diff --git a/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.h b/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.h
index 8a5567a27f..3a7ae96f30 100644
--- a/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.h
+++ b/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.h
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ RCT_EXTERN NSString *const RCTFBJSValueClassKey;
  */
 @property (nonatomic, readonly, assign) BOOL useCustomJSCLibrary;
 
+/**
+ * Specify a name for the JSContext used, which will be visible in debugging tools
+ * @default is "RCTJSContext"
+ */
+@property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *contextName;
+
 /**
  * Inits a new executor instance with given flag that's used
  * to initialize RCTJSCWrapper.
diff --git a/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.mm b/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.mm
index db5cea01d0..296474b4b9 100644
--- a/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.mm
+++ b/React/Executors/RCTJSCExecutor.mm
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ struct RCTJSContextData {
 {
   if ((self = [super init])) {
     _context = context;
+    _context.name = @"RCTJSContext";
     _javaScriptThread = javaScriptThread;
 
     /**
@@ -436,7 +437,6 @@ static NSThread *newJavaScriptThread(void)
 /** Installs synchronous hooks that don't require a weak reference back to the RCTJSCExecutor. */
 static void installBasicSynchronousHooksOnContext(JSContext *context)
 {
-  context[@"noop"] = ^{};
   context[@"nativeLoggingHook"] = ^(NSString *message, NSNumber *logLevel) {
     RCTLogLevel level = RCTLogLevelInfo;
     if (logLevel) {
@@ -500,11 +500,21 @@ static void installBasicSynchronousHooksOnContext(JSContext *context)
 
   _valid = NO;
 
-#if RCT_DEV
+#if RCT_PROFILE
   [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self];
 #endif
 }
 
+- (NSString *)contextName
+{
+  return [_context.context name];
+}
+
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(setContextName:(nonnull NSString *)contextName)
+{
+  [_context.context setName:contextName];
+}
+
 - (void)dealloc
 {
   [self invalidate];
@@ -917,15 +927,6 @@ static NSData *loadRAMBundle(NSURL *sourceURL, NSError **error, RandomAccessBund
   return [NSData dataWithBytesNoCopy:startupCode.code.release() length:startupCode.size freeWhenDone:YES];
 }
 
-RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(setContextName:(nonnull NSString *)name)
-{
-  if (_jscWrapper->JSGlobalContextSetName != NULL) {
-    JSStringRef JSName = _jscWrapper->JSStringCreateWithCFString((__bridge CFStringRef)name);
-    _jscWrapper->JSGlobalContextSetName(_context.context.JSGlobalContextRef, JSName);
-    _jscWrapper->JSStringRelease(JSName);
-  }
-}
-
 @end
 
 @implementation RCTJSContextProvider
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
index 210ee64e8c..15e073b7df 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.cpp
@@ -200,6 +200,11 @@ void JSCExecutor::destroy() {
   });
 }
 
+void JSCExecutor::setContextName(const std::string& name) {
+  String jsName = String(name.c_str());
+  JSGlobalContextSetName(m_context, static_cast<JSStringRef>(jsName));
+}
+
 void JSCExecutor::initOnJSVMThread() throw(JSException) {
   SystraceSection s("JSCExecutor.initOnJSVMThread");
 
diff --git a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.h b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.h
index ce7d4992f6..0462abc712 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.h
+++ b/ReactCommon/cxxreact/JSCExecutor.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public:
   virtual void handleMemoryPressureModerate() override;
   virtual void handleMemoryPressureCritical() override;
   virtual void destroy() override;
+  void setContextName(const std::string& name);
 
 private:
   JSGlobalContextRef m_context;