diff --git a/Libraries/AppDelegate/React-RCTAppDelegate.podspec b/Libraries/AppDelegate/React-RCTAppDelegate.podspec
index 98dd9428135..fff87118479 100644
--- a/Libraries/AppDelegate/React-RCTAppDelegate.podspec
+++ b/Libraries/AppDelegate/React-RCTAppDelegate.podspec
@@ -23,6 +23,22 @@ new_arch_enabled_flag="RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED"
 is_new_arch_enabled = ENV[new_arch_enabled_flag] == "1"
 other_cflags = "$(inherited) -DRN_FABRIC_ENABLED " + folly_flags + (is_new_arch_enabled ? " -D"+"RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED" : "")
 
+use_hermes = ENV['USE_HERMES'] == '1'
+
+header_search_paths = [
+  "$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/ReactCommon",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/React-Core",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/boost",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/RCT-Folly",
+  "${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/FlipperKit",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/ReactCommon",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/React-RCTFabric"
+].concat(use_hermes ? [
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/React-hermes",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/hermes-engine"
+] : []).map{|p| "\"#{p}\""}.join(" ")
+
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name            = "React-RCTAppDelegate"
   s.version                = version
@@ -38,7 +54,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   # This guard prevent to install the dependencies when we run `pod install` in the old architecture.
   s.compiler_flags = other_cflags
   s.pod_target_xcconfig    = {
-    "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/ReactCommon\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/React-Core\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/RCT-Folly\" \"${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/React-hermes\" \"${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/hermes-engine\" \"${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/FlipperKit\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/ReactCommon\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/React-RCTFabric\"",
+    "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => header_search_paths,
     "OTHER_CPLUSPLUSFLAGS" => other_cflags,
     "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++17"
   }
diff --git a/React-Core.podspec b/React-Core.podspec
index 5f8304882b6..6997029a839 100644
--- a/React-Core.podspec
+++ b/React-Core.podspec
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ folly_compiler_flags = '-DFOLLY_NO_CONFIG -DFOLLY_MOBILE=1 -DFOLLY_USE_LIBCPP=1
 folly_version = '2021.07.22.00'
 boost_compiler_flags = '-Wno-documentation'
 
+use_hermes = ENV['USE_HERMES'] == '1'
+
 header_subspecs = {
   'CoreModulesHeaders'          => 'React/CoreModules/**/*.h',
   'RCTActionSheetHeaders'       => 'Libraries/ActionSheetIOS/*.h',
@@ -34,6 +36,19 @@ header_subspecs = {
   'RCTVibrationHeaders'         => 'Libraries/Vibration/*.h',
 }
 
+header_search_paths = [
+  "$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/ReactCommon",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/boost",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/RCT-Folly",
+  "${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/FlipperKit",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/ReactCommon",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/React-RCTFabric"
+].concat(use_hermes ? [
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/React-hermes",
+  "$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/hermes-engine"
+] : []).map{|p| "\"#{p}\""}.join(" ")
+
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.name                   = "React-Core"
   s.version                = version
@@ -48,12 +63,13 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.header_dir             = "React"
   s.framework              = "JavaScriptCore"
   s.pod_target_xcconfig    = {
-    "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)/ReactCommon\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/RCT-Folly\" \"${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/React-hermes\" \"${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/hermes-engine\" \"${PODS_ROOT}/Headers/Public/FlipperKit\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/ReactCommon\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Public/React-RCTFabric\"",
-    "FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"${PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR}/React-hermes\"",
-    "DEFINES_MODULE" => "YES",
-    "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS" => "RCT_METRO_PORT=${RCT_METRO_PORT}",
-    "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++17",
-  }
+                               "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => header_search_paths,
+                               "DEFINES_MODULE" => "YES",
+                               "GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS" => "RCT_METRO_PORT=${RCT_METRO_PORT}",
+                               "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++17",
+                             }.merge!(use_hermes ? {
+                               "FRAMEWORK_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR)/React-hermes\""
+                             } : {})
   s.user_target_xcconfig   = { "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/React-Core\""}
   s.default_subspec        = "Default"
 
diff --git a/scripts/react_native_pods.rb b/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
index 3157a42e0be..983e7c5763d 100644
--- a/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
+++ b/scripts/react_native_pods.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ def use_react_native! (
   # Better to rely and enable this environment flag if the new architecture is turned on using flags.
   ENV['RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED'] = new_arch_enabled ? "1" : "0"
   fabric_enabled = fabric_enabled || new_arch_enabled
+  ENV['USE_HERMES'] = hermes_enabled ? "1" : "0"
 
   prefix = path