diff --git a/core/player/BUILD b/core/player/BUILD
index c2a36eecb..932725e81 100644
--- a/core/player/BUILD
+++ b/core/player/BUILD
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-load("@rules_player//javascript:defs.bzl", "js_pipeline")
 load("@npm//:defs.bzl", "npm_link_all_packages")
+load("@rules_player//javascript:defs.bzl", "js_pipeline")
+load("//jvm/hermes:hermesc.bzl", "hermes_compile")
 load("//tools:defs.bzl", "NATIVE_BUILD_DEPS", "tsup_config", "vitest_config")
 
 npm_link_all_packages(name = "node_modules")
@@ -49,3 +50,16 @@ filegroup(
     ),
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
+
+genrule(
+    name = "native",
+    srcs = [":player_native_bundle"],
+    outs = ["Player.native.js"],
+    cmd = "echo $(SRCS) | tr ' ' '\\n' | grep %s$$ | xargs -I {} cp {} $(OUTS)" % "Player.native.js",
+)
+
+hermes_compile(
+    name = "hbc",
+    js = ":native",
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
diff --git a/jvm/core/BUILD b/jvm/core/BUILD
index 801031549..c18e1d2b1 100644
--- a/jvm/core/BUILD
+++ b/jvm/core/BUILD
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ main_deps = main_exports + [
 
 main_resources = [
     "//core/player:player_native_bundle",
+    "//core/player:hbc",
 ]
 
 # Test dependencies
diff --git a/jvm/core/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/core/bridge/runtime/Runtime.kt b/jvm/core/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/core/bridge/runtime/Runtime.kt
index b06e9c2b4..6a2de2bf1 100644
--- a/jvm/core/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/core/bridge/runtime/Runtime.kt
+++ b/jvm/core/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/core/bridge/runtime/Runtime.kt
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@ public data class ScriptContext(
     val script: String,
     val id: String,
     val sourceMap: String? = null,
+    val preCompiledScript: ByteArray = byteArrayOf()
 )
diff --git a/jvm/core/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/core/player/HeadlessPlayer.kt b/jvm/core/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/core/player/HeadlessPlayer.kt
index bfa6cb92f..2beb5e744 100644
--- a/jvm/core/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/core/player/HeadlessPlayer.kt
+++ b/jvm/core/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/core/player/HeadlessPlayer.kt
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ public class HeadlessPlayer @ExperimentalPlayerApi @JvmOverloads public construc
                 if (runtime.config.debuggable) debugSource.readText() else source.readText(),
                 BUNDLED_SOURCE_PATH,
                 sourceMap.readText(),
-            ),
+                precompiledSource.readBytes()
+            )
         )
 
         /** 2. merge explicit [LoggerPlugin]s with ones created by service loader */
@@ -196,6 +197,8 @@ public class HeadlessPlayer @ExperimentalPlayerApi @JvmOverloads public construc
 
         private const val DEBUG_SOURCE_PATH = "core/player/dist/Player.native.js"
 
+        private const val hbcSourcePath = "core/player/Player.native.js.hbc"
+
         /** Gets [URL] of the bundled source */
         private val bundledSource get() = this::class.java
             .classLoader
@@ -208,5 +211,8 @@ public class HeadlessPlayer @ExperimentalPlayerApi @JvmOverloads public construc
         private val sourceMap get() = this::class.java
             .classLoader
             .getResource("$BUNDLED_SOURCE_PATH.map")
+
+        private val precompiledSource get() = this::class.java
+            .classLoader.getResource(hbcSourcePath)
     }
 }
diff --git a/jvm/hermes/hermesc.bzl b/jvm/hermes/hermesc.bzl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5173efc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jvm/hermes/hermesc.bzl
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+def _hermes_compile_impl(context):
+    input = context.file.js
+    hbc = context.actions.declare_file("%s.hbc" % input.basename)
+
+    args = context.actions.args()
+    args.add("-emit-binary")
+    args.add("-out", hbc)
+    args.add(input)
+
+    context.actions.run(
+        mnemonic = "HermesC",
+        executable = context.executable._hermesc,
+        arguments = [args],
+        inputs = depset([input]),
+        outputs = [hbc],
+    )
+
+    return [DefaultInfo(files = depset([hbc]))]
+
+hermes_compile = rule(
+    implementation = _hermes_compile_impl,
+    attrs = {
+        "js": attr.label(
+            allow_single_file = True,
+        ),
+        "_hermesc": attr.label(
+            default = Label("@hermes//:hermesc"),
+            allow_single_file = True,
+            executable = True,
+            cfg = "exec",
+        ),
+    },
+)
diff --git a/jvm/hermes/src/main/jni/JJSIValue.cpp b/jvm/hermes/src/main/jni/JJSIValue.cpp
index c63bfbcf2..267c804de 100644
--- a/jvm/hermes/src/main/jni/JJSIValue.cpp
+++ b/jvm/hermes/src/main/jni/JJSIValue.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,20 @@
 #include "JJSIValue.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <hermes/hermes.h>
+#include <hermes/CompileJS.h>
 
