diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
index 6b894281ab39f1..75373c2e9a4acf 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/build.gradle.kts
@@ -693,6 +693,7 @@ android {
             "src/main/res/views/alert",
             "src/main/res/views/modal",
             "src/main/res/views/uimanager"))
+    kotlin.srcDir(project.file("../sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java"))
     java.exclude("com/facebook/react/processing")
     java.exclude("com/facebook/react/module/processing")
   }
@@ -791,6 +792,11 @@ android {
 tasks.withType<KotlinCompile>().configureEach { exclude("com/facebook/annotationprocessors/**") }
 
 dependencies {
+  implementation(libs.fresco)
+  implementation(libs.fresco.middleware)
+  implementation(libs.fresco.imagepipeline.okhttp3)
+  implementation(libs.fresco.ui.common)
+
   api(libs.androidx.appcompat)
   api(libs.androidx.appcompat.resources)
   api(libs.androidx.autofill)
@@ -798,12 +804,7 @@ dependencies {
   api(libs.androidx.tracing)
 
   api(libs.fbjni)
-  api(libs.fresco)
-  api(libs.fresco.middleware)
-  api(libs.fresco.imagepipeline.okhttp3)
-  api(libs.fresco.ui.common)
   api(libs.infer.annotation)
-  api(libs.soloader)
   api(libs.yoga.proguard.annotations)
 
   api(libs.jsr305)
@@ -824,6 +825,8 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation(libs.thoughtworks)
 }
 
+configurations.all { exclude(group = "com.facebook.soloader") }
+
 react {
   // TODO: The library name is chosen for parity with Fabric components & iOS
   // This should be changed to a more generic name, e.g. `ReactCoreSpec`.
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build.gradle.kts b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build.gradle.kts
index 88fa2a87eaa5d0..070a9f2b3771e6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/hermes-engine/build.gradle.kts
@@ -290,7 +290,6 @@ android {
 
   dependencies {
     implementation(libs.fbjni)
-    implementation(libs.soloader)
     implementation(libs.yoga.proguard.annotations)
     implementation(libs.androidx.annotation)
   }
@@ -316,6 +315,8 @@ android {
   }
 }
 
+configurations.all { exclude(group = "com.facebook.soloader") }
+
 afterEvaluate {
   if (!overrideHermesDir) {
     // If you're not specifying a Hermes Path override, we want to
diff --git a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index bbc7b6221c532e..02795b61df6ea0 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/packages/react-native/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ nexus-publish = "1.3.0"
 okhttp = "4.9.2"
 okio = "2.9.0"
 robolectric = "4.9.2"
-soloader = "0.11.0"
 xstream = "1.4.20"
 yoga-proguard-annotations = "1.19.0"
 # Native Dependencies
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ fresco-middleware = { module = "com.facebook.fresco:middleware", version.ref = "
 fresco-imagepipeline-okhttp3 = { module = "com.facebook.fresco:imagepipeline-okhttp3", version.ref = "fresco" }
 fresco-ui-common = { module = "com.facebook.fresco:ui-common", version.ref = "fresco" }
 infer-annotation = { module = "com.facebook.infer.annotation:infer-annotation", version.ref = "infer-annotation" }
-soloader = { module = "com.facebook.soloader:soloader", version.ref = "soloader" }
 yoga-proguard-annotations = { module = "com.facebook.yoga:proguard-annotations", version.ref = "yoga-proguard-annotations" }
 
