diff --git a/Libraries/Lists/FlatList.js b/Libraries/Lists/FlatList.js
index f79b9cda8a844e..c00c0cef4c1b34 100644
--- a/Libraries/Lists/FlatList.js
+++ b/Libraries/Lists/FlatList.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+const Platform = require('Platform');
 const deepDiffer = require('deepDiffer');
 const React = require('React');
 const View = require('View');
@@ -219,6 +220,12 @@ export type Props<ItemT> = RequiredProps<ItemT> &
 const defaultProps = {
   ...VirtualizedList.defaultProps,
   numColumns: 1,
+  /**
+   * Enabling this prop on Android greatly improves scrolling performance with no known issues.
+   * The alternative is that scrolling on Android is unusably bad. Enabling it on iOS has a few
+   * known issues.
+   */
+  removeClippedSubviews: Platform.OS === 'android',
 };
 export type DefaultProps = typeof defaultProps;
 
diff --git a/Libraries/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/FlatList-test.js.snap b/Libraries/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/FlatList-test.js.snap
index 7f523be29ac848..5b2c34d48d48a6 100644
--- a/Libraries/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/FlatList-test.js.snap
+++ b/Libraries/Lists/__tests__/__snapshots__/FlatList-test.js.snap
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ exports[`FlatList renders all the bells and whistles 1`] = `
     />
   }
   refreshing={false}
+  removeClippedSubviews={false}
   renderItem={[Function]}
   scrollEventThrottle={50}
   stickyHeaderIndices={Array []}
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ exports[`FlatList renders empty list 1`] = `
   onScroll={[Function]}
   onScrollBeginDrag={[Function]}
   onScrollEndDrag={[Function]}
+  removeClippedSubviews={false}
   renderItem={[Function]}
   scrollEventThrottle={50}
   stickyHeaderIndices={Array []}
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@ exports[`FlatList renders null list 1`] = `
   onScroll={[Function]}
   onScrollBeginDrag={[Function]}
   onScrollEndDrag={[Function]}
+  removeClippedSubviews={false}
   renderItem={[Function]}
   scrollEventThrottle={50}
   stickyHeaderIndices={Array []}
@@ -212,6 +215,7 @@ exports[`FlatList renders simple list 1`] = `
   onScroll={[Function]}
   onScrollBeginDrag={[Function]}
   onScrollEndDrag={[Function]}
+  removeClippedSubviews={false}
   renderItem={[Function]}
   scrollEventThrottle={50}
   stickyHeaderIndices={Array []}