diff --git a/Libraries/Core/Devtools/getDevServer.js b/Libraries/Core/Devtools/getDevServer.js
index 5f8dfe1fcc26dc..c60d0e51606035 100644
--- a/Libraries/Core/Devtools/getDevServer.js
+++ b/Libraries/Core/Devtools/getDevServer.js
@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@
 import NativeSourceCode from '../../NativeModules/specs/NativeSourceCode';
 
 let _cachedDevServerURL: ?string;
+let _cachedFullBundleURL: ?string;
 const FALLBACK = 'http://localhost:8081/';
 
 type DevServerInfo = {
   url: string,
+  fullBundleUrl: ?string,
   bundleLoadedFromServer: boolean,
   ...
 };
@@ -27,14 +29,15 @@ type DevServerInfo = {
  */
 function getDevServer(): DevServerInfo {
   if (_cachedDevServerURL === undefined) {
-    const match = NativeSourceCode.getConstants().scriptURL.match(
-      /^https?:\/\/.*?\//,
-    );
+    const scriptUrl = NativeSourceCode.getConstants().scriptURL;
+    const match = scriptUrl.match(/^https?:\/\/.*?\//);
     _cachedDevServerURL = match ? match[0] : null;
+    _cachedFullBundleURL = match ? scriptUrl : null;
   }
 
   return {
     url: _cachedDevServerURL || FALLBACK,
+    fullBundleUrl: _cachedFullBundleURL,
     bundleLoadedFromServer: _cachedDevServerURL !== null,
   };
 }
diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/HMRClient.js b/Libraries/Utilities/HMRClient.js
index 48fd40fdab9c2b..a744927e1395b1 100644
--- a/Libraries/Utilities/HMRClient.js
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/HMRClient.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const MetroHMRClient = require('metro/src/lib/bundle-modules/HMRClient');
 const Platform = require('./Platform');
 const prettyFormat = require('pretty-format');
 
+import getDevServer from '../Core/Devtools/getDevServer';
 import NativeRedBox from '../NativeModules/specs/NativeRedBox';
 import * as LogBoxData from '../LogBox/Data/LogBoxData';
 import type {ExtendedError} from '../Core/Devtools/parseErrorStack';
@@ -159,8 +160,15 @@ const HMRClient: HMRClientNativeInterface = {
     const client = new MetroHMRClient(`ws://${wsHost}/hot`);
     hmrClient = client;
 
+    const {fullBundleUrl} = getDevServer();
     pendingEntryPoints.push(
-      `ws://${wsHost}/hot?bundleEntry=${bundleEntry}&platform=${platform}`,
+      // HMRServer understands regular bundle URLs, so prefer that in case
+      // there are any important URL parameters we can't reconstruct from
+      // `setup()`'s arguments.
+      fullBundleUrl ??
+        // The ws://.../hot?bundleEntry= format is an alternative to specifying
+        // a regular HTTP bundle URL.
+        `ws://${wsHost}/hot?bundleEntry=${bundleEntry}&platform=${platform}`,
     );
 
     client.on('connection-error', e => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 838e7e718f79df..d8f974bf508678 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     "pretty-format": "^26.0.1",
     "promise": "^8.0.3",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
+    "qs": "^6.5.1",
     "react-devtools-core": "^4.6.0",
     "react-refresh": "^0.4.0",
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.2",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4892523373aa63..71b7e450a239a2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6231,6 +6231,11 @@ punycode@^2.1.0, punycode@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/punycode/-/punycode-2.1.1.tgz#b58b010ac40c22c5657616c8d2c2c02c7bf479ec"
   integrity sha512-XRsRjdf+j5ml+y/6GKHPZbrF/8p2Yga0JPtdqTIY2Xe5ohJPD9saDJJLPvp9+NSBprVvevdXZybnj2cv8OEd0A==
 
+qs@^6.5.1:
+  version "6.9.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.9.4.tgz#9090b290d1f91728d3c22e54843ca44aea5ab687"
+  integrity sha512-A1kFqHekCTM7cz0udomYUoYNWjBebHm/5wzU/XqrBRBNWectVH0QIiN+NEcZ0Dte5hvzHwbr8+XQmguPhJ6WdQ==
+
 qs@~6.5.2:
   version "6.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.5.2.tgz#cb3ae806e8740444584ef154ce8ee98d403f3e36"