diff --git a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
index c9db749a8b944b..026b8a31500dc8 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
@@ -128,6 +128,21 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
      */
     domStorageEnabled: PropTypes.bool,
 
+    /**
+     * A callback that will be executed once the webview
+     * sends a message to RN.
+     * @platform android
+     */
+     onMessage: PropTypes.func,
+
+     /**
+      * A protocol that the webview can use to communicate with RN.
+      * When the WebView triggers requests to myProtocol://something
+      * the 'onMessage' callback passed to the webview will be called.
+      * @platform android
+      */
+     messageProtocol: PropTypes.string,
+
     /**
      * Sets the JS to be injected when the webpage loads.
      */
@@ -226,6 +241,8 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
         contentInset={this.props.contentInset}
         automaticallyAdjustContentInsets={this.props.automaticallyAdjustContentInsets}
         onLoadingStart={this.onLoadingStart}
+        onMessage={this.props.onMessage}
+        messageProtocol={this.props.messageProtocol}
         onLoadingFinish={this.onLoadingFinish}
         onLoadingError={this.onLoadingError}
         testID={this.props.testID}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
index 586b071d545975..b431e616f363cc 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
 import android.webkit.WebView;
 import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
 import android.webkit.WebChromeClient;
+import android.webkit.WebResourceRequest;
+import android.webkit.WebResourceResponse;
 
+import com.facebook.react.views.webview.events.MessageEvent;
 import com.facebook.react.views.webview.events.TopLoadingErrorEvent;
 import com.facebook.react.views.webview.events.TopLoadingFinishEvent;
 import com.facebook.react.views.webview.events.TopLoadingStartEvent;
@@ -87,6 +90,21 @@ private static class ReactWebViewClient extends WebViewClient {
 
     private boolean mLastLoadFailed = false;
 
+    @Override
+    public WebResourceResponse shouldInterceptRequest (final WebView webView, WebResourceRequest request) {
+      ReactWebView reactWebView = (ReactWebView) webView;
+
+      if (reactWebView.getMessageProtocol().equals(request.getUrl().getScheme())) {
+        WritableMap eventData = Arguments.createMap();
+        eventData.putString("url", request.getUrl().toString());
+        eventData.putString("method", request.getMethod().toString());
+
+        dispatchEvent(webView, new MessageEvent(webView.getId(), SystemClock.nanoTime(), eventData));
+      }
+
+      return super.shouldInterceptRequest(webView, request);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void onPageFinished(WebView webView, String url) {
       super.onPageFinished(webView, url);
@@ -181,6 +199,7 @@ private WritableMap createWebViewEvent(WebView webView, String url) {
    */
   private static class ReactWebView extends WebView implements LifecycleEventListener {
     private @Nullable String injectedJS;
+    private @Nullable String messageProtocol;
 
     /**
      * WebView must be created with an context of the current activity
@@ -212,6 +231,14 @@ public void setInjectedJavaScript(@Nullable String js) {
       injectedJS = js;
     }
 
+    public String getMessageProtocol() {
+      return messageProtocol;
+    }
+
+    public void setMessageProtocol(@Nullable String mp) {
+      messageProtocol = mp;
+    }
+
     public void callInjectedJavaScript() {
       if (getSettings().getJavaScriptEnabled() &&
           injectedJS != null &&
@@ -271,7 +298,6 @@ public void setDomStorageEnabled(WebView view, boolean enabled) {
     view.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(enabled);
   }
 
-
   @ReactProp(name = "userAgent")
   public void setUserAgent(WebView view, @Nullable String userAgent) {
     if (userAgent != null) {
@@ -290,6 +316,11 @@ public void setInjectedJavaScript(WebView view, @Nullable String injectedJavaScr
     ((ReactWebView) view).setInjectedJavaScript(injectedJavaScript);
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = "messageProtocol")
+  public void setMessageProtocol(WebView view, @Nullable String messageProtocol) {
+    ((ReactWebView) view).setMessageProtocol(messageProtocol);
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = "source")
   public void setSource(WebView view, @Nullable ReadableMap source) {
     if (source != null) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/events/MessageEvent.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/events/MessageEvent.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3843087ca364e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/events/MessageEvent.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 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.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.views.webview.events;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.RCTEventEmitter;
+
+/**
+ * Event emitted when there is an error in loading.
+ */
+public class MessageEvent extends Event<MessageEvent> {
+
+  public static final String EVENT_NAME = "message";
+  private WritableMap mEventData;
+
+  public MessageEvent(int viewId, long timestampMs, WritableMap eventData) {
+    super(viewId, timestampMs);
+    mEventData = eventData;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getEventName() {
+    return EVENT_NAME;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean canCoalesce() {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public short getCoalescingKey() {
+    // All events for a given view can be coalesced.
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void dispatch(RCTEventEmitter rctEventEmitter) {
+    rctEventEmitter.receiveEvent(getViewTag(), getEventName(), mEventData);
+  }
+}