diff --git a/src/components/Image/index.js b/src/components/Image/index.js
index bd4a8a4c..2febd6a8 100644
--- a/src/components/Image/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Image/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /* global window */
 import applyNativeMethods from '../../modules/applyNativeMethods';
+import createDOMElement from '../../modules/createDOMElement';
 import ImageResizeMode from './ImageResizeMode';
 import ImageLoader from '../../modules/ImageLoader';
 import ImageStylePropTypes from './ImageStylePropTypes';
-import requestAnimationFrame from 'fbjs/lib/requestAnimationFrame';
+import requestIdleCallback, { cancelIdleCallback } from '../../modules/requestIdleCallback';
 import StyleSheet from '../../apis/StyleSheet';
 import StyleSheetPropType from '../../propTypes/StyleSheetPropType';
 import View from '../View';
@@ -153,13 +154,20 @@ class Image extends Component {
   }
 
   _createImageLoader() {
-    this._destroyImageLoader();
-    const uri = resolveAssetSource(this.props.source);
-    this._imageRequestId = ImageLoader.load(uri, this._onLoad, this._onError);
-    this._onLoadStart();
+    this._loadRequest = requestIdleCallback(() => {
+      this._destroyImageLoader();
+      const uri = resolveAssetSource(this.props.source);
+      this._imageRequestId = ImageLoader.load(uri, this._onLoad, this._onError);
+      this._onLoadStart();
+    });
   }
 
   _destroyImageLoader() {
+    if (this._loadRequest) {
+      cancelIdleCallback(this._loadRequest);
+      this._loadRequest = null;
+    }
+
     if (this._imageRequestId) {
       ImageLoader.abort(this._imageRequestId);
       this._imageRequestId = null;
@@ -204,11 +212,9 @@ class Image extends Component {
     const shouldDisplaySource = this._imageState === STATUS_LOADED || this._imageState === STATUS_LOADING;
     // only triggers a re-render when the image is loading (to support PJEG), loaded, or failed
     if (shouldDisplaySource !== this.state.shouldDisplaySource) {
-      requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-        if (this._isMounted) {
-          this.setState({ shouldDisplaySource });
-        }
-      });
+      if (this._isMounted) {
+        this.setState(() => ({ shouldDisplaySource }));
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/modules/requestIdleCallback/index.js b/src/modules/requestIdleCallback/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b43c7ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/requestIdleCallback/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const _requestIdleCallback = function (cb) {
+  return setTimeout(() => {
+    const start = Date.now();
+    cb({
+      didTimeout: false,
+      timeRemaining() {
+        return Math.max(0, 50 - (Date.now() - start));
+      }
+    });
+  }, 1);
+};
+
+const _cancelIdleCallback = function (id) {
+  clearTimeout(id);
+};
+
+const requestIdleCallback = window.requestIdleCallback || _requestIdleCallback;
+const cancelIdleCallback = window.cancelIdleCallback || _cancelIdleCallback;
+
+export default requestIdleCallback;
+export { cancelIdleCallback };