diff --git a/src/renderers/native/ReactIOS/IOSNativeBridgeEventPlugin.js b/src/renderers/native/ReactIOS/IOSNativeBridgeEventPlugin.js
index 6c1d887e55..844e47536b 100644
--- a/src/renderers/native/ReactIOS/IOSNativeBridgeEventPlugin.js
+++ b/src/renderers/native/ReactIOS/IOSNativeBridgeEventPlugin.js
@@ -41,25 +41,21 @@ var IOSNativeBridgeEventPlugin = {
   eventTypes: merge(customBubblingEventTypes, customDirectEventTypes),
 
   /**
-   * @param {string} topLevelType Record from `EventConstants`.
-   * @param {DOMEventTarget} topLevelTarget The listening component root node.
-   * @param {string} topLevelTargetID ID of `topLevelTarget`.
-   * @param {object} nativeEvent Native browser event.
-   * @return {*} An accumulation of synthetic events.
    * @see {EventPluginHub.extractEvents}
    */
   extractEvents: function(
-    topLevelType: string,
-    topLevelTarget: EventTarget,
-    topLevelTargetID: string,
-    nativeEvent: Event
+    topLevelType,
+    targetInst,
+    nativeEvent,
+    nativeEventTarget
   ): ?Object {
     var bubbleDispatchConfig = customBubblingEventTypes[topLevelType];
     var directDispatchConfig = customDirectEventTypes[topLevelType];
     var event = SyntheticEvent.getPooled(
       bubbleDispatchConfig || directDispatchConfig,
-      topLevelTargetID,
-      nativeEvent
+      targetInst,
+      nativeEvent,
+      nativeEventTarget
     );
     if (bubbleDispatchConfig) {
       EventPropagators.accumulateTwoPhaseDispatches(event);
diff --git a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeBaseComponent.js b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeBaseComponent.js
index f16aff4f7c..ed21216ce6 100644
--- a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeBaseComponent.js
+++ b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeBaseComponent.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 var NativeMethodsMixin = require('NativeMethodsMixin');
 var ReactNativeAttributePayload = require('ReactNativeAttributePayload');
+var ReactNativeComponentTree = require('ReactNativeComponentTree');
 var ReactNativeEventEmitter = require('ReactNativeEventEmitter');
 var ReactNativeTagHandles = require('ReactNativeTagHandles');
 var ReactMultiChild = require('ReactMultiChild');
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ ReactNativeBaseComponent.Mixin = {
   },
 
   unmountComponent: function() {
+    ReactNativeComponentTree.uncacheNode(this);
     deleteAllListeners(this._rootNodeID);
     this.unmountChildren();
     this._rootNodeID = null;
@@ -196,7 +198,6 @@ ReactNativeBaseComponent.Mixin = {
     );
 
     var nativeTopRootTag = nativeContainerInfo._tag;
-    console.log('mountInCmp', nativeContainerInfo, nativeTopRootTag);
     UIManager.createView(
       tag,
       this.viewConfig.uiViewClassName,
@@ -204,6 +205,8 @@ ReactNativeBaseComponent.Mixin = {
       updatePayload
     );
 
