diff --git a/packages/react-relay/buildReactRelayContainer.js b/packages/react-relay/buildReactRelayContainer.js
index 0af892a567c43..6805cdf836590 100644
--- a/packages/react-relay/buildReactRelayContainer.js
+++ b/packages/react-relay/buildReactRelayContainer.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ function buildReactRelayContainer<TBase: React$ComponentType<*>>(
     // $FlowFixMe
     return new Container(props);
   }
+  ContainerConstructor.prototype = React.Component.prototype;
 
   function forwardRef(props, ref) {
     const context = readContext(ReactRelayContext);