diff --git a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index c59ab9f50beccc..1ef2f605c46e97 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -379,6 +379,12 @@ dependencies {
     androidTestImplementation("androidx.test:runner:1.1.0")
     androidTestImplementation("androidx.test:rules:1.1.0")
     androidTestImplementation("org.mockito:mockito-core:${MOCKITO_CORE_VERSION}")
+
+    debugImplementation("com.facebook.flipper:flipper:${FLIPPER_VERSION}") {
+        exclude group:'com.facebook.yoga'
+        exclude group:'com.facebook.flipper', module: 'fbjni'
+        exclude group:'com.facebook.litho', module: 'litho-annotations'
+    }
 }
 
 apply(from: "release.gradle")
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties b/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
index df50cd3a287e9c..f9578765c023e6 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
+++ b/ReactAndroid/gradle.properties
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ BOOST_VERSION=1_63_0
 DOUBLE_CONVERSION_VERSION=1.1.6
 FOLLY_VERSION=2018.10.22.00
 GLOG_VERSION=0.3.5
+FLIPPER_VERSION=0.23.4
 
 android.useAndroidX=true
 android.enableJetifier=true
-android.enableR8=false
\ No newline at end of file
+android.enableR8=false
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/debug/java/com/facebook/flipper/ReactNativeFlipper.java b/ReactAndroid/src/debug/java/com/facebook/flipper/ReactNativeFlipper.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c2973ad5d20a60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/debug/java/com/facebook/flipper/ReactNativeFlipper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * <p>This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the LICENSE file in the root
+ * directory of this source tree.
+ */
+package com.facebook.flipper;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import com.facebook.flipper.android.AndroidFlipperClient;
+import com.facebook.flipper.android.utils.FlipperUtils;
+import com.facebook.flipper.core.FlipperClient;
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.crashreporter.CrashReporterPlugin;
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.databases.DatabasesFlipperPlugin;
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.inspector.DescriptorMapping;
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.inspector.InspectorFlipperPlugin;
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.network.FlipperOkhttpInterceptor;
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.network.NetworkFlipperPlugin;
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.react.ReactFlipperPlugin;
+import com.facebook.flipper.plugins.sharedpreferences.SharedPreferencesFlipperPlugin;
+import com.facebook.react.BuildConfig;
+import com.facebook.react.modules.network.NetworkingModule;
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+
+public class ReactNativeFlipper {
+  public static final String CLASS_NAME = "com.facebook.flipper.ReactNativeFlipper";
+
+  public static void initializeFlipper(Context context) {
+    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG && FlipperUtils.shouldEnableFlipper(context)) {
+      final FlipperClient client = AndroidFlipperClient.getInstance(context);
+
+      client.addPlugin(new InspectorFlipperPlugin(context, DescriptorMapping.withDefaults()));
+      client.addPlugin(new ReactFlipperPlugin());
+      client.addPlugin(new DatabasesFlipperPlugin(context));
+      client.addPlugin(new SharedPreferencesFlipperPlugin(context));
+      client.addPlugin(CrashReporterPlugin.getInstance());
+
+      NetworkFlipperPlugin networkFlipperPlugin = new NetworkFlipperPlugin();
+      NetworkingModule.setCustomClientBuilder(
+          new NetworkingModule.CustomClientBuilder() {
+            @Override
+            public void apply(OkHttpClient.Builder builder) {
+              builder.addNetworkInterceptor(new FlipperOkhttpInterceptor(networkFlipperPlugin));
+            }
+          });
+      client.addPlugin(networkFlipperPlugin);
+
+      client.start();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java b/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java
index 68c6007108a1e0..ae1ff7cf28e462 100644
--- a/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java
+++ b/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 package com.helloworld;
 
 import android.app.Application;
+import android.content.Context;
 import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
@@ -41,5 +43,32 @@ public ReactNativeHost getReactNativeHost() {
   public void onCreate() {
     super.onCreate();
     SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false);
+    initializeFlipper(this); // Remove this line if you don't want Flipper enabled
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Loads Flipper in React Native templates.
+   *
+   * @param context
+   */
+  private static void initializeFlipper(Context context) {
+    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
+      try {
+        /*
+         We use reflection here to pick up the class that initializes Flipper,
+        since Flipper library is not available in release mode
+        */
+        Class<?> aClass = Class.forName("com.facebook.flipper.ReactNativeFlipper");
+        aClass.getMethod("initializeFlipper", Context.class).invoke(null, context);
+      } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+        e.printStackTrace();
+      }
+    }
   }
 }