diff --git a/react-native-sdk/package.json b/react-native-sdk/package.json
index 503f875f3f..0530e7a923 100644
--- a/react-native-sdk/package.json
+++ b/react-native-sdk/package.json
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
         }
     },
     "scripts": {
+        "postinstall": "node sdk_instructions.js",
         "prepare": "node prepare_sdk.js"
     },
     "bugs": {
@@ -99,4 +100,4 @@
     "keywords": [
         "react-native"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/react-native-sdk/sdk_instructions.js b/react-native-sdk/sdk_instructions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cb74a872a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react-native-sdk/sdk_instructions.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+console.log('Run node node_modules/@jitsi/react-native-sdk/update_dependencies.js '
+    + 'script to update the necessary dependencies');
diff --git a/react-native-sdk/update_dependencies.js b/react-native-sdk/update_dependencies.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70fd12026c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/react-native-sdk/update_dependencies.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* eslint-disable guard-for-in */
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+const packageJSON = require('../../package.json');
+
+const RNSDKpackageJSON = require('./package.json');
+
+/**
+ * Updates dependencies from the app package.json with the peer dependencies of the RNSDK package.json.
+ */
+function updateDependencies() {
+    let updated = false;
+
+    for (const key in RNSDKpackageJSON.peerDependencies) {
+        if (!packageJSON.dependencies.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
+            packageJSON.dependencies[key]
+                = '*' || RNSDKpackageJSON.peerDependencies[key];
+            updated = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!updated) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    packageJSON.dependencies = Object.keys(packageJSON.dependencies)
+        .sort()
+        .reduce((item, itemKey) => {
+            item[itemKey] = packageJSON.dependencies[itemKey];
+
+            return item;
+        }, {});
+
+    console.log(
+        'Updating dependencies:',
+        Object.keys(packageJSON.dependencies)
+    );
+
+    const data = JSON.stringify(packageJSON, null, 2);
+
+    fs.writeFileSync('../../package.json', data);
+
+    console.log(
+        'All needed dependencies have been updated. \nPlease run npm install.'
+    );
+}
+
+updateDependencies();