 namespace intuit::playerui {
 
+using facebook::jsi::Runtime;
+using facebook::jsi::Value;
+using facebook::jsi::Object;
+using facebook::jsi::Array;
+using facebook::jsi::Function;
+using facebook::jsi::String;
+using facebook::jsi::Symbol;
+using facebook::jsi::BigInt;
+
 [[noreturn]] void throwNativeHandleReleasedException(std::string nativeHandle) {
     // TODO: create a new exception type for this to hook into PlayerRuntimeException
     auto throwableClass = findClassLocal("com/intuit/playerui/core/player/PlayerException");
@@ -32,6 +43,12 @@ local_ref<JJSIValue::jhybridobject> JJSIRuntime::evaluateJavaScript(alias_ref<JR
     return JJSIValue::newObjectCxxArgs(this->get_scope(), get_runtime().evaluateJavaScript(std::make_shared<StringBuffer>(script), sourceURL));;
 }
 
+local_ref<JJSIValue::jhybridobject> JJSIRuntime::evaluateHermesBytecode(alias_ref<JRuntimeThreadContext>, alias_ref<jbyteArray> byteArray, std::string sourceURL) {
+    auto size = byteArray->size();
+    auto region = byteArray->getRegion(0, size);
+    return JJSIValue::newObjectCxxArgs(this->get_scope(), get_runtime().evaluateJavaScript(std::make_shared<ByteArrayBuffer>(region.get(), size), sourceURL));
+}
+
 local_ref<JJSIPreparedJavaScript::jhybridobject> JJSIRuntime::prepareJavaScript(alias_ref<JRuntimeThreadContext>, std::string script, std::string sourceURL) {
     return JJSIPreparedJavaScript::newObjectCxxArgs(get_runtime().prepareJavaScript(std::make_shared<StringBuffer>(script), sourceURL));
 }
@@ -61,6 +78,7 @@ std::string JJSIRuntime::description(alias_ref<JRuntimeThreadContext>) {
 void JJSIRuntime::registerNatives() {
     registerHybrid({
         makeNativeMethod("evaluateJavaScript", JJSIRuntime::evaluateJavaScript),
+        makeNativeMethod("evaluateHermesBytecode", JJSIRuntime::evaluateHermesBytecode),
         makeNativeMethod("prepareJavaScript", JJSIRuntime::prepareJavaScript),
         makeNativeMethod("evaluatePreparedJavaScript", JJSIRuntime::evaluatePreparedJavaScript),
 #ifdef JSI_MICROTASK
diff --git a/jvm/hermes/src/main/jni/JJSIValue.h b/jvm/hermes/src/main/jni/JJSIValue.h
index c43c849c3..6e309c774 100644
--- a/jvm/hermes/src/main/jni/JJSIValue.h
+++ b/jvm/hermes/src/main/jni/JJSIValue.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstring>
 #include <jsi/jsi.h>
 #include <fbjni/fbjni.h>
 #include <fbjni/ByteBuffer.h>
@@ -14,6 +16,22 @@ namespace intuit::playerui {
 
 [[noreturn]] void throwNativeHandleReleasedException(std::string nativeHandle);
 
+class ByteArrayBuffer : public Buffer {
+public:
+    ByteArrayBuffer(const void* data, size_t size) : size_(size) {
+        // Copy the data to ensure ownership, otherwise leads to segfault
+        buffer_.resize(size);
+        std::memcpy(buffer_.data(), data, size);
+    }
+
+    size_t size() const override { return size_; }
+    const uint8_t* data() const override { return buffer_.data(); }
+
+private:
+    std::vector<uint8_t> buffer_;
+    size_t size_;
+};
+
 class JHybridClass : public HybridClass<JHybridClass> {
 public:
     static constexpr auto kJavaDescriptor = "Lcom/intuit/playerui/jsi/HybridClass;";
@@ -68,6 +86,7 @@ class JJSIRuntime : public HybridClass<JJSIRuntime> {
     static void registerNatives();
 
     local_ref<JJSIValue_jhybridobject> evaluateJavaScript(alias_ref<JRuntimeThreadContext>, std::string script, std::string sourceURL);
+    local_ref<JJSIValue_jhybridobject> evaluateHermesBytecode(alias_ref<JRuntimeThreadContext>, alias_ref<jbyteArray> byteArray,std::string sourceURL);
     local_ref<JJSIPreparedJavaScript::jhybridobject> prepareJavaScript(alias_ref<JRuntimeThreadContext>, std::string script, std::string sourceURL);
     local_ref<JJSIValue_jhybridobject> evaluatePreparedJavaScript(alias_ref<JRuntimeThreadContext>, alias_ref<JJSIPreparedJavaScript::jhybridobject> js);
 
