diff --git a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNode.java b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNode.java
index 3a47dcb9..c01d0cec 100644
--- a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNode.java
+++ b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNode.java
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 public abstract class YogaNode {
   public static YogaNode create() {
-    return new YogaNodeJNIBase();
+    return new YogaNodeJNI();
   }
 
   public static YogaNode create(YogaConfig config) {
-    return new YogaNodeJNIBase(config);
+    return new YogaNodeJNI(config);
   }
 
   public abstract void reset();
diff --git a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNI.java b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNI.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff5d1149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNI.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/**
+ * 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.yoga;
+
+import com.facebook.proguard.annotations.DoNotStrip;
+
+@DoNotStrip
+public class YogaNodeJNI extends YogaNodeJNIBase {
+
+  public YogaNodeJNI() {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  public YogaNodeJNI(YogaConfig config) {
+    super(config);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIBase.java b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIBase.java
index b7ba18d9..002393ad 100644
--- a/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIBase.java
+++ b/java/com/facebook/yoga/YogaNodeJNIBase.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 @DoNotStrip
-public class YogaNodeJNIBase extends YogaNode {
+public abstract class YogaNodeJNIBase extends YogaNode {
 
   static {
     SoLoader.loadLibrary("yoga");