diff --git a/ui/enums/enums.d.ts b/ui/enums/enums.d.ts
index 1d73cd395..0c8fd3387 100644
--- a/ui/enums/enums.d.ts
+++ b/ui/enums/enums.d.ts
@@ -191,9 +191,14 @@
         export var visible: string;
 
         /**
-         * The view is not visible and won't take place in the layout.
+         * Obsolete. Please use 'collapse' instead!
          */
         export var collapsed: string;
+
+        /**
+         * The view is not visible and won't take place in the layout.
+         */
+        export var collapse: string;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/ui/enums/enums.ts b/ui/enums/enums.ts
index d88744313..7c0d3d539 100644
--- a/ui/enums/enums.ts
+++ b/ui/enums/enums.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export module Stretch {
 
 export module Visibility {
     export var visible: string = "visible";
+    export var collapse: string = "collapse";
     export var collapsed: string = "collapsed";
 }
 
diff --git a/ui/styling/converters.ts b/ui/styling/converters.ts
index 0dcf03d0e..e81928872 100644
--- a/ui/styling/converters.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/converters.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export var numberConverter = parseFloat;
 export function visibilityConverter(value: string): string {
     if (value.toLowerCase() === enums.Visibility.collapsed) {
         return enums.Visibility.collapsed;
+    } else if (value.toLowerCase() === enums.Visibility.collapse) {
+        return enums.Visibility.collapse;
     }
     return enums.Visibility.visible;
 }
diff --git a/ui/styling/style.ts b/ui/styling/style.ts
index 500cab31c..3982e403a 100644
--- a/ui/styling/style.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/style.ts
@@ -504,11 +504,11 @@ export var paddingBottomProperty = new styleProperty.Property("paddingBottom", "
     new observable.PropertyMetadata(0, observable.PropertyMetadataSettings.AffectsLayout, null, isPaddingValid), converters.numberConverter);
 
 function isVisibilityValid(value: string): boolean {
-    return value === enums.Visibility.visible || value === enums.Visibility.collapsed;
+    return value === enums.Visibility.visible || value === enums.Visibility.collapse || value === enums.Visibility.collapsed;
 }
 
 function setLayoutInfoVisibility(data: observable.PropertyChangeData) {
-    (<any>data.object)._view._isVisibleCache = data.newValue !== enums.Visibility.collapsed;
+    (<any>data.object)._view._isVisibleCache = (data.newValue !== enums.Visibility.collapse || data.newValue !== enums.Visibility.collapsed);
 }
 
 export var visibilityProperty = new styleProperty.Property("visibility", "visibility",
diff --git a/ui/styling/stylers.android.ts b/ui/styling/stylers.android.ts
index 2084ad276..42d510694 100644
--- a/ui/styling/stylers.android.ts
+++ b/ui/styling/stylers.android.ts
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ export class ActivityIndicatorStyler implements definition.stylers.Styler {
     }
 
     public static setIndicatorVisibility(isBusy: boolean, visibility: string, nativeView: android.view.View) {
-        if (visibility === enums.Visibility.collapsed) {
+        if (visibility === enums.Visibility.collapsed || visibility === enums.Visibility.collapse) {
             nativeView.setVisibility(android.view.View.GONE);
         }
         else {