diff --git a/local-cli/bundle/assetPathUtils.js b/local-cli/bundle/assetPathUtils.js
index bcfc880ddf637b..96ad4e583f41cb 100644
--- a/local-cli/bundle/assetPathUtils.js
+++ b/local-cli/bundle/assetPathUtils.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import type {PackagerAsset} from '../../Libraries/Image/AssetRegistry';
+import md5 from 'md5';
 
 /**
  * FIXME: using number to represent discrete scale numbers is fragile in essence because of
@@ -62,11 +63,7 @@ function getAndroidResourceFolderName(asset: PackagerAsset, scale: number) {
 
 function getAndroidResourceIdentifier(asset: PackagerAsset) {
   var folderPath = getBasePath(asset);
-  return (folderPath + '/' + asset.name)
-    .toLowerCase()
-    .replace(/\//g, '_') // Encode folder structure in file name
-    .replace(/([^a-z0-9_])/g, '') // Remove illegal chars
-    .replace(/^assets_/, ''); // Remove "assets_" prefix
+  return 'a' + md5(folderPath + '/' + asset.name).toLowerCase();
 }
 
 function getBasePath(asset: PackagerAsset) {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 09b5ec0330ebbc..e89ec57d9ec8da 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
     "graceful-fs": "^4.1.3",
     "inquirer": "^3.0.6",
     "lodash": "^4.17.5",
+    "md5": "^2.2.1",
     "metro": "^0.42.1",
     "metro-babel-register": "^0.42.1",
     "metro-core": "^0.42.1",