diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
index 88731a8496594..0945f178c362d 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Babel/BabelPlugin.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ export default function BabelPluginReactCompiler(
        */
       Program(prog, pass): void {
         let opts = parsePluginOptions(pass.opts);
-        if (pipelineUsesReanimatedPlugin(pass.file.opts.plugins)) {
+        if (
+          opts.enableReanimatedCheck === true &&
+          pipelineUsesReanimatedPlugin(pass.file.opts.plugins)
+        ) {
           opts = injectReanimatedFlag(opts);
         }
         if (process.env["NODE_ENV"] === "development") {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Options.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Options.ts
index db305ea5c83c3..262e9b1001dee 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Options.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Options.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ export type PluginOptions = {
   ignoreUseNoForget: boolean;
 
   sources?: Array<string> | ((filename: string) => boolean) | null;
+
+  /**
+   * The compiler has customized support for react-native-reanimated, intended as a temporary workaround.
+   * Set this flag (on by default) to automatically check for this library and activate the support.
+   */
+  enableReanimatedCheck: boolean;
 };
 
 const CompilationModeSchema = z.enum([
@@ -188,6 +194,7 @@ export const defaultOptions: PluginOptions = {
   sources: (filename) => {
     return filename.indexOf("node_modules") === -1;
   },
+  enableReanimatedCheck: true,
 } as const;
 
 export function parsePluginOptions(obj: unknown): PluginOptions {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/snap/src/compiler.ts b/compiler/packages/snap/src/compiler.ts
index a664657097203..8d6671d0c286e 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/snap/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/snap/src/compiler.ts
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ function makePluginOptions(
     eslintSuppressionRules,
     flowSuppressions,
     ignoreUseNoForget,
+    enableReanimatedCheck: false,
   };
 }