diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac0ae09a..2b731f39 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ If set to true, links with `target="_blank"` or `window.open` will be opened in
 
 Set `sendCookies` to true to copy cookies from `sharedHTTPCookieStorage` when calling loadRequest.  This emulates the behavior of react-native's `WebView` component. You can set cookies using `react-native-cookies` Default is false.
 
+- **useWKCookieStore**
+
+Set `useWKCookieStore` to true to use the webView's `WKHTTPCookieStorage`. All Cookies from `sharedHTTPCookieStorage` will be copied to it.
+
 - **source={{file: '', allowingReadAccessToURL: '' }}**
 
 This allows WKWebView loads a local HTML file. Please note the underlying API is only introduced in iOS 9+. So in iOS 8, it will simple ignores these two properties.
diff --git a/WKWebView.ios.js b/WKWebView.ios.js
index f9a37eb1..aea0ee6d 100644
--- a/WKWebView.ios.js
+++ b/WKWebView.ios.js
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ class WKWebView extends React.Component {
      * Set this to true to emulate behavior of WebView component.
      */
     sendCookies: PropTypes.bool,
+    /**
+     * Initializes the webView's WKHTTPCookieStorage and copies all cookies from sharedHTTPCookieStorage
+     */
+    useWKCookieStore: PropTypes.bool,
     /**
      * If set to true, target="_blank" or window.open will be opened in WebView, instead
      * of new window. Default is false to be backward compatible.
@@ -312,18 +316,16 @@ class WKWebView extends React.Component {
       WKWebViewManager.startLoadWithResult(!!shouldStart, event.nativeEvent.lockIdentifier);
     });
 
-    let source = this.props.source;
-    if (this.props.source && typeof this.props.source === 'object') {
-      source = Object.assign({}, this.props.source, {
-        sendCookies: this.props.sendCookies,
-        customUserAgent: this.props.customUserAgent || this.props.userAgent
-      });
-
-      if (this.props.html) {
-        source.html = this.props.html;
-      } else if (this.props.url) {
-        source.uri = this.props.url;
-      }
+    let source = Object.assign({}, this.props.source || {}, {
+      sendCookies: this.props.sendCookies,
+      customUserAgent: this.props.customUserAgent || this.props.userAgent,
+      useWKCookieStore: this.props.useWKCookieStore,
+    });
+
+    if (this.props.html) {
+      source.html = this.props.html;
+    } else if (this.props.url) {
+      source.uri = this.props.url;
     }
 
     const messagingEnabled = typeof this.props.onMessage === 'function';
diff --git a/ios/RCTWKWebView/RCTWKWebView.m b/ios/RCTWKWebView/RCTWKWebView.m
index e1348c81..34b3f67a 100644
--- a/ios/RCTWKWebView/RCTWKWebView.m
+++ b/ios/RCTWKWebView/RCTWKWebView.m
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ @interface RCTWKWebView () <WKNavigationDelegate, RCTAutoInsetsProtocol, WKScrip
 @property (nonatomic, copy) RCTDirectEventBlock onScroll;
 @property (nonatomic, copy) RCTDirectEventBlock onNavigationResponse;
 @property (assign) BOOL sendCookies;
+@property (assign) BOOL useWKCookieStore;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) WKUserScript *atStartScript;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) WKUserScript *atEndScript;
 
@@ -306,11 +307,67 @@ - (void)stopLoading
   [_webView stopLoading];
 }
 
+- (NSString *) cookieDescription:(NSHTTPCookie *)cookie {
+
+    NSMutableString *cDesc = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
+    [cDesc appendFormat:@"%@=%@;",
+     [[cookie name] stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding],
+     [[cookie value] stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
+    if ([cookie.domain length] > 0)
+        [cDesc appendFormat:@"domain=%@;", [cookie domain]];
+    if ([cookie.path length] > 0)
+        [cDesc appendFormat:@"path=%@;", [cookie path]];
+    if (cookie.expiresDate != nil)
+        [cDesc appendFormat:@"expiresDate=%@;", [cookie expiresDate]];
+
+
+    return cDesc;
+}
+
+- (void) copyCookies {
+
+  NSHTTPCookieStorage* storage = [NSHTTPCookieStorage sharedHTTPCookieStorage];
+  NSArray* array = [storage cookies];
+
+
+  if (@available(ios 11,*)) {
+
+    // The webView websiteDataStore only gets initialized, when needed. Setting cookies on the dataStore's
+    // httpCookieStore doesn't seem to initialize it. That's why fetchDataRecordsOfTypes is called.
+    // All the cookies of the sharedHttpCookieStorage, which is used in react-native-cookie,
+    // are copied to the webSiteDataStore's httpCookieStore.
+    // https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185483
+    [_webView.configuration.websiteDataStore fetchDataRecordsOfTypes:[NSSet<NSString *> setWithObject:WKWebsiteDataTypeCookies] completionHandler:^(NSArray<WKWebsiteDataRecord *> *records) {
+      for (NSHTTPCookie* cookie in array) {
+        [_webView.configuration.websiteDataStore.httpCookieStore setCookie:cookie completionHandler:nil];
+      }
+    }];
+  } else {
+    // Create WKUserScript for each cookie
+    // Cookies are injected with Javascript AtDocumentStart
+    for (NSHTTPCookie* cookie in array){
+      NSString* cookieSource = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"document.cookie = '%@'", [self cookieDescription:cookie]];
+      WKUserScript* cookieScript = [[WKUserScript alloc]
+                                    initWithSource:cookieSource
+                                    injectionTime:WKUserScriptInjectionTimeAtDocumentStart forMainFrameOnly:NO];
+
+
+      [_webView.configuration.userContentController addUserScript:cookieScript];
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 - (void)setSource:(NSDictionary *)source
 {
   if (![_source isEqualToDictionary:source]) {
     _source = [source copy];
     _sendCookies = [source[@"sendCookies"] boolValue];
+    _useWKCookieStore = [source[@"useWKCookieStore"] boolValue];
+
+    if (_useWKCookieStore) {
+      [self copyCookies];
+    }
+
     if ([source[@"customUserAgent"] length] != 0 && [_webView respondsToSelector:@selector(setCustomUserAgent:)]) {
       [_webView setCustomUserAgent:source[@"customUserAgent"]];
     }