diff --git a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
index 85a1fbae64c4e1..bf64f9c852a254 100644
--- a/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
+++ b/Libraries/Image/RCTImageLoader.mm
@@ -501,6 +501,10 @@ - (RCTImageURLLoaderRequest *)_loadImageOrDataWithURLRequest:(NSURLRequest *)req
   BOOL cacheResult = [loadHandler respondsToSelector:@selector(shouldCacheLoadedImages)] ?
   [loadHandler shouldCacheLoadedImages] : YES;
 
+  if (request.cachePolicy == NSURLRequestReloadIgnoringLocalCacheData) {
+    cacheResult = NO;
+  }
+
   if (cacheResult && partialLoadHandler) {
     UIImage *image = [[self imageCache] imageForUrl:request.URL.absoluteString
                                                size:size