diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7452d4bd43a7b2..b8ee195017d6dc 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ aliases:
       mkdir -p ~/react-native/reports/build/
       mkdir -p ~/react-native/reports/junit/
       mkdir -p ~/react-native/reports/outputs/
-  
+
   - &run-objc-ios-tests
     name: iOS Test Suite
     command: ./scripts/objc-test-ios.sh test
@@ -288,6 +288,18 @@ aliases:
     name: tvOS End-to-End Test Suite
     command: node ./scripts/run-ci-e2e-tests.js --tvos --js --retries 3;
 
+  - &build-objc-ios-cocoapods-install
+    name: Test Cocoapods
+    command: ./scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods-install.sh
+
+  - &build-objc-ios-cocoapods-test-app
+    name: Build Objective-C iOS Test App
+    command: ./scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods.sh
+
+  - &run-objc-ios-cocoapods-tests
+    name: Objective-C iOS Test Suite
+    command: ./scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods.sh test
+
 defaults: &defaults
   working_directory: ~/react-native
 
@@ -397,6 +409,25 @@ jobs:
       - store_test_results:
           path: ~/react-native/reports/junit
 
+  # Runs unit tests on iOS devices - cocoapods flavour
+  test_ios_cocoapods:
+    <<: *macos_defaults
+    dependencies:
+      pre:
+        - xcrun instruments -w "iPhone 5s (11.1)" || true
+    steps:
+      - attach_workspace:
+          at: ~/react-native
+
+      - run: *build-objc-ios-cocoapods-install
+      - run: *build-objc-ios-cocoapods-test-app
+      - run: *run-objc-ios-cocoapods-tests
+
+      - store_test_results:
+          path: ~/react-native/reports/junit
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: ~/react-native/reports/junit
+
   # Runs unit tests on tvOS devices
   test_tvos:
     <<: *macos_defaults
@@ -635,6 +666,7 @@ workflows:
           filters: *filter-ignore-gh-pages
           requires:
             - checkout_code
+
       - test_tvos:
           filters: *filter-ignore-gh-pages
           requires:
@@ -646,6 +678,12 @@ workflows:
           requires:
             - checkout_code
 
+            # End-to-end tests
+      - test_ios_cocoapods:
+          filters: *filter-ignore-gh-pages
+          requires:
+            - checkout_code
+
   # Only runs on PRs
   analyze:
     jobs:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6b290712dbd6d4..84b95d64a84e41 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ package-lock.json
 
 /coverage
 /third-party
+/RNTester/Pods
diff --git a/RNTester/Podfile b/RNTester/Podfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0ec107ef2aaede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RNTester/Podfile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+source 'https://github.com/CocoaPods/Specs.git'
+
+use_frameworks!
+inhibit_all_warnings!
+
+platform :ios, '9.0'
+
+project 'RNTester.xcodeproj'
+
+def shared_pods
+    pod 'yoga', :path => '../ReactCommon/yoga'
+
+    # Third party deps podspec link
+    pod 'DoubleConversion', :podspec => '../third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec'
+    pod 'Folly', :podspec => '../third-party-podspecs/Folly.podspec'
+    pod 'glog', :podspec => '../third-party-podspecs/glog.podspec'
+
+    pod 'React', :path => '../', :subspecs => [
+    'Core',
+    'DevSupport', # Include this to enable In-App Devmenu if RN >= 0.43
+    'RCTText',
+    'RCTNetwork',
+    'RCTWebSocket', # needed for debugging
+    'RCTImage',
+    'RCTLinkingIOS',
+    'RCTActionSheet',
+    'RCTAnimation',
+    'CxxBridge',
+    'RCTPushNotification'
+    ]
+end
+
+target 'RNTester' do
+    shared_pods
+end
+
+target 'RNTesterUnitTests' do
+    shared_pods
+end
+
+target 'RNTester-tvOS' do
+    shared_pods
+end
+
+target 'RNTester-tvOSUnitTests' do
+    shared_pods
+end
+
+target 'RNTester-tvOSIntegrationTests' do
+    shared_pods
+end
diff --git a/scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods-install.sh b/scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods-install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..f37b1c85de0387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods-install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+# Script used to run iOS tests.
+# If not arguments are passed to the script, it will only compile
+# the RNTester.
+# If the script is called with a single argument "test", we'll
+# also run the RNTester integration test (needs JS and packager):
+# ./objc-test-ios.sh test
+
+SCRIPTS=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+ROOT=$(dirname "$SCRIPTS")
+
+cd "$ROOT/RNTester"
+
+SCHEME="RNTester"
+SDK="iphonesimulator"
+DESTINATION="platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 5s,OS=10.3.1"
+
+pod install
diff --git a/scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods.sh b/scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000000..fdef0d8eef34f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/objc-test-ios-cocoapods.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+# Script used to run iOS tests.
+# If not arguments are passed to the script, it will only compile
+# the RNTester.
+# If the script is called with a single argument "test", we'll
+# also run the RNTester integration test (needs JS and packager):
+# ./objc-test-ios.sh test
+
+SCRIPTS=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+ROOT=$(dirname "$SCRIPTS")
+
+cd "$ROOT"
+
+SCHEME="RNTester"
+SDK="iphonesimulator"
+DESTINATION="platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 5s,OS=10.3.1"
+
+# If there's a "test" argument, pass it to the test script.
+. ./scripts/objc-test.sh $1 workspace
diff --git a/scripts/objc-test.sh b/scripts/objc-test.sh
index f2c0459989daaa..1f0b21b627fab7 100755
--- a/scripts/objc-test.sh
+++ b/scripts/objc-test.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ set -ex
 SCRIPTS=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
 ROOT=$(dirname $SCRIPTS)
 
+XCODE_PROJECT_PATH="RNTester/RNTester.xcodeproj"
+
+if [ "$2" = "workspace" ]; then
+  XCODE_PROJECT_PATH="RNTester/RNTester.xcodeproj"
+fi
+
 cd $ROOT
 
 # Create cleanup handler
@@ -74,7 +80,7 @@ rm temp.bundle
 
 # Run tests
 xcodebuild \
-  -project "RNTester/RNTester.xcodeproj" \
+  -project $XCODE_PROJECT_PATH \
   -scheme $SCHEME \
   -sdk $SDK \
   -destination "$DESTINATION" \
@@ -85,7 +91,7 @@ else
 
 # Don't run tests. No need to pass -destination to xcodebuild.
 xcodebuild \
-  -project "RNTester/RNTester.xcodeproj" \
+  -project $XCODE_PROJECT_PATH \
   -scheme $SCHEME \
   -sdk $SDK \
   build