diff --git a/Libraries/Animated/src/AnimatedImplementation.js b/Libraries/Animated/src/AnimatedImplementation.js
index 27b1121cbed..c9e61113168 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/src/AnimatedImplementation.js
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/src/AnimatedImplementation.js
@@ -1672,6 +1672,12 @@ function createAnimatedComponent(Component: any): any {
     _setComponentRef(c) {
       this._component = c;
     }
+
+    // A third party library can use getNode()
+    // to get the node reference of the decorated component
+    getNode () {
+      return this._component;
+    }
   }
   AnimatedComponent.propTypes = {
     style: function(props, propName, componentName) {