diff --git a/packages/cli-config/src/schema.ts b/packages/cli-config/src/schema.ts
index ee4ed7074..99f9ec78e 100644
--- a/packages/cli-config/src/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-config/src/schema.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ export const projectConfig = t
               .array()
               .items(t.string())
               .default([]),
+            newArchEnabled: t.bool().default(false),
           })
           .default({}),
         android: t
diff --git a/packages/cli-doctor/src/commands/info.ts b/packages/cli-doctor/src/commands/info.ts
index 08117e2ef..e3d69eec4 100644
--- a/packages/cli-doctor/src/commands/info.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-doctor/src/commands/info.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
  */
 
 import getEnvironmentInfo from '../tools/envinfo';
-import {logger, version} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
+import {
+  getArchitectureForIos,
+  logger,
+  version,
+} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 import {Config} from '@react-native-community/cli-types';
 import {readFile} from 'fs-extra';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -52,16 +56,11 @@ const info = async function getInfo(_argv: Array<string>, ctx: Config) {
       }
 
       try {
-        const project = await readFile(
-          path.join(
-            ctx.project.ios.sourceDir,
-            '/Pods/Pods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj',
-          ),
+        const isNewArchitecture = await getArchitectureForIos(
+          ctx.project.ios.sourceDir,
         );
 
-        platforms.iOS.newArchEnabled = project.includes(
-          '-DRCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1',
-        );
+        platforms.iOS.newArchEnabled = isNewArchitecture;
       } catch {
         platforms.iOS.newArchEnabled = notFound;
       }
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/commands/buildIOS/index.ts b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/commands/buildIOS/index.ts
index 1da8bb8f4..3aab96de9 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/commands/buildIOS/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/commands/buildIOS/index.ts
@@ -12,12 +12,24 @@ import {BuildFlags, buildOptions} from './buildOptions';
 import {getConfiguration} from './getConfiguration';
 import {getXcodeProjectAndDir} from './getXcodeProjectAndDir';
 import resolvePods from '../../tools/pods';
+import {getArchitectureForIos} from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 
 async function buildIOS(_: Array<string>, ctx: Config, args: BuildFlags) {
   const {xcodeProject, sourceDir} = getXcodeProjectAndDir(ctx.project.ios);
 
+  const isAppRunningNewArchitecture = ctx.project.ios?.sourceDir
+    ? await getArchitectureForIos(ctx.project.ios?.sourceDir)
+    : undefined;
+
   // check if pods need to be installed
-  await resolvePods(ctx.root, ctx.dependencies, {forceInstall: args.forcePods});
+  await resolvePods(ctx.root, ctx.dependencies, {
+    forceInstall: args.forcePods,
+    enableNewArchitecture:
+      ctx.project.ios?.newArchEnabled !== undefined
+        ? ctx.project.ios?.newArchEnabled
+        : isAppRunningNewArchitecture,
+    isRunningNewArchitecture: isAppRunningNewArchitecture,
+  });
 
   process.chdir(sourceDir);
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/commands/runIOS/index.ts b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/commands/runIOS/index.ts
index 30f584301..e23eb872c 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/commands/runIOS/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/commands/runIOS/index.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   isPackagerRunning,
   logAlreadyRunningBundler,
   handlePortUnavailable,
+  getArchitectureForIos,
 } from '@react-native-community/cli-tools';
 import {buildProject} from '../buildIOS/buildProject';
 import {BuildFlags, buildOptions} from '../buildIOS/buildOptions';
@@ -45,11 +46,21 @@ export interface FlagsT extends BuildFlags {
 
 async function runIOS(_: Array<string>, ctx: Config, args: FlagsT) {
   link.setPlatform('ios');
-
   let {packager, port} = args;
 
+  const isAppRunningNewArchitecture = ctx.project.ios?.sourceDir
+    ? await getArchitectureForIos(ctx.project.ios?.sourceDir)
+    : undefined;
+
   // check if pods need to be installed
-  await resolvePods(ctx.root, ctx.dependencies, {forceInstall: args.forcePods});
+  await resolvePods(ctx.root, ctx.dependencies, {
+    forceInstall: args.forcePods,
+    enableNewArchitecture:
+      ctx.project.ios?.newArchEnabled !== undefined
+        ? ctx.project.ios?.newArchEnabled
+        : isAppRunningNewArchitecture,
+    isRunningNewArchitecture: isAppRunningNewArchitecture,
+  });
 
   const packagerStatus = await isPackagerRunning(port);
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/__tests__/getProjectConfig.test.ts b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/__tests__/getProjectConfig.test.ts
index a9d76a6cf..7491210a3 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/__tests__/getProjectConfig.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/__tests__/getProjectConfig.test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ describe('ios::getProjectConfig', () => {
     });
     expect(projectConfig('/', {})).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
+        "newArchEnabled": undefined,
         "sourceDir": "/ios",
         "watchModeCommandParams": undefined,
         "xcodeProject": null,
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ describe('ios::getProjectConfig', () => {
     });
     expect(projectConfig('/', {})).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       Object {
+        "newArchEnabled": undefined,
         "sourceDir": "/ios",
         "watchModeCommandParams": undefined,
         "xcodeProject": null,
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/index.ts b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/index.ts
index 0232a4874..e0a347f7c 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/config/index.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export function projectConfig(
     sourceDir,
     watchModeCommandParams: userConfig.watchModeCommandParams,
     xcodeProject,
+    newArchEnabled: userConfig.newArchEnabled,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/installPods.ts b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/installPods.ts
index 08ecadb93..21113512e 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/installPods.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/installPods.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ import runBundleInstall from './runBundleInstall';
 
 interface PodInstallOptions {
   skipBundleInstall?: boolean;
+  newArchEnabled?: boolean;
 }
 
