diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
index d83fe1be13db05..d07d4ae28a28dd 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactContext.java
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ public void initializeWithInstance(CatalystInstance catalystInstance) {
     mJSMessageQueueThread = queueConfig.getJSQueueThread();
   }
 
+  public void resetPerfStats() {
+    if (mNativeModulesMessageQueueThread != null) {
+      mNativeModulesMessageQueueThread.resetPerfStats();
+    }
+    if (mJSMessageQueueThread != null) {
+      mJSMessageQueueThread.resetPerfStats();
+    }
+  }
+
   public void setNativeModuleCallExceptionHandler(
       @Nullable NativeModuleCallExceptionHandler nativeModuleCallExceptionHandler) {
     mNativeModuleCallExceptionHandler = nativeModuleCallExceptionHandler;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThread.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThread.java
index 91014ed3fbdbc3..ca3fda84c7e296 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThread.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThread.java
@@ -60,9 +60,16 @@ public interface MessageQueueThread {
   void quitSynchronous();
 
   /**
-   * Returns the time in milliseconds at which this thread was started.  This
+   * Returns the perf counters taken when the framework was started.  This
    * method is intended to be used for instrumentation purposes.
    */
   @DoNotStrip
-  long getStartTimeMillis();
+  MessageQueueThreadPerfStats getPerfStats();
+
+  /**
+   * Resets the perf counters.  This is useful if the RN threads are being re-used.
+   * This method is intended to be used for instrumentation purposes.
+   */
+  @DoNotStrip
+  void resetPerfStats();
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThreadImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThreadImpl.java
index 11ce7a40e80577..76ce66b70c2654 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThreadImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThreadImpl.java
@@ -32,25 +32,25 @@ public class MessageQueueThreadImpl implements MessageQueueThread {
   private final Looper mLooper;
   private final MessageQueueThreadHandler mHandler;
   private final String mAssertionErrorMessage;
-  private long mStartTimeMillis;
+  private MessageQueueThreadPerfStats mPerfStats;
   private volatile boolean mIsFinished = false;
 
   private MessageQueueThreadImpl(
       String name,
       Looper looper,
       QueueThreadExceptionHandler exceptionHandler) {
-        this(name, looper, exceptionHandler, -1);
+        this(name, looper, exceptionHandler, null);
   }
 
   private MessageQueueThreadImpl(
       String name,
       Looper looper,
       QueueThreadExceptionHandler exceptionHandler,
-      long startTimeMillis) {
+      MessageQueueThreadPerfStats stats) {
     mName = name;
     mLooper = looper;
     mHandler = new MessageQueueThreadHandler(looper, exceptionHandler);
-    mStartTimeMillis = startTimeMillis;
+    mPerfStats = stats;
     mAssertionErrorMessage = "Expected to be called from the '" + getName() + "' thread!";
   }
 
@@ -139,8 +139,27 @@ public void quitSynchronous() {
 
   @DoNotStrip
   @Override
-  public long getStartTimeMillis() {
-    return mStartTimeMillis;
+  public MessageQueueThreadPerfStats getPerfStats() {
+    return mPerfStats;
+  }
+
+  @DoNotStrip
+  @Override
+  public void resetPerfStats() {
+    assignToPerfStats(mPerfStats, -1, -1);
+    runOnQueue(new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        long wallTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
+        long cpuTime = SystemClock.currentThreadTimeMillis();
+        assignToPerfStats(mPerfStats, wallTime, cpuTime);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  private static void assignToPerfStats(MessageQueueThreadPerfStats stats, long wall, long cpu) {
+    stats.wallTime = wall;
+    stats.cpuTime = cpu;
   }
 
   public Looper getLooper() {
@@ -197,7 +216,7 @@ private static MessageQueueThreadImpl startNewBackgroundThread(
       final String name,
       long stackSize,
       QueueThreadExceptionHandler exceptionHandler) {
-    final SimpleSettableFuture<Pair<Looper, Long>> dataFuture = new SimpleSettableFuture<>();
+    final SimpleSettableFuture<Pair<Looper, MessageQueueThreadPerfStats>> dataFuture = new SimpleSettableFuture<>();
     long startTimeMillis;
     Thread bgThread = new Thread(null,
         new Runnable() {
@@ -205,13 +224,17 @@ private static MessageQueueThreadImpl startNewBackgroundThread(
           public void run() {
             Process.setThreadPriority(Process.THREAD_PRIORITY_DISPLAY);
             Looper.prepare();
-            dataFuture.set(new Pair<>(Looper.myLooper(), SystemClock.uptimeMillis()));
+            MessageQueueThreadPerfStats stats = new MessageQueueThreadPerfStats();
+            long wallTime = SystemClock.uptimeMillis();
+            long cpuTime = SystemClock.currentThreadTimeMillis();
+            assignToPerfStats(stats, wallTime, cpuTime);
+            dataFuture.set(new Pair<>(Looper.myLooper(), stats));
             Looper.loop();
           }
         }, "mqt_" + name, stackSize);
     bgThread.start();
 
-    Pair<Looper, Long> pair = dataFuture.getOrThrow();
+    Pair<Looper, MessageQueueThreadPerfStats> pair = dataFuture.getOrThrow();
     return new MessageQueueThreadImpl(name, pair.first, exceptionHandler, pair.second);
   }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThreadPerfStats.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThreadPerfStats.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7b7866645c1a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/queue/MessageQueueThreadPerfStats.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.bridge.queue;
+
+/**
+ * This class holds perf counters' values at the beginning of an RN startup.
+ */
+public class MessageQueueThreadPerfStats {
+  public long wallTime;
+  public long cpuTime;
+}