diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.h b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.h
index 3e9d3e30f4cbaf..c9e4373314b443 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.h
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.h
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ typedef dispatch_block_t RCTImageLoaderCancellationBlock;
 
 @interface UIImage (React)
 
+@property (nonatomic, copy) CAKeyframeAnimation *reactKeyframeAnimation;
+
 /**
  * Memory bytes of the image with the default calculation of static image or GIF. Custom calculations of decoded bytes can be assigned manually.
  */
diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
index dd5518fbb54773..06f89adbb35bcd 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.m
@@ -22,12 +22,27 @@
 
 static NSInteger RCTImageBytesForImage(UIImage *image)
 {
+  CAKeyframeAnimation *keyFrameAnimation = [image reactKeyframeAnimation];
   NSInteger singleImageBytes = image.size.width * image.size.height * image.scale * image.scale * 4;
-  return image.images ? image.images.count * singleImageBytes : singleImageBytes;
+  if (keyFrameAnimation) {
+    return keyFrameAnimation.values.count * singleImageBytes;
+  } else {
+    return image.images ? image.images.count * singleImageBytes : singleImageBytes;
+  }
 }
 
 @implementation UIImage (React)
 
+- (CAKeyframeAnimation *)reactKeyframeAnimation
+{
+  return objc_getAssociatedObject(self, _cmd);
+}
+
+- (void)setReactKeyframeAnimation:(CAKeyframeAnimation *)reactKeyframeAnimation
+{
+  objc_setAssociatedObject(self, @selector(reactKeyframeAnimation), reactKeyframeAnimation, OBJC_ASSOCIATION_COPY_NONATOMIC);
+}
+
 - (NSInteger)reactDecodedImageBytes
 {
   NSNumber *imageBytes = objc_getAssociatedObject(self, _cmd);
@@ -265,9 +280,11 @@ - (void)setImageCache:(id<RCTImageCache>)cache
       CGSizeEqualToSize(image.size, size)) {
     return image;
   }
+  CAKeyframeAnimation *animation = image.reactKeyframeAnimation;
   CGRect targetSize = RCTTargetRect(image.size, size, scale, resizeMode);
   CGAffineTransform transform = RCTTransformFromTargetRect(image.size, targetSize);
   image = RCTTransformImage(image, size, scale, transform);
+  image.reactKeyframeAnimation = animation;
   return image;
 }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageView.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageView.m
index ec4acf5e0b0b57..c193cbd3e51567 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageView.m
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ - (void)cancelImageLoad
 - (void)clearImage
 {
   [self cancelImageLoad];
+  [_imageView.layer removeAnimationForKey:@"contents"];
   self.image = nil;
   _imageSource = nil;
 }
@@ -400,7 +401,18 @@ - (void)imageLoaderLoadedImage:(UIImage *)loadedImage error:(NSError *)error for
       self->_pendingImageSource = nil;
     }
 
-    self.image = image;
+    [self->_imageView.layer removeAnimationForKey:@"contents"];
+    if (image.reactKeyframeAnimation) {
+      CGImageRef posterImageRef = (__bridge CGImageRef)[image.reactKeyframeAnimation.values firstObject];
+      if (!posterImageRef) {
+        return;
+      }
+      // Apply renderingMode to animated image.
+      self->_imageView.image = [[UIImage imageWithCGImage:posterImageRef] imageWithRenderingMode:self->_renderingMode];
+      [self->_imageView.layer addAnimation:image.reactKeyframeAnimation forKey:@"contents"];
+    } else {
+      self.image = image;
+    }
 
     if (isPartialLoad) {
       if (self->_onPartialLoad) {
diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTUIImageViewAnimated.m b/Libraries/Image/RCTUIImageViewAnimated.m
index fb4a1d913e3709..f29999cbe7684b 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTUIImageViewAnimated.m
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTUIImageViewAnimated.m
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ - (void)setImage:(UIImage *)image
   if (self.image == image) {
     return;
   }
-  
-  [self stop];
-  [self resetAnimatedImage];
 
   if ([image respondsToSelector:@selector(animatedImageFrameAtIndex:)]) {
+    [self stop];
+    [self resetAnimatedImage];
+    
     NSUInteger animatedImageFrameCount = ((UIImage<RCTAnimatedImage> *)image).animatedImageFrameCount;
     
     // In case frame count is 0, there is no reason to continue.