diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/CustomClientBuilder.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/CustomClientBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..db81d653baeada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/CustomClientBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * 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.modules.network;
+
+import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
+
+public interface CustomClientBuilder {
+  public void apply(OkHttpClient.Builder builder);
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
index 020f8b82e277fb..344c452836fc23 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/network/NetworkingModule.java
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ public interface ResponseHandler {
   private static final int CHUNK_TIMEOUT_NS = 100 * 1000000; // 100ms
   private static final int MAX_CHUNK_SIZE_BETWEEN_FLUSHES = 8 * 1024; // 8K
 
-  private static @Nullable CustomClientBuilder customClientBuilder = null;
+  private static @Nullable com.facebook.react.modules.network.CustomClientBuilder
+      customClientBuilder = null;
 
   private final OkHttpClient mClient;
   private final ForwardingCookieHandler mCookieHandler;
@@ -163,13 +164,18 @@ public NetworkingModule(ReactApplicationContext context, String defaultUserAgent
     this(context, defaultUserAgent, OkHttpClientProvider.createClient(context), null);
   }
 
-  public static void setCustomClientBuilder(CustomClientBuilder ccb) {
+  public static void setCustomClientBuilder(
+      com.facebook.react.modules.network.CustomClientBuilder ccb) {
     customClientBuilder = ccb;
   }
 
-  public static interface CustomClientBuilder {
-    public void apply(OkHttpClient.Builder builder);
-  }
+  /**
+   * @deprecated To be removed in a future release. See
+   *     https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/37798#pullrequestreview-1518338914
+   */
+  @Deprecated
+  public static interface CustomClientBuilder
+      extends com.facebook.react.modules.network.CustomClientBuilder {}
 
   private static void applyCustomBuilder(OkHttpClient.Builder builder) {
     if (customClientBuilder != null) {
diff --git a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
index ee1b2c85dc261f..d13db1fb2a90a8 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
+++ b/packages/react-native/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/modules/websocket/WebSocketModule.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.WritableMap;
 import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.module.annotations.ReactModule;
+import com.facebook.react.modules.network.CustomClientBuilder;
 import com.facebook.react.modules.network.ForwardingCookieHandler;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -48,11 +49,23 @@ public interface ContentHandler {
 
   private ForwardingCookieHandler mCookieHandler;
 
+  private static @Nullable CustomClientBuilder customClientBuilder = null;
+
   public WebSocketModule(ReactApplicationContext context) {
     super(context);
     mCookieHandler = new ForwardingCookieHandler(context);
   }
 
+  public static void setCustomClientBuilder(CustomClientBuilder ccb) {
+    customClientBuilder = ccb;
+  }
+
+  private static void applyCustomBuilder(OkHttpClient.Builder builder) {
+    if (customClientBuilder != null) {
+      customClientBuilder.apply(builder);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void invalidate() {
     for (WebSocket socket : mWebSocketConnections.values()) {
@@ -84,12 +97,15 @@ public void connect(
       @Nullable final ReadableMap options,
       final double socketID) {
     final int id = (int) socketID;
-    OkHttpClient client =
+    OkHttpClient.Builder okHttpBuilder =
         new OkHttpClient.Builder()
             .connectTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
             .writeTimeout(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-            .readTimeout(0, TimeUnit.MINUTES) // Disable timeouts for read
-            .build();
+            .readTimeout(0, TimeUnit.MINUTES); // Disable timeouts for read
+
+    applyCustomBuilder(okHttpBuilder);
+
+    OkHttpClient client = okHttpBuilder.build();
 
     Request.Builder builder = new Request.Builder().tag(id).url(url);