diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/main-page.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/main-page.ts
index 3111f135b..5d0b7adf2 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/main-page.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export function loadExamples() {
     examples.set("pgrid", "layouts-percent/grid");
     examples.set("pstack", "layouts-percent/stack");
     examples.set("pwrap", "layouts-percent/wrap");
+    examples.set("passThroughParent", "layouts/passThroughParent");
     examples.set("stacklayout-6059", "layouts/stacklayout-6059");
 
     return examples;
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/passThroughParent.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/passThroughParent.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1080e0b3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/passThroughParent.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+export function onOuterWrapLayoutTap() {
+    console.log("on outer wrap layout tap");
+}
+
+export function onStackLayoutThrowTap() {    
+    throw new Error("Should not tap layout with IsPassThroughParentEnabled=true");
+}
+
+export function onUserInteractionDisabledTap() {
+    throw new Error("Should not tap button with IsUserInteractionEnabled=false");
+}
+
+export function onDisabledThrowTap() {
+    throw new Error("Should not tap button with IsEnabled=false");
+}
+
+export function onTap() {    
+    console.log("on button tap");
+}
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diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/passThroughParent.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/passThroughParent.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6795f742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/layouts/passThroughParent.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<Page class="page" actionBarHidden="true" xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd">
+
+    <WrapLayout tap="onOuterWrapLayoutTap" backgroundColor="#bed3f4">
+
+        <StackLayout tap="onStackLayoutThrowTap" backgroundColor="#f3f9db" height="200" isPassThroughParentEnabled="true">
+            <Label text="isPassThroughParentEnabled='true'" isUserInteractionEnabled="false" />
+            <Button isUserInteractionEnabled="false" tap="onUserInteractionDisabledThrowTap" text="isUserInteractionEnabled='false'"></Button>
+            <Button isEnabled="false" tap="onDisabledThrowTap" text="isEnabled='false'"></Button>
+            <Button tap="onTap" text="TAP"></Button>
+        </StackLayout>
+
+        <StackLayout tap="onStackLayoutThrowTap" style.margin="20" height="300" width="300" backgroundColor="#f5edf7" isPassThroughParentEnabled="true">
+            <Label text="isPassThroughParentEnabled='true'" isUserInteractionEnabled="false" />
+            <StackLayout tap="onStackLayoutThrowTap" backgroundColor="#f3f9db" height="200" isPassThroughParentEnabled="true">
+                <Label text="isPassThroughParentEnabled='true'" isUserInteractionEnabled="false" />
+                <Button isUserInteractionEnabled="false" tap="onUserInteractionDisabledThrowTap" text="isUserInteractionEnabled='false'"></Button>
+                <Button isEnabled="false" tap="onDisabledThrowTap" text="isEnabled='false'"></Button>
+                <Button tap="onTap" text="TAP"></Button>
+            </StackLayout>
+        </StackLayout>
+
+    </WrapLayout>
+
+</Page>
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
index 0f9cb7c42..2ceb7cf9a 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view-common.ts
@@ -1021,4 +1021,4 @@ export const isEnabledProperty = new Property<ViewCommon, boolean>({
 isEnabledProperty.register(ViewCommon);
 
 export const isUserInteractionEnabledProperty = new Property<ViewCommon, boolean>({ name: "isUserInteractionEnabled", defaultValue: true, valueConverter: booleanConverter });
-isUserInteractionEnabledProperty.register(ViewCommon);
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+isUserInteractionEnabledProperty.register(ViewCommon);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
index 63398ea40..54ddc9a05 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
@@ -357,15 +357,20 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
     }
 
     private setOnTouchListener() {
-        if (this.nativeViewProtected && this.hasGestureObservers()) {
-            this.touchListenerIsSet = true;
-            if (this.nativeViewProtected.setClickable) {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setClickable(true);
-            }
+        if (!this.nativeViewProtected || !this.hasGestureObservers()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        
+        // do not set noop listener that handles the event (disabled listener) if IsUserInteractionEnabled is
+        // false as we might need the ability for the event to pass through to a parent view
+        initializeTouchListener();
+        this.touchListener = this.touchListener || new TouchListener(this);
+        this.nativeViewProtected.setOnTouchListener(this.touchListener);
 
