diff --git a/ios/RNPDFPdf/RNPDFPdfView.mm b/ios/RNPDFPdf/RNPDFPdfView.mm
index 99547c5d..5947cd2e 100644
--- a/ios/RNPDFPdf/RNPDFPdfView.mm
+++ b/ios/RNPDFPdf/RNPDFPdfView.mm
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ + (ComponentDescriptorProvider)componentDescriptorProvider
   return concreteComponentDescriptorProvider<RNPDFPdfViewComponentDescriptor>();
 }
 
+// Needed because of this: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/37274
++ (void)load
+{
+  [super load];
+}
+
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame
 {
     if (self = [super initWithFrame:frame]) {