diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/ActionSheetIOSExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/ActionSheetIOSExample.js
index ccc86fba4..31fd79c38 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/ActionSheetIOSExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/ActionSheetIOSExample.js
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ var ActionSheetTintExample = React.createClass({
   }
 });
 
-
 var ShareActionSheetExample = React.createClass({
   getInitialState() {
     return {
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ var ShareActionSheetExample = React.createClass({
 
   showShareActionSheet() {
     ActionSheetIOS.showShareActionSheetWithOptions({
-      url: 'https://code.facebook.com',
+      url: this.props.url,
       message: 'message to go with the shared url',
       subject: 'a subject to go in the email heading',
       excludedActivityTypes: [
@@ -163,6 +162,14 @@ exports.examples = [
   },
   {
     title: 'Show Share Action Sheet',
-    render(): ReactElement { return <ShareActionSheetExample />; }
+    render(): ReactElement {
+      return <ShareActionSheetExample url="https://code.facebook.com" />;
+    }
+  },
+    {
+    title: 'Share Local Image',
+    render(): ReactElement {
+      return <ShareActionSheetExample url="bunny.png" />;
+    }
   }
 ];
diff --git a/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/ActionSheetIOS.js b/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/ActionSheetIOS.js
index c63618441..9570d2b8c 100644
--- a/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/ActionSheetIOS.js
+++ b/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/ActionSheetIOS.js
@@ -31,7 +31,18 @@ var ActionSheetIOS = {
       callback
     );
   },
-
+  
+  /**
+   * Display the iOS share sheet. The `options` object should contain
+   * one or both of:
+   * 
+   * - `message` (string) - a message to share
+   * - `url` (string) - a URL to share
+   *
+   * NOTE: if `url` points to a local file, or is a base64-encoded
+   * uri, the file it points to will be loaded and shared directly.
+   * In this way, you can share images, videos, PDF files, etc.
+   */
   showShareActionSheetWithOptions(
     options: Object,
     failureCallback: Function,
diff --git a/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/RCTActionSheetManager.m b/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/RCTActionSheetManager.m
index ab1a8c8d0..18fc8596b 100644
--- a/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/RCTActionSheetManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/RCTActionSheetManager.m
@@ -156,14 +156,26 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(showShareActionSheetWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)options
     return;
   }
 
-  NSMutableArray<id /* NSString or NSURL */> *items = [NSMutableArray array];
+  NSMutableArray<id> *items = [NSMutableArray array];
   NSString *message = [RCTConvert NSString:options[@"message"]];
   if (message) {
     [items addObject:message];
   }
   NSURL *URL = [RCTConvert NSURL:options[@"url"]];
   if (URL) {
-    [items addObject:URL];
+    if (URL.fileURL || [URL.scheme.lowercaseString isEqualToString:@"data"]) {
+      NSError *error;
+      NSData *data = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:URL
+                                           options:(NSDataReadingOptions)0
+                                             error:&error];
+      if (!data) {
+        failureCallback(error);
+        return;
+      }
+      [items addObject:data];
+    } else {
+      [items addObject:URL];
+    }
   }
   if (items.count == 0) {
     RCTLogError(@"No `url` or `message` to share");