diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/RCTBlobManager.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/RCTBlobManager.mm
index 82c0897890417d..286710d69105cf 100755
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/RCTBlobManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Blob/RCTBlobManager.mm
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ - (void)remove:(NSString *)blobId
 
   // TODO(T63516227): Why can methodQueue be nil here?
   // We don't want to do anything when methodQueue is nil.
-  if (!networking.methodQueue) {
+  if (![networking requestQueue]) {
     return;
   }
 
-  dispatch_async(networking.methodQueue, ^{
+  dispatch_async([networking requestQueue], ^{
     [networking addRequestHandler:self];
     [networking addResponseHandler:self];
   });
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
index 8f21bf3e284682..4a0353396d7eda 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTHTTPRequestHandler.mm
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ - (NSURLSessionDataTask *)sendRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request withDelegate:(id<R
 
     NSOperationQueue *callbackQueue = [NSOperationQueue new];
     callbackQueue.maxConcurrentOperationCount = 1;
-    callbackQueue.underlyingQueue = [[_moduleRegistry moduleForName:"Networking"] methodQueue];
+    RCTNetworking *networking = [_moduleRegistry moduleForName:"Networking"];
+    callbackQueue.underlyingQueue = [networking requestQueue];
     NSURLSessionConfiguration *configuration;
     if (urlSessionConfigurationProvider) {
       configuration = urlSessionConfigurationProvider();
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.h b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.h
index fcc9fe81714a29..40b4f0f4f54c54 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.h
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #import <React/RCTNetworkTask.h>
 #import <React/RCTURLRequestHandler.h>
 
+RCT_EXTERN void RCTEnableNetworkingRequestQueue(BOOL enabled);
+
 @protocol RCTNetworkingRequestHandler <NSObject>
 
 // @lint-ignore FBOBJCUNTYPEDCOLLECTION1
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@
 
 - (void)removeResponseHandler:(id<RCTNetworkingResponseHandler>)handler;
 
+- (dispatch_queue_t)requestQueue;
+
 @end
 
 @interface RCTBridge (RCTNetworking)
diff --git a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.mm b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.mm
index 7abc90d75c2ead..734bf33034384d 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/Libraries/Network/RCTNetworking.mm
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
 #import "RCTNetworkPlugins.h"
 
+static BOOL gEnableNetworkingRequestQueue = NO;
+
+RCT_EXTERN void RCTEnableNetworkingRequestQueue(BOOL enabled)
+{
+  gEnableNetworkingRequestQueue = enabled;
+}
+
 typedef RCTURLRequestCancellationBlock (^RCTHTTPQueryResult)(NSError *error, NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *result);
 
 NSString *const RCTNetworkingPHUploadHackScheme = @"ph-upload";
@@ -151,6 +158,7 @@ @implementation RCTNetworking {
   NSArray<id<RCTURLRequestHandler>> * (^_handlersProvider)(RCTModuleRegistry *);
   NSMutableArray<id<RCTNetworkingRequestHandler>> *_requestHandlers;
   NSMutableArray<id<RCTNetworkingResponseHandler>> *_responseHandlers;
+  dispatch_queue_t _requestQueue;
 }
 
 @synthesize methodQueue = _methodQueue;
@@ -162,15 +170,13 @@ + (BOOL)requiresMainQueueSetup
   return YES;
 }
 
-- (instancetype)init
-{
-  return [super initWithDisabledObservation];
-}
-
 - (instancetype)initWithHandlersProvider:
     (NSArray<id<RCTURLRequestHandler>> * (^)(RCTModuleRegistry *moduleRegistry))getHandlers
 {
   if (self = [super initWithDisabledObservation]) {
+    if (gEnableNetworkingRequestQueue) {
+      _requestQueue = dispatch_queue_create("com.facebook.react.network.request", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+    }
     _handlersProvider = getHandlers;
   }
   return self;
@@ -294,7 +300,7 @@ - (void)invalidate
 - (RCTURLRequestCancellationBlock)buildRequest:(NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)query
                                completionBlock:(void (^)(NSURLRequest *request))block
 {
-  RCTAssertThread(_methodQueue, @"buildRequest: must be called on method queue");
+  RCTAssertThread([self requestQueue], @"buildRequest: must be called on method queue");
 
