diff --git a/.flowconfig b/.flowconfig
index ee7c3101d56..3ff4d04771c 100644
--- a/.flowconfig
+++ b/.flowconfig
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ module.name_mapper='^react-native/\(.*\)$' -> '<PROJECT_ROOT>/packages/react-nat
 module.name_mapper='^@react-native/dev-middleware$' -> '<PROJECT_ROOT>/packages/dev-middleware'
 module.name_mapper='^@?[./a-zA-Z0-9$_-]+\.\(bmp\|gif\|jpg\|jpeg\|png\|psd\|svg\|webp\|m4v\|mov\|mp4\|mpeg\|mpg\|webm\|aac\|aiff\|caf\|m4a\|mp3\|wav\|html\|pdf\|xml\)$' -> '<PROJECT_ROOT>/packages/react-native/Libraries/Image/RelativeImageStub'
 
+react.runtime=automatic
+
 suppress_type=$FlowIssue
 suppress_type=$FlowFixMe
 suppress_type=$FlowFixMeProps