diff --git a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
index fa1be07afa74a2..15b5c02cdcab7d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/build.gradle
@@ -251,6 +251,8 @@ android {
         versionCode 1
         versionName "1.0"
 
+        consumerProguardFiles 'proguard-rules.pro'
+
         ndk {
             moduleName "reactnativejni"
         }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/proguard-rules.pro b/ReactAndroid/proguard-rules.pro
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6e9ff0ac75515f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Add project specific ProGuard rules here.
+# By default, the flags in this file are appended to flags specified
+# in /usr/local/Cellar/android-sdk/24.3.3/tools/proguard/proguard-android.txt
+# You can edit the include path and order by changing the proguardFiles
+# directive in build.gradle.
+#
+# For more details, see
+#   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
+
+# Add any project specific keep options here:
+
+# If your project uses WebView with JS, uncomment the following
+# and specify the fully qualified class name to the JavaScript interface
+# class:
+#-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
+#   public *;
+#}
+
+# Disabling obfuscation is useful if you collect stack traces from production crashes
+# (unless you are using a system that supports de-obfuscate the stack traces).
+# -dontobfuscate
+
+# React Native
+
+# Keep our interfaces so they can be used by other ProGuard rules.
+# See http://sourceforge.net/p/proguard/bugs/466/
+-keep,allowobfuscation @interface com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip
+-keep,allowobfuscation @interface com.facebook.proguard.annotations.KeepGettersAndSetters
+-keep,allowobfuscation @interface com.facebook.common.internal.DoNotStrip
+
+# Do not strip any method/class that is annotated with @DoNotStrip
+-keep @com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip class *
+-keep @com.facebook.common.internal.DoNotStrip class *
+-keepclassmembers class * {
+    @com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip *;
+    @com.facebook.common.internal.DoNotStrip *;
+}
+
+-keepclassmembers @com.facebook.proguard.annotations.KeepGettersAndSetters class * {
+  void set*(***);
+  *** get*();
+}
+
+-keep class * extends com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptModule { *; }
+-keep class * extends com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule { *; }
+-keepclassmembers,includedescriptorclasses class * { native <methods>; }
+-keepclassmembers class *  { @com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIProp <fields>; }
+-keepclassmembers class *  { @com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp <methods>; }
+-keepclassmembers class *  { @com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropGroup <methods>; }
+
+-dontwarn com.facebook.react.**
+-keep,includedescriptorclasses class com.facebook.react.bridge.** { *; }
+
+# TextLayoutBuilder uses a non-public Android constructor within StaticLayout.
+# See libs/proxy/src/main/java/com/facebook/fbui/textlayoutbuilder/proxy for details.
+-dontwarn android.text.StaticLayout
+
+# okhttp
+
+-keepattributes Signature
+-keepattributes *Annotation*
+-keep class okhttp3.** { *; }
+-keep interface okhttp3.** { *; }
+-dontwarn okhttp3.**
+
+# okio
+
+-keep class sun.misc.Unsafe { *; }
+-dontwarn java.nio.file.*
+-dontwarn org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.IgnoreJRERequirement
+-dontwarn okio.**
+
+# Fresco
+# Keep our interfaces so they can be used by other ProGuard rules.
+# See http://sourceforge.net/p/proguard/bugs/466/
+-keep,allowobfuscation @interface com.facebook.soloader.DoNotOptimize
+
+# Do not strip any method/class that is annotated with @DoNotOptimize
+-keep @com.facebook.soloader.DoNotOptimize class *
+-keepclassmembers class * {
+    @com.facebook.soloader.DoNotOptimize *;
+}
+
+# Keep native methods
+-keepclassmembers class * {
+    native <methods>;
+}
+
+-dontwarn javax.annotation.**
+-dontwarn com.facebook.infer.**
diff --git a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index b30112461f0e74..a92fa177ee49f0 100644
--- a/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/local-cli/templates/HelloWorld/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -15,75 +15,3 @@
 #-keepclassmembers class fqcn.of.javascript.interface.for.webview {
 #   public *;
 #}
-
-# Disabling obfuscation is useful if you collect stack traces from production crashes
-# (unless you are using a system that supports de-obfuscate the stack traces).
-# -dontobfuscate
-
-# React Native
-
-# Keep our interfaces so they can be used by other ProGuard rules.
-# See http://sourceforge.net/p/proguard/bugs/466/
--keep,allowobfuscation @interface com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip
--keep,allowobfuscation @interface com.facebook.proguard.annotations.KeepGettersAndSetters
--keep,allowobfuscation @interface com.facebook.common.internal.DoNotStrip
-
-# Do not strip any method/class that is annotated with @DoNotStrip
--keep @com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip class *
--keep @com.facebook.common.internal.DoNotStrip class *
--keepclassmembers class * {
-    @com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip *;
-    @com.facebook.common.internal.DoNotStrip *;
-}
-
--keepclassmembers @com.facebook.proguard.annotations.KeepGettersAndSetters class * {
-  void set*(***);
-  *** get*();
-}
-
--keep class * extends com.facebook.react.bridge.JavaScriptModule { *; }
--keep class * extends com.facebook.react.bridge.NativeModule { *; }
--keepclassmembers,includedescriptorclasses class * { native <methods>; }
--keepclassmembers class *  { @com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIProp <fields>; }
--keepclassmembers class *  { @com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp <methods>; }
--keepclassmembers class *  { @com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactPropGroup <methods>; }
-
--dontwarn com.facebook.react.**
-
-# TextLayoutBuilder uses a non-public Android constructor within StaticLayout.
-# See libs/proxy/src/main/java/com/facebook/fbui/textlayoutbuilder/proxy for details.
--dontwarn android.text.StaticLayout
-
-# Fresco
-# Keep our interfaces so they can be used by other ProGuard rules.
-# See http://sourceforge.net/p/proguard/bugs/466/
--keep,allowobfuscation @interface com.facebook.soloader.DoNotOptimize
-
-# Do not strip any method/class that is annotated with @DoNotOptimize
--keep @com.facebook.soloader.DoNotOptimize class *
--keepclassmembers class * {
-    @com.facebook.soloader.DoNotOptimize *;
-}
-
-# Keep native methods
--keepclassmembers class * {
-    native <methods>;
-}
-
--dontwarn javax.annotation.**
--dontwarn com.facebook.infer.**
-
-# okhttp
-
--keepattributes Signature
--keepattributes *Annotation*
--keep class okhttp3.** { *; }
--keep interface okhttp3.** { *; }
--dontwarn okhttp3.**
-
-# okio
-
--keep class sun.misc.Unsafe { *; }
--dontwarn java.nio.file.*
--dontwarn org.codehaus.mojo.animal_sniffer.IgnoreJRERequirement
--dontwarn okio.**