diff --git a/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m b/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
index b47aa3919c36b0..a9fa9136292aed 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/Text/RCTTextShadowView.m
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ - (void)postprocessAttributedText:(NSMutableAttributedString *)attributedText
 
 - (NSAttributedString *)attributedTextWithMeasuredAttachmentsThatFitSize:(CGSize)size
 {
+  static UIImage *placeholderImage;
+  static dispatch_once_t onceToken;
+   dispatch_once(&onceToken, ^{
+     placeholderImage = [UIImage new];
+   });
+  
   NSMutableAttributedString *attributedText =
     [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithAttributedString:[self attributedTextWithBaseTextAttributes:nil]];
 
@@ -195,6 +201,7 @@ - (NSAttributedString *)attributedTextWithMeasuredAttachmentsThatFitSize:(CGSize
                                                    maximumSize:size];
       NSTextAttachment *attachment = [NSTextAttachment new];
       attachment.bounds = (CGRect){CGPointZero, fittingSize};
+      attachment.image = placeholderImage;
       [attributedText addAttribute:NSAttachmentAttributeName value:attachment range:range];
     }
   ];