diff --git a/jvm/hermes/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/hermes/bridge/runtime/HermesRuntime.kt b/jvm/hermes/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/hermes/bridge/runtime/HermesRuntime.kt
index b6c1e48b2..13d090def 100644
--- a/jvm/hermes/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/hermes/bridge/runtime/HermesRuntime.kt
+++ b/jvm/hermes/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/hermes/bridge/runtime/HermesRuntime.kt
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ public class HermesRuntime private constructor(
 
     override fun load(scriptContext: ScriptContext): Any? = evaluateInJSThreadBlocking {
         val sourceMap = scriptContext.sourceMap
-        if (sourceMap != null) {
+        val hbc = scriptContext.preCompiledScript
+        if (hbc.isNotEmpty()) {
+            println("+++ loading precompiled hbc (${hbc.size} bytes)++")
+            evaluateHermesBytecode(hbc, scriptContext.id)
+        } else if (sourceMap != null) {
             evaluateJavaScriptWithSourceMap(scriptContext.script, sourceMap, scriptContext.id)
         } else {
             evaluateJavaScript(scriptContext.script, scriptContext.id)
diff --git a/jvm/hermes/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/jsi/Value.kt b/jvm/hermes/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/jsi/Value.kt
index ff7019b89..05e79ec7e 100644
--- a/jvm/hermes/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/jsi/Value.kt
+++ b/jvm/hermes/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/jsi/Value.kt
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ public open class Runtime(
     context(RuntimeThreadContext)
     public external fun evaluateJavaScript(script: String, sourceURL: String = "unknown"): Value
 
+    context(RuntimeThreadContext)
+    public external fun evaluateHermesBytecode(bytecode: ByteArray, sourceURL: String = "unknown"): Value
+
     context(RuntimeThreadContext)
     public external fun prepareJavaScript(script: String, sourceURL: String = "unknown"): PreparedJavaScript
 
diff --git a/jvm/utils/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/utils/MakeFlow.kt b/jvm/utils/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/utils/MakeFlow.kt
index 4c66a5819..ab68f74f3 100644
--- a/jvm/utils/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/utils/MakeFlow.kt
+++ b/jvm/utils/src/main/kotlin/com/intuit/playerui/utils/MakeFlow.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ public open class MakeFlowModule internal constructor(
 ) : JSScriptPluginWrapper("MakeFlow", sourcePath = "core/make-flow/dist/MakeFlow.native.js") {
     override fun apply(runtime: Runtime<*>) {
         runtime.execute(script)
-        instance = runtime.buildInstance(name)
+        instance = runtime.execute("""
+        ({
+            makeFlow: typeof makeFlow !== 'undefined' ? makeFlow : MakeFlow.makeFlow
+        })
+        """) as Node
     }
 
     public fun makeFlow(flow: Node): JsonElement {
diff --git a/third_party/hermes/BUILD b/third_party/hermes/BUILD
index 07e2f5729..70770e7bf 100644
--- a/third_party/hermes/BUILD
+++ b/third_party/hermes/BUILD
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cmake(
 ## Hermes X-compile requires two steps:
 ## 1. Compile hermesc against host
 cmake(
-    name = "hermesc",
+    name = "hermesc_",
     env = {
         "CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL": "$(CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL)",
     },
@@ -53,16 +53,25 @@ cmake(
     install = False,
     lib_source = "working_directory",
     out_binaries = ["hermesc"],
+    out_include_dir = None,
     postfix_script = "cp -L $$BUILD_TMPDIR/bin/hermesc $$INSTALLDIR/bin",
     tags = ["no-sandbox"],
     targets = ["hermesc"],
     # Specifically build for host, always
     toolchains = [
-        "@bazel_tools//tools/cpp:toolchain",
         "@player//:cmake_build_parallel_level",
     ],
 )
 
+genrule(
+    name = "hermesc",
+    srcs = [":hermesc_"],
+    outs = ["hermesc_bin"],
+    cmd = "echo $(SRCS) | tr ' ' '\\n' | grep hermesc$$ | xargs -I {} cp {} $(OUTS)",
+    executable = True,
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+)
+
 ## 2. X-compile hermes for Android referencing host built hermesc
 cmake(
     name = "android",
diff --git a/third_party/rn/arm64-v8a/libhermes.so b/third_party/rn/arm64-v8a/libhermes.so
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diff --git a/third_party/rn/armeabi-v7a/libhermes.so b/third_party/rn/armeabi-v7a/libhermes.so
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diff --git a/third_party/rn/x86/libhermes.so b/third_party/rn/x86/libhermes.so
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diff --git a/third_party/rn/x86_64/libhermes.so b/third_party/rn/x86_64/libhermes.so
index dae37bd66..f3db75824 100644
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