diff --git a/Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/PushNotificationIOS.js b/Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/PushNotificationIOS.js
index 83de728b5c8ac8..6a511d5f51ff47 100644
--- a/Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/PushNotificationIOS.js
+++ b/Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/PushNotificationIOS.js
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ class PushNotificationIOS {
    * - `alertBody` : The message displayed in the notification alert.
    * - `alertAction` : The "action" displayed beneath an actionable notification. Defaults to "view";
    * - `soundName` : The sound played when the notification is fired (optional).
+   * - `isSilent`  : If true, the notification will appear without sound (optional).
    * - `category`  : The category of this notification, required for actionable notifications (optional).
    * - `userInfo`  : An optional object containing additional notification data.
    * - `applicationIconBadgeNumber` (optional) : The number to display as the app's icon badge. The default value of this property is 0, which means that no badge is displayed.
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ class PushNotificationIOS {
    * - `alertBody` : The message displayed in the notification alert.
    * - `alertAction` : The "action" displayed beneath an actionable notification. Defaults to "view";
    * - `soundName` : The sound played when the notification is fired (optional).
+   * - `isSilent`  : If true, the notification will appear without sound (optional).
    * - `category`  : The category of this notification, required for actionable notifications (optional).
    * - `userInfo` : An optional object containing additional notification data.
    * - `applicationIconBadgeNumber` (optional) : The number to display as the app's icon badge. Setting the number to 0 removes the icon badge.
diff --git a/Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/RCTPushNotificationManager.m b/Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/RCTPushNotificationManager.m
index ec7a487e19e946..cdb8bd580279d5 100644
--- a/Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/RCTPushNotificationManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/PushNotificationIOS/RCTPushNotificationManager.m
@@ -50,17 +50,20 @@ @implementation RCTConvert (UILocalNotification)
 + (UILocalNotification *)UILocalNotification:(id)json
 {
   NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *details = [self NSDictionary:json];
+  BOOL isSilent = [RCTConvert BOOL:details[@"isSilent"]];
   UILocalNotification *notification = [UILocalNotification new];
   notification.fireDate = [RCTConvert NSDate:details[@"fireDate"]] ?: [NSDate date];
   notification.alertBody = [RCTConvert NSString:details[@"alertBody"]];
   notification.alertAction = [RCTConvert NSString:details[@"alertAction"]];
-  notification.soundName = [RCTConvert NSString:details[@"soundName"]] ?: UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
   notification.userInfo = [RCTConvert NSDictionary:details[@"userInfo"]];
   notification.category = [RCTConvert NSString:details[@"category"]];
   notification.repeatInterval = [RCTConvert NSCalendarUnit:details[@"repeatInterval"]];
   if (details[@"applicationIconBadgeNumber"]) {
     notification.applicationIconBadgeNumber = [RCTConvert NSInteger:details[@"applicationIconBadgeNumber"]];
   }
+  if (!isSilent) {
+    notification.soundName = [RCTConvert NSString:details[@"soundName"]] ?: UILocalNotificationDefaultSoundName;
+  }
   return notification;
 }