diff --git a/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.js b/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.js
index b4d4f66152d0..eded1d6d68b0 100644
--- a/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.js
+++ b/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE/index.js
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ module.exports = Promise.all([
   latestVersion('@storybook/react'),
   latestVersion('@storybook/addon-actions'),
   latestVersion('@storybook/addon-links'),
-]).then(([storybookVersion, actionsVersion, linksVersion]) => {
+  latestVersion('prop-types'),
+]).then(([storybookVersion, actionsVersion, linksVersion, propTypesVersion]) => {
   // copy all files from the template directory to project directory
   mergeDirs(path.resolve(__dirname, 'template/'), '.', 'overwrite');
 
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ module.exports = Promise.all([
     packageJson.devDependencies['react-dom'] = reactVersion;
   }
 
+  if (!packageJson.dependencies['prop-types'] && !packageJson.devDependencies['prop-types']) {
+    packageJson.devDependencies['prop-types'] = `^${propTypesVersion}`;
+  }
+
   packageJson.scripts = packageJson.scripts || {};
   packageJson.scripts.storybook = 'storybook start -p 7007';
 
diff --git a/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE_SCRIPTS/index.js b/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE_SCRIPTS/index.js
index 2a15f05a12f3..42e704fb94be 100644
--- a/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE_SCRIPTS/index.js
+++ b/lib/cli/generators/REACT_NATIVE_SCRIPTS/index.js
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ module.exports = Promise.all([
   latestVersion('@storybook/react'),
   latestVersion('@storybook/addon-actions'),
   latestVersion('@storybook/addon-links'),
-]).then(([storybookVersion, actionsVersion, linksVersion]) => {
+  latestVersion('prop-types'),
+]).then(([storybookVersion, actionsVersion, linksVersion, propTypesVersion]) => {
   // copy all files from the template directory to project directory
   mergeDirs(path.resolve(__dirname, 'template/'), '.', 'overwrite');
 
@@ -25,6 +26,10 @@ module.exports = Promise.all([
     packageJson.devDependencies['react-dom'] = reactVersion;
   }
 
+  if (!packageJson.dependencies['prop-types'] && !packageJson.devDependencies['prop-types']) {
+    packageJson.devDependencies['prop-types'] = `^${propTypesVersion}`;
+  }
+
   packageJson.scripts = packageJson.scripts || {};
   packageJson.scripts.storybook = 'storybook start -p 7007';