diff --git a/src/bundle/bundle.ts b/src/bundle/bundle.ts
index 8abb325..964e2f7 100644
--- a/src/bundle/bundle.ts
+++ b/src/bundle/bundle.ts
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ import { info, rmRf, execCommand, buildBundleConfig, mkdir } from './utils'
 import type { BundleArgs, BundlerConfig, Hashes } from './types'
 import { checkout, gitRestore } from './git'
 import { hashes, removeUnchangedAssets } from './diff'
+import { metroBundle } from './metroBundle'
 
-const {
-  runHermesEmitBinaryCommand,
-  runReactNativeBundleCommand,
-} = require('appcenter-cli/dist/commands/codepush/lib/react-native-utils')
+const { runHermesEmitBinaryCommand } = require('appcenter-cli/dist/commands/codepush/lib/react-native-utils')
 
 export async function bundle(args: BundleArgs) {
   const { base } = args
@@ -40,6 +38,7 @@ export async function bundle(args: BundleArgs) {
 
 const bundleReactNative = async (config: BundlerConfig, shouldBuildSourceMaps?: boolean) => {
   const {
+    bundleCommand,
     bundleName,
     entryFile,
     os,
@@ -57,15 +56,17 @@ const bundleReactNative = async (config: BundlerConfig, shouldBuildSourceMaps?:
   info(`Using '${config.reinstallNodeModulesCommand}' to install node modules`)
   await execCommand(config.reinstallNodeModulesCommand)
 
-  await runReactNativeBundleCommand(
+  metroBundle({
+    bundleCommand,
     bundleName,
-    false, // development
+    development: false,
     entryFile,
     outputDir,
-    os, // platform
+    platform: os,
     sourcemapOutput,
-    ['--reset-cache', ...extraBundlerOptions]
-  )
+    extraBundlerOptions,
+  })
+
   if (shouldBuildSourceMaps && useHermes) {
     await runHermesEmitBinaryCommand(bundleName, outputDir, sourcemapOutput, extraHermesFlags)
   }
diff --git a/src/bundle/metroBundle.ts b/src/bundle/metroBundle.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56e036f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bundle/metroBundle.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+const path = require('path')
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process')
+
+interface MetroBundleOptions {
+  platform: string
+  entryFile: string
+  outputDir?: string
+  development?: boolean
+  resetCache?: boolean
+  bundleName?: string
+  bundleOutput?: string
+  assetsDest?: string
+  sourcemapOutputDir?: string
+  sourcemapOutput?: string
+  bundleCommand?: string
+  extraBundlerOptions?: string[]
+}
+
+export const metroBundle = ({
+  platform,
+  entryFile,
+  outputDir = '',
+  development = false,
+  resetCache = true,
+  bundleCommand = 'bundle',
+  bundleName,
+  bundleOutput = path.join(outputDir, bundleName),
+  assetsDest = outputDir,
+  sourcemapOutputDir = '',
+  sourcemapOutput = sourcemapOutputDir ? path.join(sourcemapOutputDir, `${bundleName}.map`) : null,
+  extraBundlerOptions = [],
+}: MetroBundleOptions) => {
+  const args = [
+    bundleCommand,
+    `--platform=${platform}`,
+    `--entry-file=${entryFile}`,
+    `--dev=${development}`,
+    `--bundle-output=${bundleOutput}`,
+    sourcemapOutput && `--sourcemap-output=${sourcemapOutput}`,
+    assetsDest && `--assets-dest=${assetsDest}`,
+    resetCache && '--reset-cache',
+    ...extraBundlerOptions,
+  ].filter(Boolean)
+
+  spawnSync(getCliPath(), args, { stdio: 'inherit' })
+}
+
+function getCliPath() {
+  return path.join('node_modules', '.bin', 'react-native')
+}
diff --git a/src/bundle/types.ts b/src/bundle/types.ts
index e77357a..edef10e 100644
--- a/src/bundle/types.ts
+++ b/src/bundle/types.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export interface BundlerConfig {
   sourcemapOutputDir: string
   useHermes?: boolean
   extraHermesFlags?: string[]
+  bundleCommand?: string
 }
 
 type Config = Partial<BundlerConfig> & VersionSearchParams
diff --git a/src/cli/bundleArgs.ts b/src/cli/bundleArgs.ts
index 80679e6..72b3433 100644
--- a/src/cli/bundleArgs.ts
+++ b/src/cli/bundleArgs.ts
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ export const bundleArgs = <T = {}>(yargs: Argv<T>) =>
     .option('base', { type: 'string', demandOption: true })
     .option('reinstallNodeModulesCommand', { type: 'string', alias: ['npm'] })
     .option('rest', { type: 'string', default: '' })
+    .option('bundle-command', { type: 'string' })