diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BUCK
index c147933c5e8..68c1e25fcd9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/BUCK
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ INTERFACES = [
     "ReadableArray.java",
     "ReadableType.java",
     "NativeArrayInterface.java",
+    "LifecycleEventListener.java",
 ]
 
 rn_android_library(
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
index 99d9c760d12..373c78cc354 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/module/processing/ReactModuleSpecProcessor.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModuleList;
 import com.facebook.react.module.model.ReactModuleInfo;
 import com.facebook.react.module.model.ReactModuleInfoProvider;
-import com.facebook.react.turbomodule.core.interfaces.TurboModule;
 import com.squareup.javapoet.ClassName;
 import com.squareup.javapoet.CodeBlock;
 import com.squareup.javapoet.JavaFile;
@@ -152,6 +151,16 @@ public class ReactModuleSpecProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
     } else {
       builder.addStatement("$T map = new $T()", MAP_TYPE, INSTANTIATED_MAP_TYPE);
 
+      String turboModuleInterfaceCanonicalName =
+          "com.facebook.react.turbomodule.core.interfaces.TurboModule";
+      TypeMirror turboModuleInterface =
+          mElements.getTypeElement(turboModuleInterfaceCanonicalName).asType();
+
+      if (turboModuleInterface == null) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(
+            "com.facebook.react.turbomodule.core.interfaces.TurboModule interface not found.");
+      }
+
       for (String nativeModule : nativeModules) {
         String keyString = nativeModule;
 
@@ -171,12 +180,15 @@ public class ReactModuleSpecProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
                   + "Did you forget to add the @ReactModule annotation to the native module?");
         }
 
-        boolean isTurboModule = isTurboModuleTypeElement(typeElement);
-        if (!isTurboModule) {
-          TypeMirror nativeModuleSpecTypeMirror = typeElement.getSuperclass();
-          isTurboModule =
-              isTurboModuleTypeElement(
-                  mElements.getTypeElement(nativeModuleSpecTypeMirror.toString()));
+        boolean isTurboModule;
+        try {
+          isTurboModule = mTypes.isAssignable(typeElement.asType(), turboModuleInterface);
+        } catch (Exception ex) {
+          throw new RuntimeException(
+              "Failed to check if "
+                  + nativeModule
+                  + " is type-assignable to "
+                  + turboModuleInterfaceCanonicalName);
         }
 
         List<? extends Element> elements = typeElement.getEnclosedElements();
@@ -222,18 +234,6 @@ public class ReactModuleSpecProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
     return builder.build();
   }
 
-  /**
-   * A Module is a Turbo Module if it either implements TurboModule or its super class, typically
-   * NativeModuleSpec implements TurboMobile
-   */
-  private boolean isTurboModuleTypeElement(TypeElement typeElement) {
-    if (typeElement == null) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return typeElement.getInterfaces().stream()
-        .anyMatch(el -> el.toString().equals(TurboModule.class.getName()));
-  }
-
   private static class ReactModuleSpecException extends Exception {
 
     public final String mMessage;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/fresco/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/fresco/BUCK
index 0cad1b2e00a..23de9ad34e3 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/fresco/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/fresco/BUCK
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ rn_android_library(
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/bridge:bridge"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/common:common"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/module/annotations:annotations"),
-        react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/modules/common:common"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/modules/network:network"),
     ],
+    exported_deps = [
+        react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/modules/common:common"),
+        react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/bridge:interfaces"),
+    ],
 )