diff --git a/packager/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/haste/polyfills/console.js b/packager/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/haste/polyfills/console.js
index 91fb970f885521..03dc60e24c360c 100644
--- a/packager/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/haste/polyfills/console.js
+++ b/packager/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/haste/polyfills/console.js
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
     error: 4
   };
 
+
   function setupConsole(global) {
 
+    var originalConsole = global.console;
+
     if (!global.nativeLoggingHook) {
       return;
     }
@@ -135,6 +138,18 @@
       table: consoleTablePolyfill
     };
 
+    // If available, also call the original `console` method since that is sometimes useful
+    // Ex. On OS X, this will let you see rich output to the Safari REPL console
+    if (originalConsole) {
+      Object.keys(global.console).forEach((methodName) => {
+        var nativeMethod = global.console[methodName];
+        global.console[methodName] = function () {
+          originalConsole[methodName].apply(originalConsole, arguments);
+          nativeMethod.apply(global.console, arguments);
+        };
+      });
+    }
+
   }
 
   if (typeof module !== 'undefined') {