diff --git a/Libraries/BatchedBridge/BatchedBridge.js b/Libraries/BatchedBridge/BatchedBridge.js
index f1450ed4b3cacf..8e67cf902e3d52 100644
--- a/Libraries/BatchedBridge/BatchedBridge.js
+++ b/Libraries/BatchedBridge/BatchedBridge.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ const JSTimersExecution = require('JSTimersExecution');
 BatchedBridge.registerCallableModule('Systrace', Systrace);
 BatchedBridge.registerCallableModule('JSTimersExecution', JSTimersExecution);
 BatchedBridge.registerCallableModule('HeapCapture', require('HeapCapture'));
+BatchedBridge.registerCallableModule('SamplingProfiler', require('SamplingProfiler'));
 
 if (__DEV__) {
   BatchedBridge.registerCallableModule('HMRClient', require('HMRClient'));
diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/SamplingProfiler.js b/Libraries/Utilities/SamplingProfiler.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..75982f51bd624b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/SamplingProfiler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-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 SamplingProfiler
+ * @flow
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+var SamplingProfiler = {
+  poke: function (token: number): void {
+    var error = null;
+    var result = null;
+    try {
+      result = global.pokeSamplingProfiler();
+      if (result === null) {
+        console.log('The JSC Sampling Profiler has started');
+      } else {
+        console.log('The JSC Sampling Profiler has stopped');
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log(
+        'Error occured when restarting Sampling Profiler: ' + e.toString());
+      error = e.toString();
+    }
+    require('NativeModules').JSCSamplingProfiler.operationComplete(
+      token, result, error);
+  },
+};
+
+module.exports = SamplingProfiler;
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/CoreModulesPackage.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/CoreModulesPackage.java
index 8e0a1054e2ff6a..1377c13ae21f66 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/CoreModulesPackage.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/CoreModulesPackage.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.common.build.ReactBuildConfig;
 import com.facebook.react.devsupport.JSCHeapCapture;
+import com.facebook.react.devsupport.JSCSamplingProfiler;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DefaultHardwareBackBtnHandler;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.DeviceEventManagerModule;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.core.ExceptionsManagerModule;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ public List<NativeModule> createNativeModules(
         new Timing(catalystApplicationContext, mReactInstanceManager.getDevSupportManager()),
         new SourceCodeModule(mReactInstanceManager.getSourceUrl()),
         uiManagerModule,
+        new JSCSamplingProfiler(catalystApplicationContext),
         new DebugComponentOwnershipModule(catalystApplicationContext)));
 
     if (ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG) {
@@ -103,6 +105,7 @@ public List<Class<? extends JavaScriptModule>> createJSModules() {
         AppRegistry.class,
         com.facebook.react.bridge.Systrace.class,
         HMRClient.class,
+        JSCSamplingProfiler.SamplingProfiler.class,
         DebugComponentOwnershipModule.RCTDebugComponentOwnership.class));
 
