diff --git a/src/React.js b/src/React.js
index b4fee1e..8ce9422 100644
--- a/src/React.js
+++ b/src/React.js
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ function createClass(spec) {
 }
 exports.createClass = createClass;
 
+function forceUpdateCbImpl(this_, cb) {
+  this_.forceUpdate(function() {
+    return cb();
+  });
+  return {};
+};
+exports.forceUpdateCbImpl = forceUpdateCbImpl;
+
 function handle(f) {
   return function(e){
     return f(e)();
diff --git a/src/React.purs b/src/React.purs
index d3c9d63..7bbd777 100644
--- a/src/React.purs
+++ b/src/React.purs
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ module React
   , writeStateWithCallback
   , transformState
 
+  , forceUpdate
+  , forceUpdateCb
+
   , handle
   , preventDefault
   , stopPropagation
@@ -65,7 +68,9 @@ module React
   ) where
 
 import Prelude
+
 import Control.Monad.Eff (kind Effect, Eff)
+import Control.Monad.Eff.Uncurried (EffFn2, runEffFn2)
 import Unsafe.Coerce (unsafeCoerce)
 
 -- | Name of a tag.
@@ -335,6 +340,22 @@ createClassStateless' k =
   createClassStateless \props ->
     k props (childrenToArray (unsafeCoerce props).children)
 
+-- | Force render of a react component.
+forceUpdate :: forall eff props state.
+  ReactThis props state -> Eff eff Unit
+forceUpdate this = forceUpdateCb this (pure unit)
+
+foreign import forceUpdateCbImpl :: forall eff e props state.
+  EffFn2 eff
+    (ReactThis props state)
+    (Eff e Unit)
+    Unit
+
+-- | Force render and then run an Eff computation.
+forceUpdateCb :: forall eff props state.
+  ReactThis props state -> Eff eff Unit -> Eff eff Unit
+forceUpdateCb this m = runEffFn2 forceUpdateCbImpl this m
+
 -- | Create an event handler.
 foreign import handle :: forall eff ev props state result.
   (ev -> EventHandlerContext eff props state result) -> EventHandler ev