diff --git a/packages/react-native-host/ReactNativeHost.podspec b/packages/react-native-host/ReactNativeHost.podspec
index 08feac04d3..f3d572840e 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-host/ReactNativeHost.podspec
+++ b/packages/react-native-host/ReactNativeHost.podspec
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ repo_dir = repository['directory']
 
 new_arch_enabled = ENV['RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED'] == '1'
 preprocessor_definitions = [
-  '$(inherit)',
+  '$(inherited)',
   "USE_HERMES=#{ENV['USE_HERMES'] || '0'}",
+  "USE_THIRD_PARTY_JSC=#{ENV['USE_THIRD_PARTY_JSC'] || '0'}",
+  "USE_V8=#{ENV['USE_V8'] || '0'}",
 ]
 if new_arch_enabled
   preprocessor_definitions << 'RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1'
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
     'CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD' => 'c++20',
     'DEFINES_MODULE' => 'YES',
     'GCC_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS' => preprocessor_definitions,
+    'CPP_PREPROCESSOR_DEFINITIONS' => preprocessor_definitions,
     'HEADER_SEARCH_PATHS' => [
       '$(PODS_ROOT)/Headers/Private/React-Core',
       '$(PODS_CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR)/React-RuntimeApple/React_RuntimeApple.framework/Headers',
diff --git a/packages/react-native-host/cocoa/RNXBridgelessHeaders.h b/packages/react-native-host/cocoa/RNXBridgelessHeaders.h
index bfa2129e11..fd3285c307 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-host/cocoa/RNXBridgelessHeaders.h
+++ b/packages/react-native-host/cocoa/RNXBridgelessHeaders.h
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
 
 #if USE_HERMES
 #import <ReactCommon/RCTHermesInstance.h>
+#elif USE_V8
+#import <v8runtime/V8ExecutorFactory.h>
+#elif __has_include(<React-jsc/RCTJscInstance.h>)
+#import <React-jsc/RCTJscInstance.h>
 #else
-#import <ReactCommon/RCTJscInstance.h>
+#import <ReactCommon/RCTJscInstance.h> // RN pre 0.80
 #endif  // USE_HERMES
 
 #ifdef USE_REACT_NATIVE_CONFIG
diff --git a/packages/react-native-host/cocoa/ReactNativeHost.mm b/packages/react-native-host/cocoa/ReactNativeHost.mm
index 510805387d..b0c2d34111 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-host/cocoa/ReactNativeHost.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native-host/cocoa/ReactNativeHost.mm
@@ -289,16 +289,18 @@ - (void)initializeReactHost
 
     SharedJSRuntimeFactory (^jsEngineProvider)() = ^SharedJSRuntimeFactory {
 #if USE_HERMES
-#ifdef USE_REACT_NATIVE_CONFIG
+  #ifdef USE_REACT_NATIVE_CONFIG
       auto config = reactNativeConfig.lock();
       NSAssert(config, @"Expected nonnull ReactNativeConfig instance");
       return std::make_shared<facebook::react::RCTHermesInstance>(config, nullptr);
-#else
+  #else
       return std::make_shared<facebook::react::RCTHermesInstance>(nullptr, false);
-#endif  // USE_REACT_NATIVE_CONFIG
-#else   // USE_HERMES
+  #endif  // USE_REACT_NATIVE_CONFIG
+#elif USE_V8
+      return std::make_shared<facebook::react::V8ExecutorFactory>();
+#else
       return std::make_shared<facebook::react::RCTJscInstance>();
-#endif  // USE_HERMES
+#endif
     };
 
     __weak __typeof(self) weakSelf = self;