diff --git a/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore.js b/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore.js
index ee7b99f743182d..7c13796dd27237 100644
--- a/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore.js
+++ b/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore.js
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ if (__DEV__) {
   require('../LogBox/LogBox').install();
 }
 
+require('../ReactNative/AppRegistry');
+
 const GlobalPerformanceLogger = require('../Utilities/GlobalPerformanceLogger');
 // We could just call GlobalPerformanceLogger.markPoint at the top of the file,
 // but then we'd be excluding the time it took to require the logger.