   NSURL *URL = [RCTConvert NSURL:query[@"url"]]; // this is marked as nullable in JS, but should not be null
   NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:URL];
@@ -347,7 +353,7 @@ - (RCTURLRequestCancellationBlock)buildRequest:(NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)q
                                       forHTTPHeaderField:@"Content-Length"];
                                 }
 
-                                dispatch_async(self->_methodQueue, ^{
+                                dispatch_async([self requestQueue], ^{
                                   block(request);
                                 });
 
@@ -385,7 +391,7 @@ - (BOOL)canHandleRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
                    callback:(RCTURLRequestCancellationBlock (^)(NSError *error, NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *result))
                                 callback
 {
-  RCTAssertThread(_methodQueue, @"processDataForHTTPQuery: must be called on method queue");
+  RCTAssertThread([self requestQueue], @"processDataForHTTPQuery: must be called on method queue");
 
   if (!query) {
     return callback(nil, nil);
@@ -414,7 +420,7 @@ - (BOOL)canHandleRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
     RCTNetworkTask *task =
         [self networkTaskWithRequest:request
                      completionBlock:^(NSURLResponse *response, NSData *data, NSError *error) {
-                       dispatch_async(self->_methodQueue, ^{
+                       dispatch_async([self requestQueue], ^{
                          cancellationBlock = callback(
                              error, data ? @{@"body" : data, @"contentType" : RCTNullIfNil(response.MIMEType)} : nil);
                        });
@@ -514,7 +520,7 @@ - (void)sendData:(NSData *)data
         response:(NSURLResponse *)response
          forTask:(RCTNetworkTask *)task
 {
-  RCTAssertThread(_methodQueue, @"sendData: must be called on method queue");
+  RCTAssertThread([self requestQueue], @"sendData: must be called on method queue");
 
   id responseData = nil;
   for (id<RCTNetworkingResponseHandler> handler in _responseHandlers) {
@@ -552,7 +558,7 @@ - (void)sendRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
     incrementalUpdates:(BOOL)incrementalUpdates
         responseSender:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)responseSender
 {
-  RCTAssertThread(_methodQueue, @"sendRequest: must be called on method queue");
+  RCTAssertThread([self requestQueue], @"sendRequest: must be called on method queue");
   __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;
   __block RCTNetworkTask *task;
   RCTURLRequestProgressBlock uploadProgressBlock = ^(int64_t progress, int64_t total) {
@@ -689,7 +695,9 @@ - (RCTNetworkTask *)networkTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
     return nil;
   }
 
-  RCTNetworkTask *task = [[RCTNetworkTask alloc] initWithRequest:request handler:handler callbackQueue:_methodQueue];
+  RCTNetworkTask *task = [[RCTNetworkTask alloc] initWithRequest:request
+                                                         handler:handler
+                                                   callbackQueue:[self requestQueue]];
   task.completionBlock = completionBlock;
   return task;
 }
@@ -709,7 +717,7 @@ - (RCTNetworkTask *)networkTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
   double timeout = query.timeout();
   bool withCredentials = query.withCredentials();
 
-  dispatch_async(_methodQueue, ^{
+  dispatch_async([self requestQueue], ^{
     NSDictionary *queryDict = @{
       @"method" : method,
       @"url" : url,
@@ -738,7 +746,7 @@ - (RCTNetworkTask *)networkTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
 
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(abortRequest : (double)requestID)
 {
-  dispatch_async(_methodQueue, ^{
+  dispatch_async([self requestQueue], ^{
     [self->_tasksByRequestID[[NSNumber numberWithDouble:requestID]] cancel];
     [self->_tasksByRequestID removeObjectForKey:[NSNumber numberWithDouble:requestID]];
   });
@@ -746,7 +754,7 @@ - (RCTNetworkTask *)networkTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
 
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(clearCookies : (RCTResponseSenderBlock)responseSender)
 {
-  dispatch_async(_methodQueue, ^{
+  dispatch_async([self requestQueue], ^{
     NSHTTPCookieStorage *storage = [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage];
     if (!storage.cookies.count) {
       responseSender(@[ @NO ]);
@@ -760,6 +768,11 @@ - (RCTNetworkTask *)networkTaskWithRequest:(NSURLRequest *)request
   });
 }
 
+- (dispatch_queue_t)requestQueue
+{
+  return gEnableNetworkingRequestQueue ? _requestQueue : _methodQueue;
+}
+
 - (std::shared_ptr<facebook::react::TurboModule>)getTurboModule:
     (const facebook::react::ObjCTurboModule::InitParams &)params
 {