+    ReactNativeComponentTree.precacheNode(this, tag);
+
     this._registerListenersUponCreation(this._currentElement.props);
     this.initializeChildren(
       this._currentElement.props.children,
diff --git a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeComponentTree.js b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeComponentTree.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82963ad4b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeComponentTree.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @providesModule ReactNativeComponentTree
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+var invariant = require('invariant');
+
+var instanceCache = {};
+
+/**
+ * Drill down (through composites and empty components) until we get a native or
+ * native text component.
+ *
+ * This is pretty polymorphic but unavoidable with the current structure we have
+ * for `_renderedChildren`.
+ */
+function getRenderedNativeOrTextFromComponent(component) {
+  var rendered;
+  while ((rendered = component._renderedComponent)) {
+    component = rendered;
+  }
+  return component;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Populate `_nativeNode` on the rendered native/text component with the given
+ * DOM node. The passed `inst` can be a composite.
+ */
+function precacheNode(inst, tag) {
+  var nativeInst = getRenderedNativeOrTextFromComponent(inst);
+  instanceCache[tag] = nativeInst;
+}
+
+function uncacheNode(inst) {
+  var tag = inst._rootNodeID;
+  if (tag) {
+    delete instanceCache[tag];
+  }
+}
+
+function getInstanceFromTag(tag) {
+  return instanceCache[tag] || null;
+}
+
+function getTagFromInstance(inst) {
+  invariant(inst._rootNodeID, 'All native instances should have a tag.');
+  return inst._rootNodeID;
+}
+
+var ReactNativeComponentTree = {
+  getClosestInstanceFromNode: getInstanceFromTag,
+  getInstanceFromNode: getInstanceFromTag,
+  getNodeFromInstance: getTagFromInstance,
+  precacheNode: precacheNode,
+  uncacheNode: uncacheNode,
+};
+
+module.exports = ReactNativeComponentTree;
diff --git a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeDefaultInjection.js b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeDefaultInjection.js
index 18ddc86f97..c95e300be2 100644
--- a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeDefaultInjection.js
+++ b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeDefaultInjection.js
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ var ReactNativeComponentEnvironment = require('ReactNativeComponentEnvironment')
 var ReactNativeGlobalInteractionHandler = require('ReactNativeGlobalInteractionHandler');
 var ReactNativeGlobalResponderHandler = require('ReactNativeGlobalResponderHandler');
 var ReactNativeTextComponent = require('ReactNativeTextComponent');
+var ReactNativeTreeTraversal = require('ReactNativeTreeTraversal');
 var ReactNativeComponent = require('ReactNativeComponent');
+var ReactNativeComponentTree = require('ReactNativeComponentTree');
 var ReactSimpleEmptyComponent = require('ReactSimpleEmptyComponent');
 var ReactUpdates = require('ReactUpdates');
 var ResponderEventPlugin = require('ResponderEventPlugin');
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ function inject() {
    * Inject module for resolving DOM hierarchy and plugin ordering.
    */
   EventPluginHub.injection.injectEventPluginOrder(IOSDefaultEventPluginOrder);
+  EventPluginUtils.injection.injectComponentTree(ReactNativeComponentTree);
+  EventPluginUtils.injection.injectTreeTraversal(ReactNativeTreeTraversal);
 
   ResponderEventPlugin.injection.injectGlobalResponderHandler(
     ReactNativeGlobalResponderHandler
diff --git a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js
index eeea701f6e..67d18d11cb 100644
--- a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js
+++ b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 var EventPluginHub = require('EventPluginHub');
 var EventPluginRegistry = require('EventPluginRegistry');
 var ReactEventEmitterMixin = require('ReactEventEmitterMixin');
+var ReactNativeComponentTree = require('ReactNativeComponentTree');
 var ReactNativeTagHandles = require('ReactNativeTagHandles');
 var EventConstants = require('EventConstants');
 
@@ -112,15 +113,15 @@ var ReactNativeEventEmitter = merge(ReactEventEmitterMixin, {
    * @param {object} nativeEventParam Object passed from native.
    */
   _receiveRootNodeIDEvent: function(
-    rootNodeID: ?string,
+    rootNodeID: number,
     topLevelType: string,
     nativeEventParam: Object
   ) {
     var nativeEvent = nativeEventParam || EMPTY_NATIVE_EVENT;
+    var inst = ReactNativeComponentTree.getInstanceFromNode(rootNodeID);
     ReactNativeEventEmitter.handleTopLevel(
       topLevelType,
-      rootNodeID,
-      rootNodeID,
+      inst,
       nativeEvent,
       nativeEvent.target
     );
diff --git a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeTextComponent.js b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeTextComponent.js
index 534828e161..434e4b8885 100644
--- a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeTextComponent.js
+++ b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeTextComponent.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
+var ReactNativeComponentTree = require('ReactNativeComponentTree');
 var ReactNativeTagHandles = require('ReactNativeTagHandles');
 var UIManager = require('UIManager');
 
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ Object.assign(ReactNativeTextComponent.prototype, {
       nativeTopRootTag,
       {text: this._stringText}
     );
+
+    ReactNativeComponentTree.precacheNode(this, tag);
+
     return tag;
   },
 
