diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7adc5e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Expo managed workflow supported native backend
+/src/RCTAsyncStorage.expo.js @brentvatne
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diff --git a/src/AsyncStorage.native.js b/src/AsyncStorage.native.js
index 647278de..b87e0bd0 100644
--- a/src/AsyncStorage.native.js
+++ b/src/AsyncStorage.native.js
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const {NativeModules} = require('react-native');
-
-const RCTAsyncStorage =
-  NativeModules.PlatformLocalStorage || // Support for external modules, like react-native-windows
-  NativeModules.RNC_AsyncSQLiteDBStorage ||
-  NativeModules.RNCAsyncStorage;
+import RCTAsyncStorage from './RCTAsyncStorage';
 
 if (!RCTAsyncStorage) {
   throw new Error(`[@RNC/AsyncStorage]: NativeModule: AsyncStorage is null.
diff --git a/src/RCTAsyncStorage.expo.js b/src/RCTAsyncStorage.expo.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ce3183f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/RCTAsyncStorage.expo.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+/**
+ * Expo managed apps don't include the @react-native-community/async-storage
+ * native modules yet, but the API interface is the same, so we can use the version
+ * exported from React Native still.
+ *
+ * If in future releases (eg: @react-native-community/async-storage >= 2.0.0) this
+ * will likely not be valid anymore, and the package will need to be included in the Expo SDK
+ * to continue to work.
+ */
+const {NativeModules} = require('react-native');
+const RCTAsyncStorage = NativeModules.AsyncSQLiteDBStorage || NativeModules.AsyncLocalStorage;
+
+export default RCTAsyncStorage;
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diff --git a/src/RCTAsyncStorage.js b/src/RCTAsyncStorage.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb2356e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/RCTAsyncStorage.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+const {NativeModules} = require('react-native');
+
+const RCTAsyncStorage =
+  NativeModules.PlatformLocalStorage || // Support for external modules, like react-native-windows
+  NativeModules.RNC_AsyncSQLiteDBStorage ||
+  NativeModules.RNCAsyncStorage;
+
+export default RCTAsyncStorage;
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