-async function runPodInstall(
-  loader: Ora,
-  shouldHandleRepoUpdate: boolean = true,
-) {
+interface RunPodInstallOptions {
+  shouldHandleRepoUpdate?: boolean;
+  newArchEnabled?: boolean;
+}
+
+async function runPodInstall(loader: Ora, options?: RunPodInstallOptions) {
+  const shouldHandleRepoUpdate = options?.shouldHandleRepoUpdate || true;
   try {
     loader.start(
       `Installing CocoaPods dependencies ${chalk.dim(
@@ -26,7 +30,11 @@ async function runPodInstall(
       )}`,
     );
 
-    await execa('bundle', ['exec', 'pod', 'install']);
+    await execa('bundle', ['exec', 'pod', 'install'], {
+      env: {
+        RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED: options?.newArchEnabled ? '1' : '0',
+      },
+    });
   } catch (error) {
     // "pod" command outputs errors to stdout (at least some of them)
     const stderr = (error as any).stderr || (error as any).stdout;
@@ -40,7 +48,10 @@ async function runPodInstall(
      */
     if (stderr.includes('pod repo update') && shouldHandleRepoUpdate) {
       await runPodUpdate(loader);
-      await runPodInstall(loader, false);
+      await runPodInstall(loader, {
+        shouldHandleRepoUpdate: false,
+        newArchEnabled: options?.newArchEnabled,
+      });
     } else {
       loader.fail();
       logger.error(stderr);
@@ -139,7 +150,7 @@ async function installPods(loader?: Ora, options?: PodInstallOptions) {
       await installCocoaPods(loader);
     }
 
-    await runPodInstall(loader);
+    await runPodInstall(loader, {newArchEnabled: options?.newArchEnabled});
   } finally {
     process.chdir('..');
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts
index cb56f1085..5fa8476c9 100644
--- a/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-platform-ios/src/tools/pods.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import {
 
 interface ResolvePodsOptions {
   forceInstall?: boolean;
+  enableNewArchitecture?: boolean;
+  isRunningNewArchitecture: boolean | undefined;
 }
 
 interface NativeDependencies {
@@ -77,20 +79,30 @@ export default async function resolvePods(
     'dependencies',
   );
 
+  const isRunningDifferentArchitecture =
+    options?.enableNewArchitecture !== undefined &&
+    options.isRunningNewArchitecture !== options?.enableNewArchitecture;
+
   if (
     !cachedDependenciesHash ||
     !compareMd5Hashes(currentDependenciesHash, cachedDependenciesHash) ||
     !arePodsInstalled ||
-    options?.forceInstall
+    options?.forceInstall ||
+    isRunningDifferentArchitecture
   ) {
     const loader = getLoader('Installing CocoaPods...');
     try {
-      await installPods(loader, {skipBundleInstall: !!cachedDependenciesHash});
+      await installPods(loader, {
+        skipBundleInstall: !!cachedDependenciesHash,
+        newArchEnabled:
+          options?.enableNewArchitecture && isRunningDifferentArchitecture,
+      });
       cacheManager.set(
         packageJson.name,
         'dependencies',
         currentDependenciesHash,
       );
+
       loader.succeed();
     } catch {
       loader.fail();
diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/src/cacheManager.ts b/packages/cli-tools/src/cacheManager.ts
index 367d7b513..863a8f5b8 100644
--- a/packages/cli-tools/src/cacheManager.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/src/cacheManager.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,12 @@ import os from 'os';
 import appDirs from 'appdirsjs';
 import logger from './logger';
 
-type CacheKey = 'eTag' | 'lastChecked' | 'latestVersion' | 'dependencies';
+type CacheKey =
+  | 'eTag'
+  | 'lastChecked'
+  | 'latestVersion'
+  | 'dependencies'
+  | 'newArchEnabled';
 type Cache = {[key in CacheKey]?: string};
 
 function loadCache(name: string): Cache | undefined {
diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/src/getArchitectureForIos.ts b/packages/cli-tools/src/getArchitectureForIos.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3154c8693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/src/getArchitectureForIos.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import {readFile} from 'fs-extra';
+import path from 'path';
+
+export default async function getArchitectureForIos(iosSourceDir: string) {
+  try {
+    const project = await readFile(
+      path.join(iosSourceDir, '/Pods/Pods.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj'),
+    );
+
+    return project.includes('-DRCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1');
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/src/index.ts b/packages/cli-tools/src/index.ts
index d0e1b92ba..c7153b2ad 100644
--- a/packages/cli-tools/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/src/index.ts
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ export {default as handlePortUnavailable} from './handlePortUnavailable';
 export * from './port';
 export {default as cacheManager} from './cacheManager';
 export {default as runSudo} from './runSudo';
+export {default as getArchitectureForIos} from './getArchitectureForIos';
 
 export * from './errors';
diff --git a/packages/cli-types/src/ios.ts b/packages/cli-types/src/ios.ts
index 808791d44..6efa705ca 100644
--- a/packages/cli-types/src/ios.ts
+++ b/packages/cli-types/src/ios.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 export interface IOSProjectParams {
   sourceDir?: string;
   watchModeCommandParams?: string[];
+  newArchEnabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type IOSProjectInfo = {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export interface IOSProjectConfig {
   sourceDir: string;
   xcodeProject: IOSProjectInfo | null;
   watchModeCommandParams?: string[];
+  newArchEnabled?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface IOSDependencyConfig {