diff --git a/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js b/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
index 36f714228042..88c098fb4462 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
@@ -438,6 +438,21 @@ var ScrollResponderMixin = {
     );
   },
 
+  /**
+   * A helper function to scroll by a specific offset in the ScrollView.
+   * This is useful when you want to change the size of the content view and scroll
+   * position at the same time. Syntax:
+   *
+   * scrollResponderScrollBy(options: {deltaX: number = 0; deltaY: number = 0; animated: boolean = true})
+   */
+  scrollResponderScrollBy: function(options : {deltaX?: number, deltaY?: number, animated?: boolean}) {
+    UIManager.dispatchViewManagerCommand(
+      this.scrollResponderGetScrollableNode(),
+      UIManager.RCTScrollView.Commands.scrollBy,
+      [options.deltaX || 0, options.deltaY || 0, options.animated !== false],
+    );
+  },
+
   /**
    * Deprecated, do not use.
    */
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
index 1787476babc0..dd2ceffb0f09 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
@@ -530,6 +530,19 @@ const ScrollView = createReactClass({
     });
   },
 
+  /**
+   * Scrolls by a given offset, either immediately or with a smooth animation.
+   *
+   * Syntax:
+   *
+   * `scrollBy(options: {deltaX: number = 0; deltaY: number = 0; animated: boolean = true})`
+   */
+  scrollBy: function(options: { deltaX?: number, deltaY?: number, animated?: boolean } ) {
+    const data = {deltaX: options.deltaX || 0, deltaY: options.deltaY || 0,
+      animated: options.animated !== false};
+    this.getScrollResponder().scrollResponderScrollBy(data);
+  },
+
   /**
    * Deprecated, use `scrollTo` instead.
    */
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
index 18e5546d1e96..4fe76507d34a 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
@@ -587,6 +587,17 @@ - (void)scrollToEnd:(BOOL)animated
   }
 }
 
+- (void)scrollByOffset:(CGPoint)offset animated:(BOOL)animated
+{
+  if (offset.x != 0 || offset.y != 0) {
+    // Ensure at least one scroll event will fire
+    _allowNextScrollNoMatterWhat = YES;
+    CGPoint oldOffset = _scrollView.contentOffset;
+    CGPoint newOffset = (CGPoint){oldOffset.x + offset.x, oldOffset.y + offset.y};
+    [_scrollView setContentOffset:newOffset animated:animated];
+  }
+}
+
 - (void)zoomToRect:(CGRect)rect animated:(BOOL)animated
 {
   [_scrollView zoomToRect:rect animated:animated];
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
index efa162bc77e0..32b927f812cb 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
@@ -175,6 +175,23 @@ - (UIView *)view
    }];
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(scrollBy:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag
+                  deltaX:(CGFloat)deltaX
+                  deltaY:(CGFloat)deltaY
+                  animated:(BOOL)animated)
+{
+  [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:
+   ^(__unused RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *, UIView *> *viewRegistry){
+     UIView *view = viewRegistry[reactTag];
+     if ([view conformsToProtocol:@protocol(RCTScrollableProtocol)]) {
+       [(id<RCTScrollableProtocol>)view scrollByOffset:(CGPoint){deltaX, deltaY} animated:animated];
+     } else {
+       RCTLogError(@"tried to scrollBy: on non-RCTScrollableProtocol view %@ "
+                   "with tag #%@", view, reactTag);
+     }
+   }];
+}
+
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(zoomToRect:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag
                   withRect:(CGRect)rect
                   animated:(BOOL)animated)
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollableProtocol.h b/React/Views/RCTScrollableProtocol.h
index a143d638602f..a3e3ea8042ec 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollableProtocol.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollableProtocol.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 - (void)scrollToOffset:(CGPoint)offset;
 - (void)scrollToOffset:(CGPoint)offset animated:(BOOL)animated;
+- (void)scrollByOffset:(CGPoint)offset animated:(BOOL)animated;
 /**
  * If this is a vertical scroll view, scrolls to the bottom.
  * If this is a horizontal scroll view, scrolls to the right.