diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/differ/__tests__/deepDiffer-test.js b/Libraries/Utilities/differ/__tests__/deepDiffer-test.js
index 6fadfdbe5..4fb31ee05 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utilities/differ/__tests__/deepDiffer-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/differ/__tests__/deepDiffer-test.js
@@ -98,4 +98,16 @@ describe('deepDiffer', function() {
     var obj = [1,[2,3]];
     expect(deepDiffer(obj, obj)).toBe(false);
   });
+  it('should respect maxDepth arg', () => {
+    expect(deepDiffer(
+      {a: {A: {aA: 1, bB: 1}}, b: 1},
+      {a: {A: {aA: 1, bB: 1}}, b: 1},
+      3
+    )).toBe(true);
+    expect(deepDiffer(
+      {a: {A: {aA: 1, bB: 1}}, b: 1},
+      {a: {A: {aA: 1, bB: 1}}, b: 1},
+      4
+    )).toBe(false);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/differ/deepDiffer.js b/Libraries/Utilities/differ/deepDiffer.js
index 700733f51..f3f826fe9 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utilities/differ/deepDiffer.js
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/differ/deepDiffer.js
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 /*
  * @returns {bool} true if different, false if equal
  */
-var deepDiffer = function(one: any, two: any): bool {
+var deepDiffer = function(one: any, two: any, maxDepth: number = -1): bool {
+  if (maxDepth === 0) {
+    return true;
+  }
   if (one === two) {
     // Short circuit on identical object references instead of traversing them.
     return false;
@@ -39,13 +42,13 @@ var deepDiffer = function(one: any, two: any): bool {
       return true;
     }
     for (var ii = 0; ii < len; ii++) {
-      if (deepDiffer(one[ii], two[ii])) {
+      if (deepDiffer(one[ii], two[ii], maxDepth - 1)) {
         return true;
       }
     }
   } else {
     for (var key in one) {
-      if (deepDiffer(one[key], two[key])) {
+      if (deepDiffer(one[key], two[key], maxDepth - 1)) {
         return true;
       }
     }