diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
index 3c06d3b01..b75df1340 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/animation/animation-tests.ts
@@ -344,10 +344,10 @@ export var test_AnimateScale = function (done) {
     helper.navigate(pageFactory);
     TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
 
-    label.animate({ scale: { x: 1, y: 2 } })
+    label.animate({ scale: { x: 2, y: 3 } })
         .then(() => {
-            TKUnit.assert(label.scaleX === 1);
-            TKUnit.assert(label.scaleY === 2);
+            TKUnit.assert(label.scaleX === 2);
+            TKUnit.assert(label.scaleY === 3);
             helper.goBack();
             done();
         })
@@ -385,6 +385,42 @@ export var test_AnimateRotate = function (done) {
         });
 }
 
+export var test_AnimateTranslateScaleAndRotateSimultaneously = function (done) {
+    var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
+    var label: labelModule.Label;
+    var pageFactory = function (): pageModule.Page {
+        label = new labelModule.Label();
+        label.text = "label";
+        var stackLayout = new stackLayoutModule.StackLayout();
+        stackLayout.addChild(label);
+        mainPage = new pageModule.Page();
+        mainPage.content = stackLayout;
+        return mainPage;
+    };
+
+    helper.navigate(pageFactory);
+    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => { return label.isLoaded });
+
+    label.animate({
+        translate: { x: 100, y: 200 },
+        scale: { x: 2, y: 3 },
+        rotate: 123
+    })
+        .then(() => {
+            TKUnit.assert(label.translateX === 100);
+            TKUnit.assert(label.translateY === 200);
+            TKUnit.assert(label.scaleX === 2);
+            TKUnit.assert(label.scaleY === 3);
+            TKUnit.assert(label.rotate === 123);
+            helper.goBack();
+            done();
+        })
+        .catch((e) => {
+            helper.goBack();
+            done(e);
+        });
+}
+
 export var test_AnimationsAreAlwaysPlayed = function (done) {
     var mainPage: pageModule.Page;
     var label: labelModule.Label;
diff --git a/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts b/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
index 8cace5da6..4a64ddb64 100644
--- a/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/animation/animation.ios.ts
@@ -257,42 +257,43 @@ export class Animation extends common.Animation implements definition.Animation
         var j;
         var length = propertyAnimations.length;
         for (; i < length; i++) {
-            if (propertyAnimations[i].property !== _skip) {
+            if (propertyAnimations[i][_skip]) {
+                continue;
+            }
 
-                if (!Animation._isAffineTransform(propertyAnimations[i].property)) {
-                    // This is not an affine transform animation, so there is nothing to merge.
-                    result.push(propertyAnimations[i]);
-                }
-                else {
+            if (!Animation._isAffineTransform(propertyAnimations[i].property)) {
+                // This is not an affine transform animation, so there is nothing to merge.
+                result.push(propertyAnimations[i]);
+            }
+            else {
 
-                    // This animation has not been merged anywhere. Create a new transform animation.
-                    var newTransformAnimation: common.PropertyAnimation = {
-                        target: propertyAnimations[i].target,
-                        property: _transform,
-                        value: Animation._affineTransform(CGAffineTransformIdentity, propertyAnimations[i].property, propertyAnimations[i].value),
-                        duration: propertyAnimations[i].duration,
-                        delay: propertyAnimations[i].delay,
-                        iterations: propertyAnimations[i].iterations
-                    };
-                    trace.write("Created new transform animation: " + common.Animation._getAnimationInfo(newTransformAnimation), trace.categories.Animation);
+                // This animation has not been merged anywhere. Create a new transform animation.
+                var newTransformAnimation: common.PropertyAnimation = {
+                    target: propertyAnimations[i].target,
+                    property: _transform,
+                    value: Animation._affineTransform(CGAffineTransformIdentity, propertyAnimations[i].property, propertyAnimations[i].value),
+                    duration: propertyAnimations[i].duration,
+                    delay: propertyAnimations[i].delay,
+                    iterations: propertyAnimations[i].iterations
+                };
+                trace.write("Created new transform animation: " + common.Animation._getAnimationInfo(newTransformAnimation), trace.categories.Animation);
 
-                    j = i + 1;
-                    if (j < length) {
-                        // Merge all compatible affine transform animations to the right into this new animation.
-                        for (; j < length; j++) {
-                            if (Animation._canBeMerged(propertyAnimations[i], propertyAnimations[j])) {
-                                trace.write("Merging animations: " + common.Animation._getAnimationInfo(newTransformAnimation) + " + " + common.Animation._getAnimationInfo(propertyAnimations[j]) + " = ", trace.categories.Animation);
-                                trace.write("New native transform is: " + NSStringFromCGAffineTransform(newTransformAnimation.value), trace.categories.Animation);
-                                newTransformAnimation.value = Animation._affineTransform(newTransformAnimation.value, propertyAnimations[j].property, propertyAnimations[j].value);
+                j = i + 1;
+                if (j < length) {
+                    // Merge all compatible affine transform animations to the right into this new animation.
+                    for (; j < length; j++) {
+                        if (Animation._canBeMerged(propertyAnimations[i], propertyAnimations[j])) {
+                            trace.write("Merging animations: " + common.Animation._getAnimationInfo(newTransformAnimation) + " + " + common.Animation._getAnimationInfo(propertyAnimations[j]) + " = ", trace.categories.Animation);
+                            trace.write("New native transform is: " + NSStringFromCGAffineTransform(newTransformAnimation.value), trace.categories.Animation);
+                            newTransformAnimation.value = Animation._affineTransform(newTransformAnimation.value, propertyAnimations[j].property, propertyAnimations[j].value);
                             
-                                // Mark that it has been merged so we can skip it on our outer loop.
-                                propertyAnimations[j].property = _skip;
-                            }
+                            // Mark that it has been merged so we can skip it on our outer loop.
+                            propertyAnimations[j][_skip] = true;
                         }
                     }
-
-                    result.push(newTransformAnimation);
                 }
+
+                result.push(newTransformAnimation);
             }
         }