diff --git a/Libraries/Animated/src/__tests__/AnimatedNative-test.js b/Libraries/Animated/src/__tests__/AnimatedNative-test.js
index d3f59368ea6098..62c40c8388d79b 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/src/__tests__/AnimatedNative-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/src/__tests__/AnimatedNative-test.js
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+const ClassComponentMock = class {};
+ClassComponentMock.prototype.isReactComponent = true;
+
 jest
   .clearAllMocks()
-  .setMock('Text', {})
-  .setMock('View', {})
-  .setMock('Image', {})
+  .setMock('Text', ClassComponentMock)
+  .setMock('View', ClassComponentMock)
+  .setMock('Image', ClassComponentMock)
   .setMock('React', {Component: class {}})
   .setMock('NativeModules', {
     NativeAnimatedModule: {},
diff --git a/Libraries/Animated/src/createAnimatedComponent.js b/Libraries/Animated/src/createAnimatedComponent.js
index fd363ff0ca7495..42110be681988c 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/src/createAnimatedComponent.js
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/src/createAnimatedComponent.js
@@ -17,7 +17,16 @@ const AnimatedProps = require('./nodes/AnimatedProps');
 const React = require('React');
 const ViewStylePropTypes = require('ViewStylePropTypes');
 
+const invariant = require('fbjs/lib/invariant');
+
 function createAnimatedComponent(Component: any): any {
+  invariant(
+    typeof Component === 'string' ||
+      (Component.prototype && Component.prototype.isReactComponent),
+    '`createAnimatedComponent` does not support stateless functional components; ' +
+      'use a class component instead.',
+  );
+
   class AnimatedComponent extends React.Component<Object> {
     _component: any;
     _invokeAnimatedPropsCallbackOnMount: boolean = false;