+    auto ret = factory_->createJSExecutor(delegate, jsQueue);
+    bridge_.bridgeDescription =
+      [NSString stringWithFormat:@"RCTCxxBridge %s",
+                ret->getDescription().c_str()];
+    return std::move(ret);
+  }
+
+private:
+  RCTCxxBridge *bridge_;
+  std::shared_ptr<JSExecutorFactory> factory_;
+};
+
+}
+
 static bool isRAMBundle(NSData *script) {
   BundleHeader header;
   [script getBytes:&header length:sizeof(header)];
@@ -154,6 +178,7 @@ struct RCTInstanceCallback : public InstanceCallback {
 @synthesize loading = _loading;
 @synthesize valid = _valid;
 @synthesize performanceLogger = _performanceLogger;
+@synthesize bridgeDescription = _bridgeDescription;
 
 + (void)initialize
 {
@@ -491,6 +516,10 @@ struct RCTInstanceCallback : public InstanceCallback {
   RCT_PROFILE_BEGIN_EVENT(RCTProfileTagAlways, @"-[RCTCxxBridge initializeBridge:]", nil);
   // This can only be false if the bridge was invalidated before startup completed
   if (_reactInstance) {
+#if RCT_DEV
+    executorFactory = std::make_shared<GetDescAdapter>(self, executorFactory);
+#endif
+
     // This is async, but any calls into JS are blocked by the m_syncReady CV in Instance
     _reactInstance->initializeBridge(
       std::unique_ptr<RCTInstanceCallback>(new RCTInstanceCallback(self)),
diff --git a/React/CxxBridge/RCTObjcExecutor.mm b/React/CxxBridge/RCTObjcExecutor.mm
index e2468d78c..a8428dd72 100644
--- a/React/CxxBridge/RCTObjcExecutor.mm
+++ b/React/CxxBridge/RCTObjcExecutor.mm
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ public:
            callback:m_errorBlock];
   }
 
+  virtual std::string getDescription() override {
+    return [NSStringFromClass([m_jse class]) UTF8String];
+  }
+
 private:
   id<RCTJavaScriptExecutor> m_jse;
   RCTJavaScriptCompleteBlock m_errorBlock;
diff --git a/React/DevSupport/RCTDevMenu.m b/React/DevSupport/RCTDevMenu.m
index 644fd9bfc..782396f82 100644
--- a/React/DevSupport/RCTDevMenu.m
+++ b/React/DevSupport/RCTDevMenu.m
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #import "RCTDevMenu.h"
 
+#import "RCTBridge+Private.h"
 #import "RCTDevSettings.h"
 #import "RCTKeyCommands.h"
 #import "RCTLog.h"
@@ -259,7 +260,11 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(show)
     return;
   }
 
-  NSString *title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"React Native: Development (%@)", [_bridge class]];
+  NSString *desc = _bridge.bridgeDescription;
+  if (desc.length == 0) {
+    desc = NSStringFromClass([_bridge class]);
+  }
+  NSString *title = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"React Native: Development (%@)", desc];
   // On larger devices we don't have an anchor point for the action sheet
   UIAlertControllerStyle style = [[UIDevice currentDevice] userInterfaceIdiom] == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPhone ? UIAlertControllerStyleActionSheet : UIAlertControllerStyleAlert;
   _actionSheet = [UIAlertController alertControllerWithTitle:title
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/ProxyExecutor.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/ProxyExecutor.cpp
index b0780f6d3..5e495ec7a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/ProxyExecutor.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/ProxyExecutor.cpp
@@ -114,4 +114,8 @@ void ProxyExecutor::setGlobalVariable(std::string propName,
     jni::make_jstring(jsonValue->c_str()).get());
 }
 
+std::string ProxyExecutor::getDescription() {
+  return "Chrome";
+}
+
 } }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/ProxyExecutor.h b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/ProxyExecutor.h
index 8603f8fec..e4d88a2b3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/ProxyExecutor.h
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/ProxyExecutor.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public:
   virtual void setGlobalVariable(
     std::string propName,
     std::unique_ptr<const JSBigString> jsonValue) override;
+  virtual std::string getDescription() override;
 
 private:
   jni::global_ref<jobject> m_executor;
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
index 5bc837696..70fd599f5 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
@@ -509,6 +509,18 @@ void JSCExecutor::setGlobalVariable(std::string propName, std::unique_ptr<const
   }
 }
 
+std::string JSCExecutor::getDescription() {
+#if defined(__APPLE__)
+  if (isCustomJSCPtr(m_context)) {
+    return "Custom JSC";
+  } else {
+    return "System JSC";
+  }
+#else
+  return "JSC";
+#endif
+}
+
 String JSCExecutor::adoptString(std::unique_ptr<const JSBigString> script) {
   #if defined(WITH_FBJSCEXTENSIONS)
   const JSBigString* string = script.release();
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.h b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.h
index 0f823c3b6..9fbd52337 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ public:
     std::string propName,
     std::unique_ptr<const JSBigString> jsonValue) override;
 
+  virtual std::string getDescription() override;
+
   virtual void* getJavaScriptContext() override;
 
 #ifdef WITH_JSC_MEMORY_PRESSURE
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSExecutor.h b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSExecutor.h
index 8299d5d39..7d9deb716 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSExecutor.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSExecutor.h
@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ public:
     return nullptr;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * The description is displayed in the dev menu, if there is one in
+   * this build.  There is a default, but if this method returns a
+   * non-empty string, it will be used instead.
+   */
+  virtual std::string getDescription() = 0;
+
   virtual void handleMemoryPressure(int pressureLevel) {}
 
   virtual void destroy() {}