diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/HermesExecutor.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/HermesExecutor.java
index 7519f2146fa..2081216f3f9 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/HermesExecutor.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/hermes/reactexecutor/HermesExecutor.java
@@ -16,14 +16,20 @@ public class HermesExecutor extends JavaScriptExecutor {
   private static String mode_;
 
   static {
-    // libhermes must be loaded explicitly to invoke its JNI_OnLoad.
-    SoLoader.loadLibrary("hermes");
-    try {
-      SoLoader.loadLibrary("hermes-executor-debug");
-      mode_ = "Debug";
-    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
-      SoLoader.loadLibrary("hermes-executor-release");
-      mode_ = "Release";
+    loadLibrary();
+  }
+
+  public static void loadLibrary() throws UnsatisfiedLinkError {
+    if (mode_ == null) {
+      // libhermes must be loaded explicitly to invoke its JNI_OnLoad.
+      SoLoader.loadLibrary("hermes");
+      try {
+        SoLoader.loadLibrary("hermes-executor-debug");
+        mode_ = "Debug";
+      } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
+        SoLoader.loadLibrary("hermes-executor-release");
+        mode_ = "Release";
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder.java
index ddfb5507ec4..672d370cd06 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/ReactInstanceManagerBuilder.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.Application;
 import android.content.Context;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
+import com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutor;
 import com.facebook.hermes.reactexecutor.HermesExecutorFactory;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSBundleLoader;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSupportManagerFactory;
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.RedBoxHandler;
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.interfaces.DevBundleDownloadListener;
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.interfaces.DevSupportManager;
+import com.facebook.react.jscexecutor.JSCExecutor;
 import com.facebook.react.jscexecutor.JSCExecutorFactory;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler;
 import com.facebook.react.packagerconnection.RequestHandler;
@@ -347,7 +349,7 @@ public class ReactInstanceManagerBuilder {
     try {
       // If JSC is included, use it as normal
       initializeSoLoaderIfNecessary(applicationContext);
-      SoLoader.loadLibrary("jscexecutor");
+      JSCExecutor.loadLibrary();
       return new JSCExecutorFactory(appName, deviceName);
     } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError jscE) {
       // https://github.com/facebook/hermes/issues/78 shows that
@@ -365,6 +367,7 @@ public class ReactInstanceManagerBuilder {
 
       // Otherwise use Hermes
       try {
+        HermesExecutor.loadLibrary();
         return new HermesExecutorFactory();
       } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError hermesE) {
         // If we get here, either this is a JSC build, and of course
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/jscexecutor/JSCExecutor.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/jscexecutor/JSCExecutor.java
index 09737c178b9..4adb377de81 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/jscexecutor/JSCExecutor.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/jscexecutor/JSCExecutor.java
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableNativeMap;
 import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
 
 @DoNotStrip
-/* package */ class JSCExecutor extends JavaScriptExecutor {
+/* package */ public class JSCExecutor extends JavaScriptExecutor {
+
   static {
+    loadLibrary();
+  }
+
+  public static void loadLibrary() throws UnsatisfiedLinkError {
     SoLoader.loadLibrary("jscexecutor");
   }