diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.cpp
index 86ec31ed2d1..1b1dd67d42e 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.cpp
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ static const std::string componentNameByReactViewName(std::string viewName) {
   return viewName;
 }
 
+FabricUIManager::FabricUIManager(std::function<UIManagerInstaller> installer, std::function<UIManagerUninstaller> uninstaller):
+  installer_(std::move(installer)),
+  uninstaller_(std::move(uninstaller)) {
+
+  installer_(*this);
+}
+
+FabricUIManager::~FabricUIManager() {
+  uninstaller_();
+}
+
 void FabricUIManager::setComponentDescriptorRegistry(const SharedComponentDescriptorRegistry &componentDescriptorRegistry) {
   componentDescriptorRegistry_ = componentDescriptorRegistry;
 }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.h b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.h
index 428d6de5bd7..5c561511c5a 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/FabricUIManager.h
@@ -21,12 +21,22 @@ namespace react {
 class FabricUIManager;
 using UIManager = FabricUIManager;
 
+/*
+ * Particular implementations of those functions should capture references to
+ * the runtime and ensure proper threading.
+ */
+using UIManagerInstaller = void (UIManager &uiManager);
+using UIManagerUninstaller = void ();
+
 using DispatchEventToEmptyTargetFunction = void (const EventHandler &eventHandler, const std::string &type, const folly::dynamic &payload);
 using DispatchEventToTargetFunction = void (const EventHandler &eventHandler, const EventTarget &eventTarget, const std::string &type, const folly::dynamic &payload);
 
 class FabricUIManager {
 public:
 
+  FabricUIManager(std::function<UIManagerInstaller> installer, std::function<UIManagerUninstaller> uninstaller);
+  ~FabricUIManager();
+
 #pragma mark - Native-facing Interface
 
   void setComponentDescriptorRegistry(const SharedComponentDescriptorRegistry &componentDescriptorRegistry);
@@ -77,6 +87,9 @@ private:
   mutable UniqueEventHandler eventHandler_;
   std::function<DispatchEventToEmptyTargetFunction> dispatchEventToEmptyTargetFunction_;
   std::function<DispatchEventToTargetFunction> dispatchEventToTargetFunction_;
+
+  std::function<UIManagerInstaller> installer_;
+  std::function<UIManagerUninstaller> uninstaller_;
 };
 
 } // namespace react
diff --git a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
index 056222fdfed..020605cee99 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/fabric/uimanager/Scheduler.cpp
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ namespace react {
 Scheduler::Scheduler(const SharedContextContainer &contextContainer):
   contextContainer_(contextContainer) {
 
-  uiManager_ = std::make_shared<FabricUIManager>();
+  uiManager_ = std::make_shared<FabricUIManager>(
+    contextContainer->getInstance<std::function<UIManagerInstaller>>("uimanager-installer"),
+    contextContainer->getInstance<std::function<UIManagerUninstaller>>("uimanager-uninstaller")
+  );
 
   auto eventDispatcher =
     std::make_shared<EventDispatcher>(