diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/main-page.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/main-page.ts
index ae3f6a4cf..57c80f6d7 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/main-page.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export function loadExamples() {
     examples.set("tab-view-bottom-position", "tab-view/tab-view-bottom-position");
     examples.set("issue-5470", "tab-view/issue-5470");
     examples.set("tab-view-tab-text-font-size", "tab-view/tab-view-tab-text-font-size");
+    examples.set("tab-view-android-swipe", "tab-view/tab-view-android-swipe");
     examples.set("tab-view-icon-title-placement", "tab-view/icon-title-placement");
     return examples;
 }
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/tab-view-android-swipe.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/tab-view-android-swipe.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..389c43127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/tab-view/tab-view-android-swipe.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<Page cssFile="~/ui-tests-app/css/test.css" loaded="onLoaded">
+  <TabView androidSwipeEnabled="false">
+    <TabView.items>
+
+      <TabViewItem title="Tab 1">
+        <TabViewItem.view>
+          <Label text="Label 1" />
+        </TabViewItem.view>
+      </TabViewItem>
+
+      <TabViewItem title="Tab 2">
+        <TabViewItem.view>
+          <Label text="Label 2" />
+        </TabViewItem.view>
+      </TabViewItem>
+
+      <TabViewItem title="Tab 3">
+        <TabViewItem.view>
+          <Label text="Label 3" />
+        </TabViewItem.view>
+      </TabViewItem>
+    </TabView.items>
+  </TabView>
+</Page>
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
index 53eacbad9..e2a25ce34 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import {
     View, ViewBase, Style, Property, CssProperty, CoercibleProperty,
     Color, isIOS, AddArrayFromBuilder, AddChildFromBuilder, EventData, CSSType,
-    traceWrite, traceCategories, traceMessageType
+    traceWrite, traceCategories, traceMessageType, booleanConverter
 } from "../core/view";
 
 export * from "../core/view";
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ export class TabViewBase extends View implements TabViewDefinition, AddChildFrom
     public selectedIndex: number;
     public androidOffscreenTabLimit: number;
     public androidTabsPosition: "top" | "bottom";
+    public androidSwipeEnabled: boolean;
     public iosIconRenderingMode: "automatic" | "alwaysOriginal" | "alwaysTemplate";
 
     get androidSelectedTabHighlightColor(): Color {
@@ -252,6 +253,9 @@ androidOffscreenTabLimitProperty.register(TabViewBase);
 export const androidTabsPositionProperty = new Property<TabViewBase, "top" | "bottom">({ name: "androidTabsPosition", defaultValue: "top" });
 androidTabsPositionProperty.register(TabViewBase);
 
+export const androidSwipeEnabledProperty = new Property<TabViewBase, boolean>({ name: "androidSwipeEnabled", defaultValue: true, valueConverter: booleanConverter });
+androidSwipeEnabledProperty.register(TabViewBase);
+
 export const tabTextFontSizeProperty = new CssProperty<Style, number>({ name: "tabTextFontSize", cssName: "tab-text-font-size", valueConverter: (v) => parseFloat(v) });
 tabTextFontSizeProperty.register(Style);
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
index c88133342..8b89422d6 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.android.ts
@@ -437,6 +437,10 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
             nativeView.addRow(new org.nativescript.widgets.ItemSpec(1, org.nativescript.widgets.GridUnitType.star));
 
             viewPager.setLayoutParams(lp);
+
+            if (!this.androidSwipeEnabled) {
+                viewPager.setSwipePageEnabled(false);
+            }
         } else {
             nativeView.addRow(new org.nativescript.widgets.ItemSpec(1, org.nativescript.widgets.GridUnitType.star));
             nativeView.addRow(new org.nativescript.widgets.ItemSpec(1, org.nativescript.widgets.GridUnitType.auto));
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.d.ts
index 759cb8229..720e01462 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view/tab-view.d.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ export class TabView extends View {
      */
     androidTabsPosition: "top" | "bottom";
 
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets a value indicating whether swipe gesture is enabled for Android.
+     */
+    androidSwipeEnabled: boolean;
+
     /**
      * String value used when hooking to the selectedIndexChanged event.
      */