diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/BUCK
index 5c4a5b26df6..08230b0a0be 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/BUCK
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ load("//ReactNative:DEFS.bzl", "rn_android_library", "react_native_dep", "react_
 rn_android_library(
     name = "common",
     srcs = glob(["*.java"]),
+    provided_deps = [
+        react_native_dep("third-party/android/support/v4:lib-support-v4"),
+        react_native_dep("third-party/android/support-annotations:android-support-annotations"),
+    ],
     visibility = [
         "PUBLIC",
     ],
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewType.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewType.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66e4fdbecd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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.react.uimanager.common;
+
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewType.FABRIC;
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewType.PAPER;
+import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.SOURCE;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import android.support.annotation.IntDef;
+
+@Retention(SOURCE)
+@IntDef({PAPER, FABRIC})
+public @interface ViewType {
+  int PAPER = 1;
+  int FABRIC = 2;
+}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewUtil.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc7a3ddcbd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/common/ViewUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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.react.uimanager.common;
+
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewType.FABRIC;
+import static com.facebook.react.uimanager.common.ViewType.PAPER;
+
+public class ViewUtil {
+
+  /**
+   * Counter for uniquely identifying views.
+   * - % 10 === 1 means it is a rootTag.
+   * - % 2 === 0 means it is a Fabric tag.
+   * See https://github.com/facebook/react/pull/12587
+   *
+   * @param reactTag {@link }
+   */
+  @ViewType
+  public static int getViewType(int reactTag) {
+    if (reactTag % 2 == 0) return FABRIC;
+    return PAPER;
+  }
+
+}