diff --git a/template/android/app/src/debug/java/com/helloworld/ReactNativeFlipper.java b/template/android/app/src/debug/java/com/helloworld/ReactNativeFlipper.java
index 64143d1dd7d..82a0a3e65f5 100644
--- a/template/android/app/src/debug/java/com/helloworld/ReactNativeFlipper.java
+++ b/template/android/app/src/debug/java/com/helloworld/ReactNativeFlipper.java
@@ -6,23 +6,20 @@
  */
 package com.helloworld;
 
-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.fresco.FrescoFlipperPlugin;
 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.ReactInstanceManager;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.network.NetworkingModule;
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
 
 public class ReactNativeFlipper {
-  public static void initializeFlipper(Context context) {
+  public static void initializeFlipper(Context context, ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager) {
     if (FlipperUtils.shouldEnableFlipper(context)) {
       final FlipperClient client = AndroidFlipperClient.getInstance(context);
 
@@ -41,8 +38,29 @@ public class ReactNativeFlipper {
             }
           });
       client.addPlugin(networkFlipperPlugin);
-
       client.start();
+
+      // Fresco Plugin needs to ensure that ImagePipelineFactory is initialized
+      // Hence we run if after all native modules have been initialized
+      ReactContext reactContext = reactInstanceManager.getCurrentReactContext();
+      if (reactContext == null) {
+        reactInstanceManager.addReactInstanceEventListener(
+            new ReactInstanceManager.ReactInstanceEventListener() {
+              @Override
+              public void onReactContextInitialized(ReactContext reactContext) {
+                reactInstanceManager.removeReactInstanceEventListener(this);
+                reactContext.runOnNativeModulesQueueThread(
+                    new Runnable() {
+                      @Override
+                      public void run() {
+                        client.addPlugin(new FrescoFlipperPlugin());
+                      }
+                    });
+              }
+            });
+      } else {
+        client.addPlugin(new FrescoFlipperPlugin());
+      }
     }
   }
 }
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 74189a7ac62..c21a5f4ef9b 100644
--- a/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java
+++ b/template/android/app/src/main/java/com/helloworld/MainApplication.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.app.Application;
 import android.content.Context;
 import com.facebook.react.PackageList;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
+import com.facebook.react.ReactInstanceManager;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
@@ -46,11 +47,13 @@ public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Loads Flipper in React Native templates.
+   * Loads Flipper in React Native templates. Call this in the onCreate method with something like
+   * initializeFlipper(this, getReactNativeHost().getReactInstanceManager());
    *
    * @param context
    */
-  private static void initializeFlipper(Context context) {
+  private static void initializeFlipper(
+      Context context, ReactInstanceManager reactInstanceManager) {
     if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
       try {
         /*
@@ -58,7 +61,9 @@ public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
         since Flipper library is not available in release mode
         */
         Class<?> aClass = Class.forName("com.helloworld.ReactNativeFlipper");
-        aClass.getMethod("initializeFlipper", Context.class).invoke(null, context);
+        aClass
+            .getMethod("initializeFlipper", Context.class, ReactInstanceManager.class)
+            .invoke(null, context, reactInstanceManager);
       } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
       } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {