diff --git a/lib/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer.rb b/lib/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer.rb
index 0f628a284..47e904138 100644
--- a/lib/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer.rb
+++ b/lib/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer.rb
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ class SprocketsRenderer < ExecJSRenderer
       # Reimplement console methods for replaying on the client
       CONSOLE_POLYFILL = File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "sprockets_renderer/console_polyfill.js"))
       CONSOLE_REPLAY   = File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "sprockets_renderer/console_replay.js"))
+      TIMEOUT_POLYFILL = File.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "sprockets_renderer/timeout_polyfill.js"))
 
       def initialize(options={})
         @replay_console = options.fetch(:replay_console, true)
         filenames = options.fetch(:files, ["react-server.js", "components.js"])
         js_code = CONSOLE_POLYFILL.dup
+        js_code << TIMEOUT_POLYFILL.dup
         js_code << options.fetch(:code, '')
 
         filenames.each do |filename|
diff --git a/lib/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer/timeout_polyfill.js b/lib/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer/timeout_polyfill.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca6a756ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer/timeout_polyfill.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+function getStackTrace() {
+  var stack;
+  try {
+    throw new Error('');
+  }
+  catch (error) {
+    stack = error.stack || '';
+  }
+  stack = stack.split('\\n').map(function (line) {
+    return line.trim();
+  });
+  return stack.splice(stack[0] == 'Error' ? 2 : 1);
+};
+
+function printError(functionName){
+  console.error(functionName + ' is not defined for execJS. See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#faq. Note babel-polyfill may call this.');
+  console.error(getStackTrace().join('\\n'));
+};
+
+function setTimeout() {
+  printError('setTimeout');
+};
+
+function clearTimeout() {
+  printError('clearTimeout');
+};
diff --git a/test/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/components/WithSetTimeout.js.jsx b/test/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/components/WithSetTimeout.js.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16bf957c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dummy/app/assets/javascripts/components/WithSetTimeout.js.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+WithSetTimeout = React.createClass({
+  componentWillMount: function () {
+    setTimeout(function () {}, 1000)
+    clearTimeout(0)
+  },
+  render: function () {
+    return <span>I am rendered!</span>
+  }
+})
diff --git a/test/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer_test.rb b/test/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer_test.rb
index 301aa8a8d..b602dd7dd 100644
--- a/test/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer_test.rb
+++ b/test/react/server_rendering/sprockets_renderer_test.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ class SprocketsRendererTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       assert_match(/\n/, err.to_s, "it includes the multi-line backtrace")
     end
 
+    test '#render polyfills setTimeout and clearTimeout and warn about it' do
+      result = @renderer.render("WithSetTimeout", {}, nil)
+
+      assert_match(/I am rendered!<\/span>/, result)
+
+      message = "is not defined for execJS. See https://github.com/sstephenson/execjs#faq. Note babel-polyfill may call this."
+      assert_match(/console.error.apply\(console, \["clearTimeout #{message}"\]\);$/, result)
+      assert_match(/console.error.apply\(console, \["setTimeout #{message}"\]\);$/, result)
+    end
+
     test '.new accepts additional code to add to the JS context' do
       additional_code = File.read(File.expand_path("../../../helper_files/WithoutSprockets.js", __FILE__))