diff --git a/src/fb-stubs/Prefetcher.js b/src/fb-stubs/Prefetcher.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a22293de3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fb-stubs/Prefetcher.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2018-present Facebook.
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ * @format
+ */
+
+export default async function setupPrefetcher() {}
diff --git a/src/init.js b/src/init.js
index 62c0ec3c7..1e0b59909 100644
--- a/src/init.js
+++ b/src/init.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import GK from './fb-stubs/GK.js';
 import {init as initLogger} from './fb-stubs/Logger';
 import App from './App.js';
 import BugReporter from './fb-stubs/BugReporter.js';
+import setupPrefetcher from './fb-stubs/Prefetcher.js';
 import {createStore} from 'redux';
 import {persistStore} from 'redux-persist';
 import reducers from './reducers/index.js';
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@ function init() {
   initLauncherHooks(config(), store);
   const sessionId = store.getState().application.sessionId;
   initCrashReporter(sessionId || '');
+
+  requestIdleCallback(() => {
+    setupPrefetcher();
+  });
 }
 
 // rehydrate app state before exposing init