diff --git a/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore.js b/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore.js
index f5f3d3cc4d8429..761846f862ad4a 100644
--- a/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore.js
+++ b/Libraries/Core/InitializeCore.js
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+const {polyfillObjectProperty, polyfillGlobal} = require('PolyfillFunctions');
+
 if (global.GLOBAL === undefined) {
   global.GLOBAL = global;
 }
@@ -35,8 +37,6 @@ if (global.window === undefined) {
   global.window = global;
 }
 
-const defineLazyObjectProperty = require('defineLazyObjectProperty');
-
 // Set up collections
 const _shouldPolyfillCollection = require('_shouldPolyfillES6Collection');
 if (_shouldPolyfillCollection('Map')) {
@@ -46,50 +46,6 @@ if (_shouldPolyfillCollection('Set')) {
   polyfillGlobal('Set', () => require('Set'));
 }
 
-/**
- * Sets an object's property. If a property with the same name exists, this will
- * replace it but maintain its descriptor configuration. The property will be
- * replaced with a lazy getter.
- *
- * In DEV mode the original property value will be preserved as `original[PropertyName]`
- * so that, if necessary, it can be restored. For example, if you want to route
- * network requests through DevTools (to trace them):
- *
- *   global.XMLHttpRequest = global.originalXMLHttpRequest;
- *
- * @see https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/934
- */
-function defineLazyProperty<T>(
-  object: Object,
-  name: string,
-  getValue: () => T,
-): void {
-  const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(object, name);
-  if (__DEV__ && descriptor) {
-    const backupName = `original${name[0].toUpperCase()}${name.substr(1)}`;
-    Object.defineProperty(object, backupName, {
-      ...descriptor,
-      value: object[name],
-    });
-  }
-
-  const {enumerable, writable, configurable} = descriptor || {};
-  if (descriptor && !configurable) {
-    console.error('Failed to set polyfill. ' + name + ' is not configurable.');
-    return;
-  }
-
-  defineLazyObjectProperty(object, name, {
-    get: getValue,
-    enumerable: enumerable !== false,
-    writable: writable !== false,
-  });
-}
-
-function polyfillGlobal<T>(name: string, getValue: () => T): void {
-  defineLazyProperty(global, name, getValue);
-}
-
 // Set up process
 global.process = global.process || {};
 global.process.env = global.process.env || {};
@@ -191,8 +147,8 @@ if (navigator === undefined) {
 }
 
 // see https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/10881
-defineLazyProperty(navigator, 'product', () => 'ReactNative');
-defineLazyProperty(navigator, 'geolocation', () => require('Geolocation'));
+polyfillObjectProperty(navigator, 'product', () => 'ReactNative');
+polyfillObjectProperty(navigator, 'geolocation', () => require('Geolocation'));
 
 // Just to make sure the JS gets packaged up. Wait until the JS environment has
 // been initialized before requiring them.
diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/PolyfillFunctions.js b/Libraries/Utilities/PolyfillFunctions.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..aa35c149915aa5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/PolyfillFunctions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *
+ * @providesModule PolyfillFunctions
+ * @flow
+ * @format
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const defineLazyObjectProperty = require('defineLazyObjectProperty');
+
+/**
+ * Sets an object's property. If a property with the same name exists, this will
+ * replace it but maintain its descriptor configuration. The property will be
+ * replaced with a lazy getter.
+ *
+ * In DEV mode the original property value will be preserved as `original[PropertyName]`
+ * so that, if necessary, it can be restored. For example, if you want to route
+ * network requests through DevTools (to trace them):
+ *
+ *   global.XMLHttpRequest = global.originalXMLHttpRequest;
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues/934
+ */
+function polyfillObjectProperty<T>(
+  object: Object,
+  name: string,
+  getValue: () => T,
+): void {
+  const descriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(object, name);
+  if (__DEV__ && descriptor) {
+    const backupName = `original${name[0].toUpperCase()}${name.substr(1)}`;
+    Object.defineProperty(object, backupName, {
+      ...descriptor,
+      value: object[name],
+    });
+  }
+
+  const {enumerable, writable, configurable} = descriptor || {};
+  if (descriptor && !configurable) {
+    console.error('Failed to set polyfill. ' + name + ' is not configurable.');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  defineLazyObjectProperty(object, name, {
+    get: getValue,
+    enumerable: enumerable !== false,
+    writable: writable !== false,
+  });
+}
+
+function polyfillGlobal<T>(name: string, getValue: () => T): void {
+  polyfillObjectProperty(global, name, getValue);
+}
+
+module.exports = {polyfillObjectProperty, polyfillGlobal};