diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionView.h b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionView.h
index 774a44a740..f93525677a 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionView.h
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionView.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASBaseDefines.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASBatchContext.h>
 #import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionViewFlowLayoutInspector.h>
+#import <AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol.h>
 
 @class ASCellNode;
 @class ASCollectionNode;
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  */
 - (instancetype)initWithCollectionViewLayout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)layout;
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame collectionViewLayout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)layout;
+- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame collectionViewLayout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)layout layoutFacilitator:(id<ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol>)layoutFacilitator;
 
 // The corresponding ASCollectionNode, which exists even if directly allocating & handling the view class.
 @property (nonatomic, weak, readonly) ASCollectionNode *collectionNode;
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionView.mm b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionView.mm
index 5e8b7c03b1..fd973ca374 100644
--- a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionView.mm
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionView.mm
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #import "UICollectionViewLayout+ASConvenience.h"
 #import "_ASDisplayLayer.h"
 
+#import "ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol.h"
+
 static const NSUInteger kASCollectionViewAnimationNone = UITableViewRowAnimationNone;
 static const ASSizeRange kInvalidSizeRange = {CGSizeZero, CGSizeZero};
 static NSString * const kCellReuseIdentifier = @"_ASCollectionViewCell";
@@ -67,6 +69,8 @@ static NSString * const kCellReuseIdentifier = @"_ASCollectionViewCell";
   ASRangeController *_rangeController;
   ASCollectionViewLayoutController *_layoutController;
   ASCollectionViewFlowLayoutInspector *_flowLayoutInspector;
+    
+  id<ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol> _layoutFacilitator;
   
   BOOL _performingBatchUpdates;
   NSMutableArray *_batchUpdateBlocks;
@@ -137,6 +141,13 @@ static NSString * const kCellReuseIdentifier = @"_ASCollectionViewCell";
   return [self _initWithFrame:frame collectionViewLayout:layout ownedByNode:NO];
 }
 
+- (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame collectionViewLayout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)layout layoutFacilitator:(id<ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol>)layoutFacilitator
+{
+  self = [self _initWithFrame:frame collectionViewLayout:layout ownedByNode:NO];
+  _layoutFacilitator = layoutFacilitator;
+  return self;
+}
+
 // FIXME: This method is deprecated and will probably be removed in or shortly after 2.0.
 - (instancetype)initWithFrame:(CGRect)frame collectionViewLayout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)layout asyncDataFetching:(BOOL)asyncDataFetchingEnabled
 {
@@ -412,12 +423,14 @@ static NSString * const kCellReuseIdentifier = @"_ASCollectionViewCell";
 - (void)insertSections:(NSIndexSet *)sections
 {
   ASDisplayNodeAssertMainThread();
+  [_layoutFacilitator collectionViewInsertingSectionsAtIndexSet:sections];
   [_dataController insertSections:sections withAnimationOptions:kASCollectionViewAnimationNone];
 }
 
 - (void)deleteSections:(NSIndexSet *)sections
 {
   ASDisplayNodeAssertMainThread();
+  [_layoutFacilitator collectionViewDeletingSectionsAtIndexSet:sections];
   [_dataController deleteSections:sections withAnimationOptions:kASCollectionViewAnimationNone];
 }
 
@@ -436,6 +449,7 @@ static NSString * const kCellReuseIdentifier = @"_ASCollectionViewCell";
 - (void)insertItemsAtIndexPaths:(NSArray *)indexPaths
 {
   ASDisplayNodeAssertMainThread();
+  [_layoutFacilitator collectionViewInsertingCellAtIndexPaths:indexPaths];
   [_dataController insertRowsAtIndexPaths:indexPaths withAnimationOptions:kASCollectionViewAnimationNone];
 }
 
diff --git a/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol.h b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..323b64031c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AsyncDisplayKit/ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//
+//  ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol.h
+//  Pods
+//
+//  Created by Bin Liu on 1/13/16.
+//
+//
+
+#ifndef ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol_h
+#define ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol_h
+
+@protocol ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol <NSObject>
+
+- (void)collectionViewInsertingCellAtIndexPaths:(NSArray *)indexPaths;
+- (void)collectionViewInsertingSectionsAtIndexSet:(NSIndexSet *)indexes;
+- (void)collectionViewDeletingSectionsAtIndexSet:(NSIndexSet *)indexes;
+
+@end
+
+#endif /* ASCollectionViewLayoutFacilitatorProtocol_h */