diff --git a/Libraries/Blob/Blob.js b/Libraries/Blob/Blob.js
index 590f48fc50dc..8d9ddc4603a4 100644
--- a/Libraries/Blob/Blob.js
+++ b/Libraries/Blob/Blob.js
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Blob {
    * Currently we only support creating Blobs from other Blobs.
    * Reference: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Blob/Blob
    */
-  constructor(parts: Array<Blob>, options: any) {
+  constructor(parts: Array<Blob> = [], options: any) {
     const blobId = uuid();
     let size = 0;
     parts.forEach((part) => {
diff --git a/Libraries/Blob/__tests__/Blob-test.js b/Libraries/Blob/__tests__/Blob-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9f42e4418cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/Blob/__tests__/Blob-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+
+test('Blob construct', () => {
+  expect(() => new Blob()).not.toThrow();
+});