diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCExecutor.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCExecutor.cpp
index ad9f3c05a..56af90b9b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCExecutor.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/JSCExecutor.cpp
@@ -126,13 +126,17 @@ JSCExecutor::JSCExecutor(
 }
 
 JSCExecutor::~JSCExecutor() {
-  *m_isDestroyed = true;
-  if (m_messageQueueThread->isOnThread()) {
-    terminateOnJSVMThread();
-  } else {
-    m_messageQueueThread->runOnQueueSync([this] () {
+  try {
+    *m_isDestroyed = true;
+    if (m_messageQueueThread->isOnThread()) {
       terminateOnJSVMThread();
-    });
+    } else {
+      m_messageQueueThread->runOnQueueSync([this] () {
+        terminateOnJSVMThread();
+      });
+    }
+  } catch (...) {
+    Exceptions::handleUncaughtException();
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.cpp
index 03edca72c..3e1c700b7 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,14 @@ LoadScriptFromAssets loadScriptFromAssets;
 
 namespace PerfLogging {
 InstallNativeHooks installNativeHooks;
-}
+};
 
 namespace JSLogging {
 JSCNativeHook nativeHook = nullptr;
-}
+};
+
+namespace Exceptions {
+HandleUncaughtException handleUncaughtException;
+};
 
 } }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.h b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.h
index c5c1c5043..5ad664dbf 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.h
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/Platform.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern LoadScriptFromAssets loadScriptFromAssets;
 namespace PerfLogging {
 using InstallNativeHooks = std::function<void(JSGlobalContextRef)>;
 extern InstallNativeHooks installNativeHooks;
-}
+};
 
 namespace JSLogging {
   using JSCNativeHook = JSValueRef (*) (
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ namespace JSLogging {
       size_t argumentCount,
       const JSValueRef arguments[], JSValueRef *exception);
   extern JSCNativeHook nativeHook;
-}
+};
+
+namespace Exceptions {
+  using HandleUncaughtException = std::function<void()>;
+  extern HandleUncaughtException handleUncaughtException;
+};
 
 } }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
index 5081bd67f..fad41e7cc 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/jni/react/jni/OnLoad.cpp
@@ -865,6 +865,9 @@ extern "C" JNIEXPORT jint JNI_OnLoad(JavaVM* vm, void* reserved) {
         return std::unique_ptr<MessageQueueThread>(
             JMessageQueueThread::currentMessageQueueThread().release());
       };
+    Exceptions::handleUncaughtException = [] () {
+      translatePendingCppExceptionToJavaException();
+    };
     PerfLogging::installNativeHooks = addNativePerfLoggingHooks;
     JSLogging::nativeHook = nativeLoggingHook;