diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactMarkerConstants.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactMarkerConstants.java
index a0395cb6113e66..4c19185c725215 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactMarkerConstants.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/bridge/ReactMarkerConstants.java
@@ -119,5 +119,7 @@ public enum ReactMarkerConstants {
   REACT_BRIDGE_LOADING_START,
   REACT_BRIDGE_LOADING_END,
   REACT_BRIDGELESS_LOADING_START,
-  REACT_BRIDGELESS_LOADING_END
+  REACT_BRIDGELESS_LOADING_END,
+  LOAD_REACT_NATIVE_MAPBUFFER_SO_FILE_START,
+  LOAD_REACT_NATIVE_MAPBUFFER_SO_FILE_END,
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/BUCK
index 58366da207e166..a552d6027fe00b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/BUCK
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ rn_android_library(
         react_native_dep("third-party/android/androidx:annotation"),
         react_native_dep("third-party/java/infer-annotations:infer-annotations"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/common:common"),
+        # dependencies used for systraces
+        react_native_dep("java/com/facebook/systrace:systrace"),
+        react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/bridge:bridge"),
     ],
     exported_deps = [],
 )
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/ReadableMapBuffer.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/ReadableMapBuffer.java
index 916c3b93f30e49..f38ae42b07ad70 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/ReadableMapBuffer.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/ReadableMapBuffer.java
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import com.facebook.jni.HybridData;
 import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip;
-import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@
 public class ReadableMapBuffer implements Iterable<ReadableMapBuffer.MapBufferEntry> {
 
   static {
-    SoLoader.loadLibrary("mapbufferjni");
+    ReadableMapBufferSoLoader.staticInit();
   }
 
   // Value used to verify if the data is serialized with LittleEndian order.
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/ReadableMapBufferSoLoader.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/ReadableMapBufferSoLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d38c3a11ea3a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/common/mapbuffer/ReadableMapBufferSoLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer;
+
+import static com.facebook.systrace.Systrace.TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE;
+
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMarker;
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactMarkerConstants;
+import com.facebook.soloader.SoLoader;
+import com.facebook.systrace.Systrace;
+
+public class ReadableMapBufferSoLoader {
+  private static volatile boolean sDidInit = false;
+
+  public static void staticInit() {
+    if (sDidInit) {
+      return;
+    }
+    Systrace.beginSection(
+        Systrace.TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE,
+        "ReadableMapBufferSoLoader.staticInit::load:mapbufferjni");
+    ReactMarker.logMarker(ReactMarkerConstants.LOAD_REACT_NATIVE_MAPBUFFER_SO_FILE_START);
+    SoLoader.loadLibrary("mapbufferjni");
+    ReactMarker.logMarker(ReactMarkerConstants.LOAD_REACT_NATIVE_MAPBUFFER_SO_FILE_END);
+    Systrace.endSection(TRACE_TAG_REACT_JAVA_BRIDGE);
+    sDidInit = true;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
index 2b257e7e7f1040..01dce54862433d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/config/ReactFeatureFlags.java
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ public class ReactFeatureFlags {
   /** Enables JS Responder in Fabric */
   public static boolean enableJSResponder = false;
 
+  /** Feature flag to configure eager initialization of MapBuffer So file */
+  public static boolean enableEagerInitializeMapBufferSoFile = false;
+
   /** An interface used to compute flags on demand. */
   public interface FlagProvider {
     boolean get();
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricJSIModuleProvider.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricJSIModuleProvider.java
index 60d2bf705c6ace..65487b6e053195 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricJSIModuleProvider.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/fabric/FabricJSIModuleProvider.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactApplicationContext;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.UIManager;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.queue.MessageQueueThread;
+import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.ReadableMapBuffer;
+import com.facebook.react.common.mapbuffer.ReadableMapBufferSoLoader;
 import com.facebook.react.config.ReactFeatureFlags;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.events.EventBeatManager;
 import com.facebook.react.fabric.events.EventEmitterWrapper;
@@ -67,6 +69,9 @@ public UIManager get() {
     if (ReactFeatureFlags.eagerInitializeFabricClasses) {
       loadClasses();
     }
+    if (ReactFeatureFlags.enableEagerInitializeMapBufferSoFile) {
+      ReadableMapBufferSoLoader.staticInit();
+    }
     MessageQueueThread jsMessageQueueThread =
         mReactApplicationContext
             .getCatalystInstance()
@@ -138,5 +143,6 @@ private static void loadClasses() {
     SurfaceHandlerBinding.class.getClass();
     BatchEventDispatchedListener.class.getClass();
     ReactNativeConfig.class.getClass();
+    ReadableMapBuffer.class.getClass();
   }
 }