diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
index ffc25757a9f9..7bccf38b9a5d 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ const TextInput = React.createClass({
      */
     secureTextEntry: PropTypes.bool,
     /**
-    * The highlight (and cursor on iOS) color of the text input.
+    * The highlight and cursor color of the text input.
     */
     selectionColor: ColorPropType,
     /**
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/BUCK
index b14cc057f73b..27e87e7fd0b6 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/BUCK
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ android_library(
   srcs = glob(['*.java']),
   deps = [
     YOGA_TARGET,
+    react_native_dep('third-party/android/support/v4:lib-support-v4'),
     react_native_dep('third-party/java/infer-annotations:infer-annotations'),
     react_native_dep('third-party/java/jsr-305:jsr-305'),
     react_native_target('java/com/facebook/react/bridge:bridge'),
@@ -22,4 +23,3 @@ android_library(
     'PUBLIC',
   ],
 )
-
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index b0ed4cf8352b..e91f681af947 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -11,11 +11,14 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
 import android.graphics.Typeface;
+import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat;
 import android.text.Editable;
 import android.text.InputFilter;
 import android.text.InputType;
@@ -310,6 +313,37 @@ public void setSelectionColor(ReactEditText view, @Nullable Integer color) {
     } else {
       view.setHighlightColor(color);
     }
+
+    setCursorColor(view, color);
+  }
+
+  private void setCursorColor(ReactEditText view, @Nullable Integer color) {
+    // Evil method that uses reflection because there is no public API to changes
+    // the cursor color programmatically.
+    // Based on http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25996032/how-to-change-programatically-edittext-cursor-color-in-android.
+    try {
+      // Get the original cursor drawable resource.
+      Field cursorDrawableResField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawableRes");
+      cursorDrawableResField.setAccessible(true);
+      int drawableResId = cursorDrawableResField.getInt(view);
+
+      Drawable drawable = ContextCompat.getDrawable(view.getContext(), drawableResId);
+      if (color != null) {
+        drawable.setColorFilter(color, PorterDuff.Mode.SRC_IN);
+      }
+      Drawable[] drawables = {drawable, drawable};
+
+      // Update the current cursor drawable with the new one.
+      Field editorField = TextView.class.getDeclaredField("mEditor");
+      editorField.setAccessible(true);
+      Object editor = editorField.get(view);
+      Field cursorDrawableField = editor.getClass().getDeclaredField("mCursorDrawable");
+      cursorDrawableField.setAccessible(true);
+      cursorDrawableField.set(editor, drawables);
+    } catch (NoSuchFieldException ex) {
+      // Ignore errors to avoid crashing if these private fields don't exist on modified
+      // or future android versions.
+    } catch (IllegalAccessException ex) {}
   }
 
   @ReactProp(name = "selectTextOnFocus", defaultBoolean = false)