diff --git a/docs/storybook/2-apis/Dimensions/DimensionsScreen.js b/docs/storybook/2-apis/Dimensions/DimensionsScreen.js
index 7faedf65..b1b92fed 100644
--- a/docs/storybook/2-apis/Dimensions/DimensionsScreen.js
+++ b/docs/storybook/2-apis/Dimensions/DimensionsScreen.js
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ const DimensionsScreen = () =>
         }}
       />
 
+      <DocItem
+        name="static set"
+        typeInfo="(dimensions: ?{[key:string]: any}) => void"
+        description="This should only be called server-side with an estimate
+        for initial dimensions to be used when pre-rendering pages on the
+        server."
+      />
+
       <DocItem
         name="static addEventLitener"
         typeInfo="(type: string, handler: function) => void"
diff --git a/src/apis/Dimensions/__tests__/index-test.js b/src/apis/Dimensions/__tests__/index-test.js
index dfc23ecc..a687ed14 100644
--- a/src/apis/Dimensions/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/src/apis/Dimensions/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe('apis/Dimensions', () => {
   test('addEventListener', () => {
     const handler = jest.fn();
     Dimensions.addEventListener('change', handler);
-    Dimensions.set();
+    Dimensions._update();
     expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     expect(handler).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({
       window: Dimensions.get('window'),
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe('apis/Dimensions', () => {
   test('removeEventListener', () => {
     const handler = jest.fn();
     Dimensions.removeEventListener('change', handler);
-    Dimensions.set();
+    Dimensions._update();
     expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
   });
 });
diff --git a/src/apis/Dimensions/index.js b/src/apis/Dimensions/index.js
index 07264e2d..5b7489ce 100644
--- a/src/apis/Dimensions/index.js
+++ b/src/apis/Dimensions/index.js
@@ -35,7 +35,18 @@ export default class Dimensions {
     return dimensions[dimension];
   }
 
-  static set(): void {
+  static set(initialDimensions: ?{ [key: string]: any }): void {
+    if (initialDimensions) {
+      if (canUseDOM) {
+        invariant(false, 'Dimensions cannot be set in the browser');
+      } else {
+        dimensions.screen = initialDimensions.screen;
+        dimensions.window = initialDimensions.window;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  static _update() {
     dimensions.window = {
       fontScale: 1,
       height: win.innerHeight,
@@ -67,8 +78,7 @@ export default class Dimensions {
   }
 }
 
-Dimensions.set();
-
 if (canUseDOM) {
-  window.addEventListener('resize', debounce(Dimensions.set, 16), false);
+  Dimensions._update();
+  window.addEventListener('resize', debounce(Dimensions._update, 16), false);
 }