     if (ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerImpl.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerImpl.java
index c89551f01cc964..db1907d6d0462f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerImpl.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/DevSupportManagerImpl.java
@@ -375,6 +375,26 @@ public void onOptionSelected() {
               JSCHeapUpload.captureCallback(mDevServerHelper.getHeapCaptureUploadUrl()));
           }
         });
+    options.put(
+        mApplicationContext.getString(R.string.catalyst_poke_sampling_profiler),
+        new DevOptionHandler() {
+          @Override
+          public void onOptionSelected() {
+            try {
+              List<String> pokeResults = JSCSamplingProfiler.poke(60000);
+              for (String result : pokeResults) {
+                Toast.makeText(
+                  mCurrentContext,
+                  result == null
+                    ? "Started JSC Sampling Profiler"
+                    : "Stopped JSC Sampling Profiler",
+                  Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
+              }
+            } catch (JSCSamplingProfiler.ProfilerException e) {
+              showNewJavaError(e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+          }
+        });
     options.put(
         mApplicationContext.getString(R.string.catalyst_settings), new DevOptionHandler() {
           @Override
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCSamplingProfiler.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCSamplingProfiler.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..89a03e8020c4c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSCSamplingProfiler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-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.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.devsupport;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptModule;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContextBaseJavaModule;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMethod;
+
+public class JSCSamplingProfiler extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule {
+  public interface SamplingProfiler extends JavaScriptModule {
+    void poke(int token);
+  }
+
+  public static class ProfilerException extends Exception {
+    ProfilerException(String message) {
+      super(message);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private @Nullable SamplingProfiler mSamplingProfiler;
+  private boolean mOperationInProgress;
+  private int mOperationToken;
+  private @Nullable String mOperationError;
+  private @Nullable String mSamplingProfilerResult;
+
+  private static final HashSet<JSCSamplingProfiler> sRegisteredDumpers =
+    new HashSet<>();
+
+  private static synchronized void registerSamplingProfiler(
+      JSCSamplingProfiler dumper) {
+    if (sRegisteredDumpers.contains(dumper)) {
+      throw new RuntimeException(
+        "a JSCSamplingProfiler registered more than once");
+    }
+    sRegisteredDumpers.add(dumper);
+  }
+
+  private static synchronized void unregisterSamplingProfiler(
+      JSCSamplingProfiler dumper) {
+    sRegisteredDumpers.remove(dumper);
+  }
+
+  public static synchronized List<String> poke(long timeout)
+      throws ProfilerException {
+    LinkedList<String> results = new LinkedList<>();
+    if (sRegisteredDumpers.isEmpty()) {
+      throw new ProfilerException("No JSC registered");
+    }
+
+    for (JSCSamplingProfiler dumper : sRegisteredDumpers) {
+      dumper.pokeHelper(timeout);
+      results.add(dumper.mSamplingProfilerResult);
+    }
+    return results;
+  }
+
+  public JSCSamplingProfiler(ReactApplicationContext reactContext) {
+    super(reactContext);
+    mSamplingProfiler = null;
+    mOperationInProgress = false;
+    mOperationToken = 0;
+    mOperationError = null;
+    mSamplingProfilerResult = null;
+  }
+
+  private synchronized void pokeHelper(long timeout) throws ProfilerException {
+    if (mSamplingProfiler == null) {
+      throw new ProfilerException("SamplingProfiler.js module not connected");
+    }
+    mSamplingProfiler.poke(getOperationToken());
+    waitForOperation(timeout);
+  }
+
+  private int getOperationToken() throws ProfilerException {
+    if (mOperationInProgress) {
+      throw new ProfilerException("Another operation already in progress.");
+    }
+    mOperationInProgress = true;
+    return ++mOperationToken;
+  }
+
+  private void waitForOperation(long timeout) throws ProfilerException {
+    try {
+      wait(timeout);
+    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+      throw new ProfilerException(
+          "Waiting for heap capture failed: " + e.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    if (mOperationInProgress) {
+      mOperationInProgress = false;
+      throw new ProfilerException("heap capture timed out.");
+    }
+
+    if (mOperationError != null) {
+      throw new ProfilerException(mOperationError);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @ReactMethod
+  public synchronized void operationComplete(
+      int token, String result, String error) {
+    if (token == mOperationToken) {
+      mOperationInProgress = false;
+      mSamplingProfilerResult = result;
+      mOperationError = error;
+      this.notify();
+    } else {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Completed operation is not in progress.");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getName() {
+    return "JSCSamplingProfiler";
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void initialize() {
+    super.initialize();
+    mSamplingProfiler =
+      getReactApplicationContext().getJSModule(SamplingProfiler.class);
+    registerSamplingProfiler(this);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void onCatalystInstanceDestroy() {
+    super.onCatalystInstanceDestroy();
+    unregisterSamplingProfiler(this);
+    mSamplingProfiler = null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/res/devsupport/values/strings.xml b/ReactAndroid/src/main/res/devsupport/values/strings.xml
index f5b190ff82687f..dbc3343ca28445 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/res/devsupport/values/strings.xml
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/res/devsupport/values/strings.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   <string name="catalyst_heap_capture" project="catalyst" translatable="false">Capture Heap</string>
   <string name="catalyst_dismiss_button" project="catalyst" translatable="false">Dismiss\n(ESC)</string>
   <string name="catalyst_reload_button" project="catalyst" translatable="false">Reload\n(R,\u00A0R)</string>
+  <string name="catalyst_poke_sampling_profiler" project="catalyst" translatable="false">Start/Stop Sampling Profiler</string>
   <string name="catalyst_copy_button" project="catalyst" translatable="false">Copy</string>
   <string name="catalyst_report_button" project="catalyst" translatable="false">Report</string>
 </resources>
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCSamplingProfiler.cpp b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCSamplingProfiler.cpp
index 936ee41e028fe3..ddc4e9309aea5c 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCSamplingProfiler.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCSamplingProfiler.cpp
@@ -4,13 +4,30 @@
 
 #include "JSCSamplingProfiler.h"
 
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <JavaScriptCore/API/JSProfilerPrivate.h>
+#include "JSCHelpers.h"
+
+#include "Value.h"
 
 namespace facebook {
 namespace react {
+namespace {
+static JSValueRef pokeSamplingProfiler(
+    JSContextRef ctx,
+    JSObjectRef function,
+    JSObjectRef thisObject,
+    size_t argumentCount,
+    const JSValueRef arguments[],
+    JSValueRef* exception) {
+  return JSPokeSamplingProfiler(ctx);
+}
+}
 
 void initSamplingProfilerOnMainJSCThread(JSGlobalContextRef ctx) {
   JSStartSamplingProfilingOnMainJSCThread(ctx);
+  installGlobalFunction(ctx, "pokeSamplingProfiler", pokeSamplingProfiler);
 }
 
 }