diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
index be421366bd..be6df607a2 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 import type * as BabelCore from "@babel/core";
 import { compileProgram, parsePluginOptions } from "../Entrypoint";
+import {
+  injectReanimatedFlag,
+  pipelineUsesReanimatedPlugin,
+} from "../Entrypoint/Reanimated";
 
 /*
  * The React Forget Babel Plugin
@@ -25,8 +29,12 @@ export default function ReactForgetBabelPlugin(
        * want Forget to run true to source as possible.
        */
       Program(prog, pass): void {
+        let opts = parsePluginOptions(pass.opts);
+        if (pipelineUsesReanimatedPlugin(pass.file.opts.plugins)) {
+          opts = injectReanimatedFlag(opts);
+        }
         compileProgram(prog, {
-          opts: parsePluginOptions(pass.opts),
+          opts,
           filename: pass.filename ?? null,
           comments: pass.file.ast.comments ?? [],
         });
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Options.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Options.ts
index bb3aef26df..ed93092ab9 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Options.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Options.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import * as t from "@babel/types";
 import { z } from "zod";
 import { CompilerErrorDetailOptions } from "../CompilerError";
 import { ExternalFunction, PartialEnvironmentConfig } from "../HIR/Environment";
+import { hasOwnProperty } from "../Utils/utils";
 
 const PanicThresholdOptionsSchema = z.enum([
   /*
@@ -204,5 +205,5 @@ export function parsePluginOptions(obj: unknown): PluginOptions {
 }
 
 function isCompilerFlag(s: string): s is keyof PluginOptions {
-  return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(defaultOptions, s);
+  return hasOwnProperty(defaultOptions, s);
 }
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Reanimated.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Reanimated.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a3bb8bdba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Entrypoint/Reanimated.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type * as BabelCore from "@babel/core";
+import { hasOwnProperty } from "../Utils/utils";
+import { PluginOptions } from "./Options";
+
+export function pipelineUsesReanimatedPlugin(
+  plugins: Array<BabelCore.PluginItem> | null | undefined
+): boolean {
+  let hasReanimated = false;
+  if (Array.isArray(plugins)) {
+    for (const plugin of plugins) {
+      if (hasOwnProperty(plugin, "key")) {
+        const key = (plugin as any).key; // already checked
+        if (
+          typeof key === "string" &&
+          key.indexOf("react-native-reanimated") !== -1
+        ) {
+          hasReanimated = true;
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return hasReanimated;
+}
+
+export function injectReanimatedFlag(options: PluginOptions): PluginOptions {
+  return {
+    ...options,
+    environment: {
+      ...options.environment,
+      enableCustomTypeDefinitionForReAnimated: true,
+    },
+  };
+}
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Utils/utils.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Utils/utils.ts
index 43a5fbed60..c02e813255 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Utils/utils.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/Utils/utils.ts
@@ -98,3 +98,10 @@ export function hasNode<T>(
    */
   return input.node != null;
 }
+
+export function hasOwnProperty<T>(
+  obj: T,
+  key: string | number | symbol
+): key is keyof T {
+  return Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, key);
+}