diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e843d0f133..cfdf5851a6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     "cli-spinners": "^1.0.0",
     "clipboard-js": "^0.3.6",
     "css-loader": "^1.0.1",
-    "html2canvas": "^1.0.0-alpha.12",
     "error-stack-parser": "^2.0.2",
     "es6-symbol": "3.0.2",
     "escape-string-regexp": "^1.0.5",
@@ -81,10 +80,12 @@
     "flow-bin": "^0.94.0",
     "fs-extra": "^3.0.1",
     "gh-pages": "^1.0.0",
+    "html2canvas": "^1.0.0-alpha.12",
     "immutable": "3.7.6",
     "jest": "22.1.4",
     "lerna": "^2.8.0",
     "lint-staged": "^7.0.5",
+    "lodash.throttle": "^4.1.1",
     "log-update": "^2.0.0",
     "lru-cache": "^4.1.3",
     "memoize-one": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/src/devtools/store.js b/src/devtools/store.js
index 69dbf45133..225f9a8ac8 100644
--- a/src/devtools/store.js
+++ b/src/devtools/store.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // @flow
 
 import EventEmitter from 'events';
+import memoize from 'memoize-one';
+import throttle from 'lodash.throttle';
 import {
   TREE_OPERATION_ADD,
   TREE_OPERATION_RECURSIVE_REMOVE_CHILDREN,
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ const debug = (methodName, ...args) => {
 const LOCAL_STORAGE_CAPTURE_SCREENSHOTS_KEY =
   'React::DevTools::captureScreenshots';
 
+const THROTTLE_CAPTURE_SCREENSHOT_DURATION = 500;
+
 type Config = {|
   isProfiling?: boolean,
   supportsCaptureScreenshots?: boolean,
@@ -129,8 +133,8 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter {
       if (supportsCaptureScreenshots) {
         this._supportsCaptureScreenshots = true;
         this._captureScreenshots =
-          localStorage.getItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_CAPTURE_SCREENSHOTS_KEY) !==
-          'false';
+          localStorage.getItem(LOCAL_STORAGE_CAPTURE_SCREENSHOTS_KEY) ===
+          'true';
       }
       if (supportsFileDownloads) {
         this._supportsFileDownloads = true;
@@ -416,6 +420,13 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter {
     this.emit('isProfiling');
   }
 
+  _captureScreenshot = throttle(
+    memoize((commitIndex: number) => {
+      this._bridge.send('captureScreenshot', { commitIndex });
+    }),
+    THROTTLE_CAPTURE_SCREENSHOT_DURATION
+  );
+
   _takeProfilingSnapshotRecursive = (id: number) => {
     const element = this.getElementByID(id);
     if (element !== null) {
@@ -454,10 +465,9 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter {
         profilingOperations.push(operations);
       }
 
-      const commitIndex = profilingOperations.length - 1;
-
       if (this._captureScreenshots) {
-        this._bridge.send('captureScreenshot', { commitIndex });
+        const commitIndex = profilingOperations.length - 1;
+        this._captureScreenshot(commitIndex);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/devtools/views/Profiler/SidebarCommitInfo.css b/src/devtools/views/Profiler/SidebarCommitInfo.css
index a9bd56a2e7..6e99ac4ff3 100644
--- a/src/devtools/views/Profiler/SidebarCommitInfo.css
+++ b/src/devtools/views/Profiler/SidebarCommitInfo.css
@@ -79,3 +79,13 @@
   border: 1px solid var(--color-border);
   border-radius: 0.5rem;
 }
+
+.NoScreenshot {
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 200px;
+  background-color: var(--color-button-background-focus);
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+}
diff --git a/src/devtools/views/Profiler/SidebarCommitInfo.js b/src/devtools/views/Profiler/SidebarCommitInfo.js
index 86debc8e04..a786d6e8db 100644
--- a/src/devtools/views/Profiler/SidebarCommitInfo.js
+++ b/src/devtools/views/Profiler/SidebarCommitInfo.js
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ export default function SidebarCommitInfo(_: Props) {
     selectTab,
   } = useContext(ProfilerContext);
 
-  const { profilingCache, profilingScreenshots } = useContext(StoreContext);
+  const {
+    captureScreenshots,
+    profilingCache,
+    profilingScreenshots,
+  } = useContext(StoreContext);
 
   const screenshot =
     selectedCommitIndex !== null
@@ -97,14 +101,20 @@ export default function SidebarCommitInfo(_: Props) {
               ))}
             </ul>
           </li>
-          {screenshot != null && (
+          {captureScreenshots && (
             <li>
-              <img
-                alt="Screenshot"
-                className={styles.Screenshot}
-                onClick={showScreenshotModal}
-                src={screenshot}
-              />
+              {screenshot != null ? (
+                <img
+                  alt="Screenshot"
+                  className={styles.Screenshot}
+                  onClick={showScreenshotModal}
+                  src={screenshot}
+                />
+              ) : (
+                <div className={styles.NoScreenshot}>
+                  No screenshot available
+                </div>
+              )}
             </li>
           )}
           {screenshot != null && isScreenshotModalVisible && (
diff --git a/src/devtools/views/Settings/Settings.css b/src/devtools/views/Settings/Settings.css
index 1b29a756a5..01afd5a23d 100644
--- a/src/devtools/views/Settings/Settings.css
+++ b/src/devtools/views/Settings/Settings.css
@@ -51,3 +51,9 @@
   border-bottom-right-radius: 0.25rem;
   border-right: 1px solid var(--color-border);
 }
+
+.ScreenshotThrottling {
+  background-color: var(--color-hover-background);
+  padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
+  border-radius: 0.25rem;
+}
diff --git a/src/devtools/views/Settings/Settings.js b/src/devtools/views/Settings/Settings.js
index 808697ea4c..f647162a8a 100644
--- a/src/devtools/views/Settings/Settings.js
+++ b/src/devtools/views/Settings/Settings.js
@@ -117,16 +117,20 @@ export default function Settings({ portalContainer }: Props) {
       {store.supportsCaptureScreenshots && (
         <div className={styles.Section}>
           <div className={styles.Header}>Profiler</div>
-          <div className={styles.OptionGroup}>
-            <label className={styles.Option}>
-              <input
-                type="checkbox"
-                checked={captureScreenshots}
-                onChange={updateCaptureScreenshotsWhileProfiling}
-              />{' '}
-              Capture screenshots while profiling
-            </label>
-          </div>
+          <label>
+            <input
+              type="checkbox"
+              checked={captureScreenshots}
+              onChange={updateCaptureScreenshotsWhileProfiling}
+            />{' '}
+            Capture screenshots while profiling
+            {captureScreenshots && (
+              <p className={styles.ScreenshotThrottling}>
+                Screenshots will be throttled in order to reduce the negative
+                impact on performance.
+              </p>
+            )}
+          </label>
         </div>
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 622ecd77fa..b92e1ee9d8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7053,6 +7053,11 @@ lodash.templatesettings@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     lodash._reinterpolate "~3.0.0"
 
+lodash.throttle@^4.1.1:
+  version "4.1.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.throttle/-/lodash.throttle-4.1.1.tgz#c23e91b710242ac70c37f1e1cda9274cc39bf2f4"
+  integrity sha1-wj6RtxAkKscMN/HhzaknTMOb8vQ=
+
 lodash@3.10.1, lodash@^3.10.0:
   version "3.10.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash/-/lodash-3.10.1.tgz#5bf45e8e49ba4189e17d482789dfd15bd140b7b6"