-            initializeTouchListener();
-            this.touchListener = this.touchListener || new TouchListener(this);
-            this.nativeViewProtected.setOnTouchListener(this.touchListener);
+        this.touchListenerIsSet = true;
+
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected.setClickable) {
+            this.nativeViewProtected.setClickable(this.isUserInteractionEnabled);
         }
     }
 
@@ -605,15 +610,8 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
     }
 
     [isUserInteractionEnabledProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
-        if (!value) {
-            initializeDisabledListener();
-            // User interaction is disabled -- we stop it and we do not care whether someone wants to listen for gestures.
-            this.nativeViewProtected.setOnTouchListener(disableUserInteractionListener);
-        } else {
-            this.setOnTouchListener();
-            if (!this.touchListenerIsSet) {
-                this.nativeViewProtected.setOnTouchListener(null);
-            }
+        if (this.nativeViewProtected.setClickable) {
+            this.nativeViewProtected.setClickable(value);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
index a50543d97..a1a68d7b9 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.ios.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Definitions.
+// Definitions.
 import { Point, View as ViewDefinition, dip } from ".";
 import { ViewBase } from "../view-base";
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base-common.ts
index 167d0a363..104338337 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base-common.ts
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ export class LayoutBaseCommon extends CustomLayoutView implements LayoutBaseDefi
     }
 
     public clipToBounds: boolean;
+    public isPassThroughParentEnabled: boolean;
 
     public _childIndexToNativeChildIndex(index?: number): number {
         if (index === undefined) {
@@ -151,3 +152,6 @@ export class LayoutBaseCommon extends CustomLayoutView implements LayoutBaseDefi
 
 export const clipToBoundsProperty = new Property<LayoutBaseCommon, boolean>({ name: "clipToBounds", defaultValue: true, valueConverter: booleanConverter });
 clipToBoundsProperty.register(LayoutBaseCommon);
+
+export const isPassThroughParentEnabledProperty = new Property<LayoutBaseCommon, boolean>({ name: "isPassThroughParentEnabled", defaultValue: false, valueConverter: booleanConverter });
+isPassThroughParentEnabledProperty.register(LayoutBaseCommon);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.android.ts
index 2f0eb60dd..17b70fde4 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.android.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-    LayoutBaseCommon, clipToBoundsProperty,
+    LayoutBaseCommon, clipToBoundsProperty, isPassThroughParentEnabledProperty,
     paddingLeftProperty, paddingTopProperty, paddingRightProperty, paddingBottomProperty, Length
 } from "./layout-base-common";
 
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ export class LayoutBase extends LayoutBaseCommon {
         console.warn(`clipToBounds with value false is not supported on Android. You can use this.android.getParent().setClipChildren(false) as an alternative`);
     }
 
+    [isPassThroughParentEnabledProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
+        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).setPassThroughParent(value);
+    }
+
     [paddingTopProperty.getDefault](): Length {
         return { value: this._defaultPaddingTop, unit: "px" };
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.d.ts
index ded023594..4024b9209 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.d.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,14 @@ export class LayoutBase extends CustomLayoutView {
      * Gets or sets a value indicating whether to clip the content of this layout.
      */
     clipToBounds: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets or sets a value indicating whether touch event should pass through to a parent view of the 
+     * layout container in case an interactive child view did not handle it. 
+     * Default value of this property is false. This does not affect the appearance of the view.
+     */
+    isPassThroughParentEnabled: boolean;
 }
 
 export const clipToBoundsProperty: Property<LayoutBase, boolean>;
+export const isPassThroughParentEnabledProperty: Property<LayoutBase, boolean>;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.ios.ts
index e0ff79080..900c1200c 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/layout-base.ios.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { LayoutBaseCommon, clipToBoundsProperty, View } from "./layout-base-common";
+import { 
+    LayoutBaseCommon, clipToBoundsProperty, isPassThroughParentEnabledProperty, View 
+} from "./layout-base-common";
 
 export * from "./layout-base-common";
 
@@ -34,4 +36,8 @@ export class LayoutBase extends LayoutBaseCommon {
     [clipToBoundsProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
         this._setNativeClipToBounds();
     }
+
+    [isPassThroughParentEnabledProperty.setNative](value: boolean) {
+        (<any>this.nativeViewProtected).setPassThroughParent(value);
+    }
 }
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