diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/ReactCookieJarContainer.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/ReactCookieJarContainer.java
index a8436c21875ebc..370586fa50ca9c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/ReactCookieJarContainer.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/ReactCookieJarContainer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.facebook.react.modules.network;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import okhttp3.Cookie;
 import okhttp3.CookieJar;
+import okhttp3.Headers;
 import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
 
 /**
@@ -37,7 +39,17 @@ public void saveFromResponse(HttpUrl url, List<Cookie> cookies) {
   @Override
   public List<Cookie> loadForRequest(HttpUrl url) {
     if (cookieJar != null) {
-      return cookieJar.loadForRequest(url);
+      List<Cookie> cookies = cookieJar.loadForRequest(url);
+      ArrayList<Cookie> validatedCookies = new ArrayList<>();
+      for (Cookie cookie : cookies) {
+        try {
+          Headers.Builder cookieChecker = new Headers.Builder();
+          cookieChecker.add(cookie.name(), cookie.value());
+          validatedCookies.add(cookie);
+        } catch (IllegalArgumentException ignored) {
+        }
+      }
+      return validatedCookies;
     }
     return Collections.emptyList();
   }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/ReactCookieJarContainerTest.java b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/ReactCookieJarContainerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..b08e514e853d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/ReactCookieJarContainerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.modules.network;
+
+import com.facebook.react.modules.network.ReactCookieJarContainer;
+import okhttp3.Cookie;
+import okhttp3.CookieJar;
+import okhttp3.HttpUrl;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PowerMockIgnore;
+import org.powermock.core.classloader.annotations.PrepareForTest;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+
+import static org.fest.assertions.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for {@link NetworkingModule}.
+ */
+@PrepareForTest({
+  ReactCookieJarContainer.class
+})
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+@PowerMockIgnore({"org.mockito.*", "org.robolectric.*", "android.*"})
+
+public class ReactCookieJarContainerTest {
+
+  @Test
+  public void testMissingJar() throws Exception {
+    ReactCookieJarContainer jarContainer = mock(ReactCookieJarContainer.class);
+    assertThat(jarContainer.loadForRequest(any(HttpUrl.class)).size()).isEqualTo(0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testEmptyCookies() throws Exception {
+    ReactCookieJarContainer jarContainer = mock(ReactCookieJarContainer.class);
+    List<Cookie> cookies = new ArrayList<>();
+    when(jarContainer.loadForRequest(any(HttpUrl.class))).thenReturn(cookies);
+    assertThat(jarContainer.loadForRequest(any(HttpUrl.class)).size()).isEqualTo(0);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testValidCookies() throws Exception {
+    ReactCookieJarContainer jarContainer = new ReactCookieJarContainer();
+    CookieJar cookieJar = mock(CookieJar.class);
+    jarContainer.setCookieJar(cookieJar);
+    List<Cookie> cookies = new ArrayList<>();
+    cookies.add(new Cookie.Builder()
+      .name("valid")
+      .value("valid value")
+      .domain("domain")
+      .build()
+    );
+    when(cookieJar.loadForRequest(any(HttpUrl.class))).thenReturn(cookies);
+    assertThat(jarContainer.loadForRequest(any(HttpUrl.class)).size()).isEqualTo(1);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInvalidCookies() throws Exception {
+    ReactCookieJarContainer jarContainer = new ReactCookieJarContainer();
+    CookieJar cookieJar = mock(CookieJar.class);
+    jarContainer.setCookieJar(cookieJar);
+    List<Cookie> cookies = new ArrayList<>();
+    cookies.add(new Cookie.Builder()
+      .name("valid")
+      .value("înválíd välūė")
+      .domain("domain")
+      .build()
+    );
+    when(cookieJar.loadForRequest(any(HttpUrl.class))).thenReturn(cookies);
+    assertThat(jarContainer.loadForRequest(any(HttpUrl.class)).size()).isEqualTo(0);
+  }
+}