diff --git a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/NavigatorBreadcrumbNavigationBar.js b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/NavigatorBreadcrumbNavigationBar.js
index 84a1e43cde1b58..e224253c21be2a 100644
--- a/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/NavigatorBreadcrumbNavigationBar.js
+++ b/Libraries/CustomComponents/Navigator/NavigatorBreadcrumbNavigationBar.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ var View = require('View');
 
 var { Map } = require('immutable');
 
+var guid = require('guid');
 var invariant = require('invariant');
 
 var Interpolators = NavigatorBreadcrumbNavigationBarStyles.Interpolators;
@@ -179,11 +180,7 @@ var NavigatorBreadcrumbNavigationBar = React.createClass({
   },
 
   componentWillMount: function() {
-    this._descriptors = {
-      crumb: new Map(),
-      title: new Map(),
-      right: new Map(),
-    };
+    this._reset();
   },
 
   render: function() {
@@ -192,7 +189,9 @@ var NavigatorBreadcrumbNavigationBar = React.createClass({
     var titles = navState.routeStack.map(this._getTitle);
     var buttons = navState.routeStack.map(this._getRightButton);
     return (
-      <View style={[styles.breadCrumbContainer, this.props.style]}>
+      <View
+        key={this._key}
+        style={[styles.breadCrumbContainer, this.props.style]}>
         {titles}
         {icons}
         {buttons}
@@ -200,6 +199,20 @@ var NavigatorBreadcrumbNavigationBar = React.createClass({
     );
   },
 
+  immediatelyRefresh: function() {
+    this._reset();
+    this.forceUpdate();
+  },
+
+  _reset() {
+    this._key = guid();
+    this._descriptors = {
+      crumb: new Map(),
+      title: new Map(),
+      right: new Map(),
+    };
+  },
+
   _getBreadcrumb: function(route, index) {
     if (this._descriptors.crumb.has(route)) {
       return this._descriptors.crumb.get(route);