diff --git a/Libraries/Blob/FileReader.js b/Libraries/Blob/FileReader.js
index c58dfba687df62..6cb2e33b6b02c2 100644
--- a/Libraries/Blob/FileReader.js
+++ b/Libraries/Blob/FileReader.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  */
 
 const Blob = require('./Blob');
+const {toByteArray} = require('base64-js');
 const EventTarget = require('event-target-shim');
 
 import NativeFileReaderModule from './NativeFileReaderModule';
@@ -79,8 +80,35 @@ class FileReader extends (EventTarget(...READER_EVENTS): any) {
     }
   }
 
-  readAsArrayBuffer() {
-    throw new Error('FileReader.readAsArrayBuffer is not implemented');
+  readAsArrayBuffer(blob: ?Blob) {
+    this._aborted = false;
+
+    if (blob == null) {
+      throw new TypeError(
+        "Failed to execute 'readAsArrayBuffer' on 'FileReader': parameter 1 is not of type 'Blob'",
+      );
+    }
+
+    NativeFileReaderModule.readAsDataURL(blob.data).then(
+      (text: string) => {
+        if (this._aborted) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        const base64 = text.split(',')[1];
+        const typedArray = toByteArray(base64);
+
+        this._result = typedArray.buffer;
+        this._setReadyState(DONE);
+      },
+      error => {
+        if (this._aborted) {
+          return;
+        }
+        this._error = error;
+        this._setReadyState(DONE);
+      },
+    );
   }
 
   readAsDataURL(blob: ?Blob) {
diff --git a/Libraries/Blob/__tests__/FileReader-test.js b/Libraries/Blob/__tests__/FileReader-test.js
index 8ae1c81a31f8a8..3857178ac97fb9 100644
--- a/Libraries/Blob/__tests__/FileReader-test.js
+++ b/Libraries/Blob/__tests__/FileReader-test.js
@@ -38,4 +38,15 @@ describe('FileReader', function () {
     });
     expect(e.target.result).toBe('data:text/plain;base64,NDI=');
   });
+
+  it('should read blob as ArrayBuffer', async () => {
+    const e = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const reader = new FileReader();
+      reader.onload = resolve;
+      reader.onerror = reject;
+      reader.readAsArrayBuffer(new Blob());
+    });
+    /* eslint-disable-next-line no-undef */
+    expect(new TextDecoder().decode(e.target.result)).toBe('42');
+  });
 });