diff --git a/CodePush.podspec b/CodePush.podspec
index dca6e84b5..852e75063 100644
--- a/CodePush.podspec
+++ b/CodePush.podspec
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ require 'json'
 package = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(__dir__, 'package.json')))
 
 Pod::Spec.new do |s|
+
   s.name           = 'CodePush'
   s.version        = package['version'].gsub(/v|-beta/, '')
   s.summary        = package['description']
@@ -14,14 +15,26 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.tvos.deployment_target = '9.0'
   s.preserve_paths = '*.js'
   s.library        = 'z'
-  s.source_files = 'ios/CodePush/*.{h,m}'
-  s.public_header_files = ['ios/CodePush/CodePush.h']
 
-  # Note: Even though there are copy/pasted versions of some of these dependencies in the repo, 
-  # we explicitly let CocoaPods pull in the versions below so all dependencies are resolved and 
-  # linked properly at a parent workspace level.
   s.dependency 'React'
-  s.dependency 'SSZipArchive', '~> 2.1'
-  s.dependency 'JWT', '~> 3.0.0-beta.7'
-  s.dependency 'Base64', '~> 1.1'
+
+  s.subspec 'Core' do |ss|
+    ss.source_files = 'ios/CodePush/*.{h,m}'
+    ss.public_header_files = ['ios/CodePush/CodePush.h']
+  end
+
+  s.subspec 'SSZipArchive' do |ss|
+    ss.source_files = 'ios/CodePush/SSZipArchive/*.{h,m}', 'ios/CodePush/SSZipArchive/aes/*.{h,c}', 'ios/CodePush/SSZipArchive/minizip/*.{h,c}'
+    ss.private_header_files = 'ios/CodePush/SSZipArchive/*.h', 'ios/CodePush/SSZipArchive/aes/*.h', 'ios/CodePush/SSZipArchive/minizip/*.h'
+  end
+
+  s.subspec 'JWT' do |jwt|
+    jwt.source_files = 'ios/CodePush/JWT/**/*.{h,m}'
+    jwt.private_header_files = 'ios/CodePush/JWT/**/*.h'
+  end
+
+  s.subspec 'Base64' do |base64|
+    base64.source_files = 'ios/CodePush/Base64/**/*.{h,m}'
+    base64.private_header_files = 'ios/CodePush/Base64/**/*.h'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/docs/setup-ios.md b/docs/setup-ios.md
index ac539028d..b61a7cb79 100644
--- a/docs/setup-ios.md
+++ b/docs/setup-ios.md
@@ -56,9 +56,21 @@ And that's it! Isn't RNPM awesome? :)
     pod 'CodePush', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-code-push'
     ```
 
-    *NOTE: The above path needs to be relative to your app's `Podfile`, so adjust it as necessary.*
+    CodePush depends on an internal copy of the `SSZipArchive`, `JWT` and `Base64` libraries, so if your project already includes some of them (either directly or via a transitive dependency), then you can install a version of CodePush which excludes it by depending specifically on the needed subspecs:
 
-    *NOTE: `JWT` library should be >= version 3.0.x*
+    ```ruby
+    # `SSZipArchive`, `JWT` and `Base64` already in use
+    pod 'CodePush', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-code-push', :subspecs => ['Core']
+
+    # or for example
+
+    # `SSZipArchive` and `Base64` already in use
+    pod 'CodePush', :path => '../node_modules/react-native-code-push', :subspecs => ['Core', 'JWT']
+    ```
+
+    *NOTE: The above paths needs to be relative to your app's `Podfile`, so adjust it as neccessary.*
+
+    *NOTE: `JWT` library should be of version 3.0.x*
 
 2. Run `pod install`