 jsr305 = { module = "com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305", version.ref = "jsr305" }
diff --git a/packages/react-native/package.json b/packages/react-native/package.json
index a3d87604d4fe5e..3aaa4f137f9ab4 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-native/package.json
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     "scripts/react-native-xcode.sh",
     "sdks/.hermesversion",
     "sdks/hermes-engine",
+    "sdks/ossonly-soloader",
     "sdks/hermesc",
     "settings.gradle.kts",
     "src",
diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/DoNotOptimize.kt b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/DoNotOptimize.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..cc98d143cdd09a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/DoNotOptimize.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.soloader
+
+public annotation class DoNotOptimize {}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/SoLoader.kt b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/SoLoader.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..92c315bde72db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/SoLoader.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+@file:Suppress("UNUSED_EXPRESSION", "ControlFlowWithEmptyBody", "UNUSED_PARAMETER")
+
+package com.facebook.soloader
+
+import android.content.Context
+
+/**
+ * This class is a stub of SoLoader used ONLY by React Native OSS.
+ *
+ * This allows us to do not mutate the SoLoader.init and SoLoader.loadLibrary methods, which are
+ * used by the React Native, while also allowing us to implement custom JNI_OnLoad calling which
+ * enables merging of SOs.
+ */
+public object SoLoader {
+
+  private val loadedLibraries = mutableSetOf<String>()
+
+  private fun mapLibName(input: String) = input
+
+  @Suppress("UNUSED_PARAMETER")
+  private fun invokeJniOnload(libraryName: String) {
+    // no-op for now, till we move library to So Merging in OSS
+  }
+
+  @Deprecated("This method is a no-op and you should not be calling it")
+  @JvmStatic
+  public fun init(context: Context, exoPackage: Boolean) {
+    // Do nothing
+  }
+
+  @JvmStatic
+  public fun loadLibrary(libraryName: String): Boolean {
+    if (libraryName in loadedLibraries) {
+      return false
+    }
+    val mapLibraryName = mapLibName(libraryName)
+    System.loadLibrary(mapLibraryName)
+    if (libraryName != mapLibraryName) {
+      invokeJniOnload(mapLibraryName)
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+
+  @JvmStatic
+  public fun setInTestMode() {
+    // Do nothing
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/NativeLoader.kt b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/NativeLoader.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..148976e406339a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/NativeLoader.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.soloader.nativeloader
+
+/**
+ * This class is a stub of NativeLoader used ONLY by React Native OSS.
+ *
+ * Fresco in OSS depends on NativeLoader, but we don't want to include the real
+ * NativeLoader/SoLoader in React Native OSS. This stub is used to make Fresco work properly for us.
+ */
+public object NativeLoader {
+
+  @JvmStatic
+  public fun loadLibrary(libraryName: String): Boolean {
+    System.loadLibrary(libraryName)
+    return true
+  }
+
+  @JvmStatic public fun isInitialized(): Boolean = true
+
+  @Suppress("UNUSED_PARAMETER")
+  public fun initIfUninitialized(systemDelegate: SystemDelegate): Unit = Unit
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/NativeLoaderDelegate.kt b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/NativeLoaderDelegate.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..31d27fcd3a901e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/NativeLoaderDelegate.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.soloader.nativeloader
+
+/**
+ * This class is a stub of NativeLoaderDelegate used ONLY by React Native OSS.
+ *
+ * Fresco in OSS depends on NativeLoader, but we don't want to include the real
+ * NativeLoader/SoLoader in React Native OSS. This stub is used to make Fresco work properly for us.
+ */
+public interface NativeLoaderDelegate {
+
+  public fun loadLibrary(shortName: String?, flags: Int): Boolean
+
+  public fun getLibraryPath(libName: String?): String
+
+  public fun getSoSourcesVersion(): Int
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/SystemDelegate.kt b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/SystemDelegate.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ea8e2a0fa22a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/sdks/ossonly-soloader/src/main/java/com/facebook/soloader/nativeloader/SystemDelegate.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.soloader.nativeloader
+
+public class SystemDelegate {}
diff --git a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uiapp/RNTesterApplication.kt b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uiapp/RNTesterApplication.kt
index fc380bd2c00775..82511561065f4e 100644
--- a/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uiapp/RNTesterApplication.kt
+++ b/packages/rn-tester/android/app/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uiapp/RNTesterApplication.kt
@@ -128,7 +128,9 @@ class RNTesterApplication : Application(), ReactApplication {
   override fun onCreate() {
     ReactFontManager.getInstance().addCustomFont(this, "Rubik", R.font.rubik)
     super.onCreate()
-    SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false)
+
+    // We want the .init() statement to exercise this code when building RNTester with Buck
+    @Suppress("DEPRECATION") SoLoader.init(this, /* native exopackage */ false)
 
     if (BuildConfig.IS_NEW_ARCHITECTURE_ENABLED) {
       load()