diff --git a/ReactCommon/ReactCommon.podspec b/ReactCommon/ReactCommon.podspec
index ce4f0fc2d21b20..7334bdb23927d0 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/ReactCommon.podspec
+++ b/ReactCommon/ReactCommon.podspec
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.compiler_flags         = folly_compiler_flags + ' ' + boost_compiler_flags
   s.pod_target_xcconfig    = { "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/RCT-Folly\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/React-Core\"",
                                "USE_HEADERMAP" => "YES",
+                               "DEFINES_MODULE" => "YES",
                                "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++14" }
-
+  
   # TODO (T48588859): Restructure this target to align with dir structure: "react/nativemodule/..."
   # Note: Update this only when ready to minimize breaking changes.
   s.subspec "turbomodule" do |ss|
diff --git a/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec b/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec
index de8dd169e7a097..cb662f50882f92 100644
--- a/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec
+++ b/third-party-podspecs/RCT-Folly.podspec
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
                         'folly/portability/*.h'
   spec.libraries           = "stdc++"
   spec.pod_target_xcconfig = { "USE_HEADERMAP" => "NO",
+                               "DEFINES_MODULE" => "YES",
                                "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++17",
                                "HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS" => "\"$(PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT)\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/boost\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/DoubleConversion\" \"$(PODS_ROOT)/libevent/include/\"" }