diff --git a/Libraries/ReactNative/AppRegistry.js b/Libraries/ReactNative/AppRegistry.js
index 2b37b9a4f73..96edccc1096 100644
--- a/Libraries/ReactNative/AppRegistry.js
+++ b/Libraries/ReactNative/AppRegistry.js
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const invariant = require('invariant');
 const renderApplication = require('./renderApplication');
 import type {IPerformanceLogger} from '../Utilities/createPerformanceLogger';
 
+import {coerceDisplayMode} from './DisplayMode';
 import createPerformanceLogger from '../Utilities/createPerformanceLogger';
 import NativeHeadlessJsTaskSupport from './NativeHeadlessJsTaskSupport';
 import HeadlessJsTaskError from './HeadlessJsTaskError';
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ const AppRegistry = {
     let scopedPerformanceLogger = createPerformanceLogger();
     runnables[appKey] = {
       componentProvider,
-      run: appParameters => {
+      run: (appParameters, displayMode) => {
         renderApplication(
           componentProviderInstrumentationHook(
             componentProvider,
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ const AppRegistry = {
           scopedPerformanceLogger,
           appKey === 'LogBox',
           appKey,
+          coerceDisplayMode(displayMode),
         );
       },
     };
@@ -179,7 +181,11 @@ const AppRegistry = {
    *
    * See https://reactnative.dev/docs/appregistry.html#runapplication
    */
-  runApplication(appKey: string, appParameters: any): void {
+  runApplication(
+    appKey: string,
+    appParameters: any,
+    displayMode?: number,
+  ): void {
     if (appKey !== 'LogBox') {
       const msg =
         'Running "' + appKey + '" with ' + JSON.stringify(appParameters);
@@ -198,13 +204,17 @@ const AppRegistry = {
     );
 
     SceneTracker.setActiveScene({name: appKey});
-    runnables[appKey].run(appParameters);
+    runnables[appKey].run(appParameters, displayMode);
   },
 
   /**
    * Update initial props for a surface that's already rendered
    */
-  setSurfaceProps(appKey: string, appParameters: any): void {
+  setSurfaceProps(
+    appKey: string,
+    appParameters: any,
+    displayMode?: number,
+  ): void {
     if (appKey !== 'LogBox') {
       const msg =
         'Updating props for Surface "' +
@@ -225,7 +235,7 @@ const AppRegistry = {
         "* A module failed to load due to an error and `AppRegistry.registerComponent` wasn't called.",
     );
 
-    runnables[appKey].run(appParameters);
+    runnables[appKey].run(appParameters, displayMode);
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/Libraries/ReactNative/DisplayMode.js b/Libraries/ReactNative/DisplayMode.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..30e76fcccd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/ReactNative/DisplayMode.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow strict-local
+ * @format
+ */
+
+export opaque type DisplayModeType = number;
+
+/** DisplayMode should be in sync with the method displayModeToInt from
+ * react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h. */
+const DisplayMode: {[string]: DisplayModeType} = Object.freeze({
+  VISIBLE: 1,
+  SUSPENDED: 2,
+  HIDDEN: 3,
+});
+
+export function coerceDisplayMode(value: ?number): DisplayModeType {
+  if (value == null || value === undefined) {
+    return DisplayMode.VISIBLE;
+  }
+  switch (value) {
+    case DisplayMode.SUSPENDED:
+    case DisplayMode.HIDDEN:
+      return value;
+  }
+  return DisplayMode.VISIBLE;
+}
+
+export default DisplayMode;
diff --git a/Libraries/ReactNative/renderApplication.js b/Libraries/ReactNative/renderApplication.js
index 870b1e28968..8c916978380 100644
--- a/Libraries/ReactNative/renderApplication.js
+++ b/Libraries/ReactNative/renderApplication.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ const AppContainer = require('./AppContainer');
 import GlobalPerformanceLogger from '../Utilities/GlobalPerformanceLogger';
 import type {IPerformanceLogger} from '../Utilities/createPerformanceLogger';
 import PerformanceLoggerContext from '../Utilities/PerformanceLoggerContext';
+import type {DisplayModeType} from './DisplayMode';
 const React = require('react');
 
 const invariant = require('invariant');
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ function renderApplication<Props: Object>(
   scopedPerformanceLogger?: IPerformanceLogger,
   isLogBox?: boolean,
   debugName?: string,
+  displayMode?: ?DisplayModeType,
 ) {
   invariant(rootTag, 'Expect to have a valid rootTag, instead got ', rootTag);
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h
index 8474a15ae44..749fca7f281 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/react/renderer/uimanager/primitives.h
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ inline static SurfaceId surfaceIdFromValue(
 }
 
 inline static int displayModeToInt(DisplayMode const value) {
+  // the result of this method should be in sync with
+  // Libraries/ReactNative/DisplayMode.js
   switch (value) {
     case DisplayMode::Visible:
       return 1;