diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
index 1a84a1833d2..9151f498b71 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/ImageRequest.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ class ImageRequest final {
    */
   class ImageNoLongerNeededException;
 
+  ImageRequest();
+
   /*
    * `ImageRequest` is constructed with `ImageSource` and
    * `ImageResponse` future which must be moved in inside the object.
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageManager.cpp
index 4221aac1e20..6c81c831b63 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageManager.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ ImageManager::~ImageManager() {
 
 ImageRequest ImageManager::requestImage(const ImageSource &imageSource) const {
   // Not implemented.
-  abort();
+  return {};
 }
 
 } // namespace react
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageRequest.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageRequest.cpp
index ec88e317028..35b2ecfd860 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageRequest.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/imagemanager/platform/android/ImageRequest.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
 
+ImageRequest::ImageRequest() {}
+
 ImageRequest::ImageRequest(
     const ImageSource &imageSource,
     folly::Future<ImageResponse> &&responseFuture) {