diff --git a/React/Modules/RCTDevMenu.m b/React/Modules/RCTDevMenu.m
index fc019ab17ccb7b..58cf5e531b40ba 100644
--- a/React/Modules/RCTDevMenu.m
+++ b/React/Modules/RCTDevMenu.m
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ - (NSURL *)packagerURL
 
   NSString *scheme = [_bridge.bundleURL scheme];
   NSNumber *port = [_bridge.bundleURL port];
+  if (!port) {
+    port = @8081; // Packager default port
+  }
   return [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@://%@:%@/message?role=shell", scheme, host, port]];
 }