diff --git a/React/CSSLayout/CSSEnums.h b/React/CSSLayout/CSSEnums.h
index dbcb58e27b8fa2..94a6ba1b4a7055 100644
--- a/React/CSSLayout/CSSEnums.h
+++ b/React/CSSLayout/CSSEnums.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ typedef enum CSSDirection {
 
 typedef enum CSSExperimentalFeature {
   CSSExperimentalFeatureRounding,
+  CSSExperimentalFeatureWebFlexBasis,
   CSSExperimentalFeatureCount,
 } CSSExperimentalFeature;
 
diff --git a/React/CSSLayout/CSSLayout.c b/React/CSSLayout/CSSLayout.c
index eeb99195f7e960..4cabd86449b80a 100644
--- a/React/CSSLayout/CSSLayout.c
+++ b/React/CSSLayout/CSSLayout.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ typedef struct CSSLayout {
   float dimensions[2];
   CSSDirection direction;
 
-  uint32_t computedFlexBasisGeneration;
   float computedFlexBasis;
 
   // Instead of recomputing the entire layout every single time, we
@@ -974,10 +973,14 @@ static void computeChildFlexBasis(const CSSNodeRef node,
   const bool isRowStyleDimDefined = isStyleDimDefined(child, CSSFlexDirectionRow);
   const bool isColumnStyleDimDefined = isStyleDimDefined(child, CSSFlexDirectionColumn);
 
-  if (!CSSValueIsUndefined(CSSNodeStyleGetFlexBasis(child)) &&
-      !CSSValueIsUndefined(isMainAxisRow ? width : height)) {
-    if (CSSValueIsUndefined(child->layout.computedFlexBasis) ||
-        child->layout.computedFlexBasisGeneration != gCurrentGenerationCount) {
+  if (CSSLayoutIsExperimentalFeatureEnabled(CSSExperimentalFeatureWebFlexBasis) &&
+      !CSSValueIsUndefined(CSSNodeStyleGetFlexBasis(child))) {
+    child->layout.computedFlexBasis =
+        fmaxf(CSSNodeStyleGetFlexBasis(child), getPaddingAndBorderAxis(child, mainAxis));
+  } else if (!CSSLayoutIsExperimentalFeatureEnabled(CSSExperimentalFeatureWebFlexBasis) &&
+             !CSSValueIsUndefined(CSSNodeStyleGetFlexBasis(child)) &&
+             !CSSValueIsUndefined(isMainAxisRow ? width : height)) {
+    if (CSSValueIsUndefined(child->layout.computedFlexBasis)) {
       child->layout.computedFlexBasis =
           fmaxf(CSSNodeStyleGetFlexBasis(child), getPaddingAndBorderAxis(child, mainAxis));
     }
@@ -1076,8 +1079,6 @@ static void computeChildFlexBasis(const CSSNodeRef node,
                             : child->layout.measuredDimensions[CSSDimensionHeight],
               getPaddingAndBorderAxis(child, mainAxis));
   }
-
-  child->layout.computedFlexBasisGeneration = gCurrentGenerationCount;
 }
 
 static void absoluteLayoutChild(const CSSNodeRef node,
@@ -1535,7 +1536,6 @@ static void layoutNodeImpl(const CSSNodeRef node,
       child->nextChild = NULL;
     } else {
       if (child == singleFlexChild) {
-        child->layout.computedFlexBasisGeneration = gCurrentGenerationCount;
         child->layout.computedFlexBasis = 0;
       } else {
         computeChildFlexBasis(node,
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/csslayout/CSSExperimentalFeature.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/csslayout/CSSExperimentalFeature.java
index c2b8b7af226114..d9476e8117e114 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/csslayout/CSSExperimentalFeature.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/csslayout/CSSExperimentalFeature.java
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 package com.facebook.csslayout;
 
 public enum CSSExperimentalFeature {
-  ROUNDING(0);
+  ROUNDING(0),
+  WEB_FLEX_BASIS(1);
 
   private int mIntValue;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ public int intValue() {
   public static CSSExperimentalFeature fromInt(int value) {
     switch (value) {
       case 0: return ROUNDING;
+      case 1: return WEB_FLEX_BASIS;
       default: throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unkown enum value: " + value);
     }
   }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/CSSLayout/CSSLayout/CSSEnums.h b/ReactCommon/CSSLayout/CSSLayout/CSSEnums.h
index dbcb58e27b8fa2..94a6ba1b4a7055 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/CSSLayout/CSSLayout/CSSEnums.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/CSSLayout/CSSLayout/CSSEnums.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ typedef enum CSSDirection {
 
 typedef enum CSSExperimentalFeature {
   CSSExperimentalFeatureRounding,
+  CSSExperimentalFeatureWebFlexBasis,
   CSSExperimentalFeatureCount,
 } CSSExperimentalFeature;
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/CSSLayout/CSSLayout/CSSLayout.c b/ReactCommon/CSSLayout/CSSLayout/CSSLayout.c
index eeb99195f7e960..5b1025093de88f 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/CSSLayout/CSSLayout/CSSLayout.c
+++ b/ReactCommon/CSSLayout/CSSLayout/CSSLayout.c
@@ -977,7 +977,8 @@ static void computeChildFlexBasis(const CSSNodeRef node,
   if (!CSSValueIsUndefined(CSSNodeStyleGetFlexBasis(child)) &&
       !CSSValueIsUndefined(isMainAxisRow ? width : height)) {
     if (CSSValueIsUndefined(child->layout.computedFlexBasis) ||
-        child->layout.computedFlexBasisGeneration != gCurrentGenerationCount) {
+        (CSSLayoutIsExperimentalFeatureEnabled(CSSExperimentalFeatureWebFlexBasis) &&
+         child->layout.computedFlexBasisGeneration != gCurrentGenerationCount)) {
       child->layout.computedFlexBasis =
           fmaxf(CSSNodeStyleGetFlexBasis(child), getPaddingAndBorderAxis(child, mainAxis));
     }