diff --git a/React/React.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/React/React.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index a96223df6e0846..b86520c24f5577 100644
--- a/React/React.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/React/React.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -954,6 +954,10 @@
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+		53756E3B2004FFFA00FBBD99 /* Utils.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53756E372004FFF700FBBD99 /* Utils.cpp */; };
+		53756E3C2004FFFC00FBBD99 /* Utils.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53756E382004FFF700FBBD99 /* Utils.h */; };
+		53756E3D2004FFFE00FBBD99 /* Utils.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53756E382004FFF700FBBD99 /* Utils.h */; };
+		53756E3E2005000300FBBD99 /* Utils.cpp in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 53756E372004FFF700FBBD99 /* Utils.cpp */; };
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@@ -2133,6 +2137,8 @@
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+		53756E372004FFF700FBBD99 /* Utils.cpp */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.cpp.cpp; path = Utils.cpp; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		53756E382004FFF700FBBD99 /* Utils.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = Utils.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
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@@ -2315,6 +2321,8 @@
 		130A77021DF767AF001F9587 /* yoga */ = {
 			isa = PBXGroup;
 			children = (
+				53756E372004FFF700FBBD99 /* Utils.cpp */,
+				53756E382004FFF700FBBD99 /* Utils.h */,
 				53EC85DF1FDEC75A0051B2B5 /* YGNode.cpp */,
 				53EC85DE1FDEC75A0051B2B5 /* YGNode.h */,
 				5376C5E11FC6DDB20083513D /* YGNodePrint.cpp */,
@@ -3240,6 +3248,7 @@
 				53D1239F1FBF1EFB001B8A10 /* Yoga-internal.h in Headers */,
 				3DFE0D161DF8574D00459392 /* YGEnums.h in Headers */,
 				3DFE0D171DF8574D00459392 /* YGMacros.h in Headers */,
+				53756E3D2004FFFE00FBBD99 /* Utils.h in Headers */,
 				5376C5E71FC6DDC20083513D /* YGNodePrint.h in Headers */,
 				3DFE0D191DF8574D00459392 /* Yoga.h in Headers */,
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@@ -3318,6 +3327,7 @@
 				53D1239E1FBF1EFB001B8A10 /* Yoga-internal.h in Headers */,
 				133957881DF76D3500EC27BE /* YGEnums.h in Headers */,
 				1339578B1DF76D3500EC27BE /* Yoga.h in Headers */,
+				53756E3C2004FFFC00FBBD99 /* Utils.h in Headers */,
 				5376C5E61FC6DDC10083513D /* YGNodePrint.h in Headers */,
 				133957891DF76D3500EC27BE /* YGMacros.h in Headers */,
 			);
@@ -4257,6 +4267,7 @@
 				53D123A01FBF1EFF001B8A10 /* Yoga.cpp in Sources */,
 				53EC85E21FDEC75F0051B2B5 /* YGNode.cpp in Sources */,
 				53D1239A1FBF1EF2001B8A10 /* YGEnums.cpp in Sources */,
+				53756E3B2004FFFA00FBBD99 /* Utils.cpp in Sources */,
 				5376C5E41FC6DDBC0083513D /* YGNodePrint.cpp in Sources */,
 			);
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@@ -4268,6 +4279,7 @@
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 				53EC85E31FDEC75F0051B2B5 /* YGNode.cpp in Sources */,
 				53D1239B1FBF1EF4001B8A10 /* YGEnums.cpp in Sources */,
+				53756E3E2005000300FBBD99 /* Utils.cpp in Sources */,
 				5376C5E51FC6DDBD0083513D /* YGNodePrint.cpp in Sources */,
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
diff --git a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Utils.cpp b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Utils.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e8c270366f119c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Utils.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-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.
+ */
+
+#include "Utils.h"
+
+bool YGValueEqual(const YGValue a, const YGValue b) {
+  if (a.unit != b.unit) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (a.unit == YGUnitUndefined ||
+      (std::isnan(a.value) && std::isnan(b.value))) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return fabs(a.value - b.value) < 0.0001f;
+}
diff --git a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Utils.h b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Utils.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..11a908d37db0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Utils.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-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.
+ */
+
+#include "Yoga-internal.h"
+
+inline bool YGFlexDirectionIsRow(const YGFlexDirection flexDirection) {
+  return flexDirection == YGFlexDirectionRow ||
+      flexDirection == YGFlexDirectionRowReverse;
+}
+
+bool YGValueEqual(const YGValue a, const YGValue b);
diff --git a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.cpp b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.cpp
index f5f66c7cd2279a..d09394dbd3f0ab 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/YGNode.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include "YGNode.h"
 #include <iostream>
+#include "Utils.h"
 
 void* YGNode::getContext() const {
   return context_;
diff --git a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
index f4bae13ddb30e8..c843dc54e8cc47 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga/Yoga.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "Yoga.h"
 #include <string.h>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include "Utils.h"
 #include "YGNode.h"
 #include "YGNodePrint.h"
 #include "Yoga-internal.h"
@@ -749,19 +750,6 @@ bool YGLayoutNodeInternal(const YGNodeRef node,
                           const char *reason,
                           const YGConfigRef config);
 
-bool YGValueEqual(const YGValue a, const YGValue b) {
-  if (a.unit != b.unit) {
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  if (a.unit == YGUnitUndefined ||
-      (std::isnan(a.value) && std::isnan(b.value))) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  return fabs(a.value - b.value) < 0.0001f;
-}
-
 bool YGFloatsEqual(const float a, const float b) {
   if (YGFloatIsUndefined(a)) {
     return YGFloatIsUndefined(b);
@@ -794,10 +782,6 @@ static const std::array<YGEdge, 4> pos = {{
 static const std::array<YGDimension, 4> dim = {
     {YGDimensionHeight, YGDimensionHeight, YGDimensionWidth, YGDimensionWidth}};
 
-bool YGFlexDirectionIsRow(const YGFlexDirection flexDirection) {
-  return flexDirection == YGFlexDirectionRow || flexDirection == YGFlexDirectionRowReverse;
-}
-
 static inline bool YGFlexDirectionIsColumn(const YGFlexDirection flexDirection) {
   return flexDirection == YGFlexDirectionColumn || flexDirection == YGFlexDirectionColumnReverse;
 }