diff --git a/infer/src/backend/specs.ml b/infer/src/backend/specs.ml
index e5e58be29..1249cc1d9 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/specs.ml
+++ b/infer/src/backend/specs.ml
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ type payload =
   ; resources: ResourceLeakDomain.summary option
   ; siof: SiofDomain.astate option
   ; racerd: RacerDDomain.summary option
+  ; should_update: ShouldUpdateDomain.astate option
   ; buffer_overrun: BufferOverrunDomain.Summary.t option
   ; uninit: UninitDomain.summary option }
 
@@ -722,6 +723,7 @@ let empty_payload =
   ; resources= None
   ; siof= None
   ; racerd= None
+  ; should_update= None
   ; buffer_overrun= None
   ; uninit= None }
 
diff --git a/infer/src/backend/specs.mli b/infer/src/backend/specs.mli
index b065315a0..5a55b6672 100644
--- a/infer/src/backend/specs.mli
+++ b/infer/src/backend/specs.mli
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ type payload =
   ; resources: ResourceLeakDomain.summary option
   ; siof: SiofDomain.astate option
   ; racerd: RacerDDomain.summary option
+  ; should_update: ShouldUpdateDomain.astate option
   ; buffer_overrun: BufferOverrunDomain.Summary.t option
   ; uninit: UninitDomain.summary option }
 
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.ml b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
index f6a55009b..933935057 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.ml
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ and ( annotation_reachability
     , quandary
     , racerd
     , resource_leak
+    , should_update
     , siof
     , suggest_nullable
     , uninit ) =
@@ -748,6 +749,9 @@ and ( annotation_reachability
     mk_checker ~long:"racerd" ~deprecated:["-threadsafety"] ~default:true
       "the RacerD thread safety analysis"
   and resource_leak = mk_checker ~long:"resource-leak" ""
+  and should_update =
+    mk_checker ~long:"should-update"
+      "Experimental checker for identifying GraphQL dependencies of a Litho component"
   and siof =
     mk_checker ~long:"siof" ~default:true
       "the Static Initialization Order Fiasco analysis (C++ only)"
@@ -805,6 +809,7 @@ and ( annotation_reachability
   , quandary
   , racerd
   , resource_leak
+  , should_update
   , siof
   , suggest_nullable
   , uninit )
@@ -2618,6 +2623,8 @@ and seconds_per_iteration = !seconds_per_iteration
 
 and select = !select
 
+and should_update = !should_update
+
 and show_buckets = !print_buckets
 
 and show_progress_bar = !progress_bar
diff --git a/infer/src/base/Config.mli b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
index dee6575f6..294d7e159 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/Config.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/Config.mli
@@ -612,6 +612,8 @@ val seconds_per_iteration : float option
 
 val select : int option
 
+val should_update : bool
+
 val show_buckets : bool
 
 val show_progress_bar : bool
diff --git a/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml b/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
index c11977417..a5dc1ebfc 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
+++ b/infer/src/base/IssueType.ml
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ let _global_variable_initialized_with_function_or_method_call =
   from_string ~enabled:false "GLOBAL_VARIABLE_INITIALIZED_WITH_FUNCTION_OR_METHOD_CALL"
 
 
+let graphql_field_access = from_string "GRAPHQL_FIELD_ACCESS"
+
 let inferbo_alloc_is_big = from_string "INFERBO_ALLOC_IS_BIG"
 
 let inferbo_alloc_is_negative = from_string "INFERBO_ALLOC_IS_NEGATIVE"
diff --git a/infer/src/base/IssueType.mli b/infer/src/base/IssueType.mli
index 3ef5cb025..3487012df 100644
--- a/infer/src/base/IssueType.mli
+++ b/infer/src/base/IssueType.mli
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ val field_should_be_nullable : t
 