@@ -56,7 +60,6 @@ Object.assign(ReactNativeTextComponent.prototype, {
       var nextStringText = '' + nextText;
       if (nextStringText !== this._stringText) {
         this._stringText = nextStringText;
-        console.log('receiveComponent', this, this._rootNodeID);
         UIManager.updateView(
           this._rootNodeID,
           'RCTRawText',
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ Object.assign(ReactNativeTextComponent.prototype, {
   },
 
   unmountComponent: function() {
+    ReactNativeComponentTree.uncacheNode(this);
     this._currentElement = null;
     this._stringText = null;
     this._rootNodeID = null;
diff --git a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeTreeTraversal.js b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeTreeTraversal.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58a3a9e479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/ReactNativeTreeTraversal.js
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @providesModule ReactNativeTreeTraversal
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+// Same as ReactDOMTreeTraversal without the invariants.
+
+/**
+ * Return the lowest common ancestor of A and B, or null if they are in
+ * different trees.
+ */
+function getLowestCommonAncestor(instA, instB) {
+  var depthA = 0;
+  for (var tempA = instA; tempA; tempA = tempA._nativeParent) {
+    depthA++;
+  }
+  var depthB = 0;
+  for (var tempB = instB; tempB; tempB = tempB._nativeParent) {
+    depthB++;
+  }
+
+  // If A is deeper, crawl up.
+  while (depthA - depthB > 0) {
+    instA = instA._nativeParent;
+    depthA--;
+  }
+
+  // If B is deeper, crawl up.
+  while (depthB - depthA > 0) {
+    instB = instB._nativeParent;
+    depthB--;
+  }
+
+  // Walk in lockstep until we find a match.
+  var depth = depthA;
+  while (depth--) {
+    if (instA === instB) {
+      return instA;
+    }
+    instA = instA._nativeParent;
+    instB = instB._nativeParent;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return if A is an ancestor of B.
+ */
+function isAncestor(instA, instB) {
+  while (instB) {
+    if (instB === instA) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    instB = instB._nativeParent;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Return the parent instance of the passed-in instance.
+ */
+function getParentInstance(inst) {
+  return inst._nativeParent;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Simulates the traversal of a two-phase, capture/bubble event dispatch.
+ */
+function traverseTwoPhase(inst, fn, arg) {
+  var path = [];
+  while (inst) {
+    path.push(inst);
+    inst = inst._nativeParent;
+  }
+  var i;
+  for (i = path.length; i-- > 0;) {
+    fn(path[i], false, arg);
+  }
+  for (i = 0; i < path.length; i++) {
+    fn(path[i], true, arg);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Traverses the ID hierarchy and invokes the supplied `cb` on any IDs that
+ * should would receive a `mouseEnter` or `mouseLeave` event.
+ *
+ * Does not invoke the callback on the nearest common ancestor because nothing
+ * "entered" or "left" that element.
+ */
+function traverseEnterLeave(from, to, fn, argFrom, argTo) {
+  var common = from && to ? getLowestCommonAncestor(from, to) : null;
+  var pathFrom = [];
+  while (from && from !== common) {
+    pathFrom.push(from);
+    from = from._nativeParent;
+  }
+  var pathTo = [];
+  while (to && to !== common) {
+    pathTo.push(to);
+    to = to._nativeParent;
+  }
+  var i;
+  for (i = 0; i < pathFrom.length; i++) {
+    fn(pathFrom[i], true, argFrom);
+  }
+  for (i = pathTo.length; i-- > 0;) {
+    fn(pathTo[i], false, argTo);
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  isAncestor: isAncestor,
+  getLowestCommonAncestor: getLowestCommonAncestor,
+  getParentInstance: getParentInstance,
+  traverseTwoPhase: traverseTwoPhase,
+  traverseEnterLeave: traverseEnterLeave,
+};
diff --git a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/findNodeHandle.js b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/findNodeHandle.js
index 1c7636282e..15f709e7e9 100644
--- a/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/findNodeHandle.js
+++ b/src/renderers/native/ReactNative/findNodeHandle.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ function findNodeHandle(componentOrHandle: any): ?number {
   // ReactInstanceMap.get here will always succeed for mounted components
   var internalInstance = ReactInstanceMap.get(component);
   if (internalInstance) {
-    return internalInstance._rootNodeID;
+    return internalInstance.getNativeNode();
   } else {
     var rootNodeID = component._rootNodeID;
     if (rootNodeID) {