 val field_not_null_checked : t
 
+val graphql_field_access : t
+
 val inferbo_alloc_is_big : t
 
 val inferbo_alloc_is_negative : t
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/ShouldUpdate.ml b/infer/src/checkers/ShouldUpdate.ml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddf2dd2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/ShouldUpdate.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+module F = Format
+module L = Logging
+module Domain = ShouldUpdateDomain
+
+module Summary = Summary.Make (struct
+  type payload = Domain.astate
+
+  let update_payload astate (summary: Specs.summary) =
+    {summary with payload= {summary.payload with should_update= Some astate}}
+
+
+  let read_payload (summary: Specs.summary) = summary.payload.should_update
+end)
+
+module TransferFunctions (CFG : ProcCfg.S) = struct
+  module CFG = CFG
+  module Domain = Domain
+
+  type extras = ProcData.no_extras
+
+  let is_getter = function
+    | Typ.Procname.Java procname ->
+        PatternMatch.is_getter procname
+    | _ ->
+        false
+
+
+  let exec_instr astate _ _ (instr: HilInstr.t) : Domain.astate =
+    match instr with
+    | Call (Some return_base, Direct procname, (HilExp.AccessPath receiver) :: _, _, _)
+      when is_getter procname ->
+        let return_access_path = (return_base, []) in
+        let return_calls =
+          (try Domain.find return_access_path astate with Not_found -> Domain.CallSet.empty)
+          |> Domain.CallSet.add {receiver; procname}
+        in
+        Domain.add return_access_path return_calls astate
+    | Call _ ->
+        (* TODO: interprocedural analysis
+           (1) add caller actuals to their callee call set (according to the summary)
+           (2) bind the caller return value to its callee call set (according to the summary
+        *)
+        astate
+    | Assign (lhs_access_path, HilExp.AccessPath rhs_access_path, _) -> (
+      try
+        (* creating an alias for the rhs binding; assume all reads will now occur through the
+           alias. this helps us keep track of chains in cases like tmp = getFoo(); x = tmp;
+           tmp.getBar() *)
+        let call_set = Domain.find rhs_access_path astate in
+        Domain.remove rhs_access_path astate |> Domain.add lhs_access_path call_set
+      with Not_found -> astate )
+    | _ ->
+        astate
+
+end
+
+module Analyzer = LowerHil.MakeAbstractInterpreter (ProcCfg.Exceptional) (TransferFunctions)
+
+let report receiver call_chain summary =
+  let call_strings = List.map ~f:(Typ.Procname.to_simplified_string ~withclass:false) call_chain in
+  let call_string = String.concat ~sep:"." call_strings in
+  let message = F.asprintf "GraphQL getter chain %a.%s" AccessPath.pp receiver call_string in
+  let issue_id = IssueType.graphql_field_access.unique_id in
+  let exn = Exceptions.Checkers (issue_id, Localise.verbatim_desc message) in
+  let loc = Specs.get_loc summary in
+  Reporting.log_error summary ~loc exn
+
+
+let unroll_call call astate summary =
+  let max_depth = Domain.cardinal astate in
+  let rec unroll_call_ ({receiver; procname}: Domain.CallWithReceiver.t) (acc, depth) =
+    let acc' = procname :: acc in
+    let depth' = depth + 1 in
+    let is_cycle access_path =
+      (* detect direct cycles and cycles due to mutual recursion *)
+      AccessPath.equal access_path receiver || depth' > max_depth
+    in
+    try
+      let calls' = Domain.find receiver astate in
+      Domain.CallSet.iter
+        (fun call -> if not (is_cycle call.receiver) then unroll_call_ call (acc', depth'))
+        calls'
+    with Not_found -> report receiver acc' summary
+  in
+  unroll_call_ call ([], 0)
+
+
+let should_report proc_desc =
+  match Procdesc.get_proc_name proc_desc with
+  | Typ.Procname.Java java_pname -> (
+    match Typ.Procname.java_get_method java_pname with "onCreateLayout" -> true | _ -> false )
+  | _ ->
+      false
+
+
+let report_call_chains post summary =
+  Domain.iter
+    (fun _ call_set -> Domain.CallSet.iter (fun call -> unroll_call call post summary) call_set)
+    post
+
+
+let checker {Callbacks.summary; proc_desc; tenv} =
+  let proc_data = ProcData.make_default proc_desc tenv in
+  match Analyzer.compute_post proc_data ~initial:Domain.empty with
+  | Some post ->
+      if should_report proc_desc then report_call_chains post summary ;
+      summary
+  | None ->
+      summary
+
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/ShouldUpdateDomain.ml b/infer/src/checkers/ShouldUpdateDomain.ml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cd8f86ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/ShouldUpdateDomain.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+(*
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 - present Facebook, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the BSD style license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+ * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+ *)
+
+module F = Format
+module L = Logging
+
+module CallWithReceiver = struct
+  type t = {receiver: AccessPath.t; procname: Typ.Procname.t} [@@deriving compare]
+
+  let pp fmt {receiver; procname} =
+    F.fprintf fmt "%a.%a" AccessPath.pp receiver Typ.Procname.pp procname
+
+end
+
+module CallSet = AbstractDomain.FiniteSet (CallWithReceiver)
+include AbstractDomain.Map (AccessPath) (CallSet)
diff --git a/infer/src/checkers/registerCheckers.ml b/infer/src/checkers/registerCheckers.ml
index aafcf524f..c2a378d42 100644
--- a/infer/src/checkers/registerCheckers.ml
+++ b/infer/src/checkers/registerCheckers.ml
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ let all_checkers =
                interprocedural later on *)
             Procedure ResourceLeaks.checker
           , Config.Java ) ] }
+  ; { name= "should update"
+    ; active= Config.should_update
+    ; callbacks= [(Procedure ShouldUpdate.checker, Config.Java)] }
   ; {name= "SIOF"; active= Config.siof; callbacks= [(Procedure Siof.checker, Config.Clang)]}
   ; { name= "uninitialized variables"
     ; active= Config.uninit