diff --git a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
index e482543f8..43e89fcf4 100644
--- a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
+++ b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@
       <DependentUpon>action-view.xml</DependentUpon>
     </TypeScriptCompile>
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\touch-event.ts" />
+    <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\padding\padding.css" />
+    <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\padding\padding.xml" />
     <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\touch-event.xml">
       <SubType>Designer</SubType>
     </Content>
@@ -2220,7 +2222,7 @@
           <SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
         </WebProjectProperties>
       </FlavorProperties>
-      <UserProperties ui_2scroll-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2editable-text-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2absolute-layout-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2gallery-app_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2content-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2web-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2absolute-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2dock-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2grid-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2wrap-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" />
+      <UserProperties ui_2layouts_2wrap-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2grid-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2dock-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2absolute-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2web-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2content-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2gallery-app_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2absolute-layout-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2editable-text-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2scroll-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/mainPage.ts b/apps/ui-tests-app/mainPage.ts
index 786cb986c..13e685020 100644
--- a/apps/ui-tests-app/mainPage.ts
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/mainPage.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ examples.set("pwrap", "layouts-percent/wrap");
 examples.set("modalview", "modal-view/modal-view");
 examples.set("nordic", "nordic/nordic");
 
+examples.set("padding", "padding/padding");
+
 examples.set("gestures", "pages/gestures");
 examples.set("touch", "pages/touch-event");
 examples.set("handlers", "pages/handlers");
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/padding/padding.css b/apps/ui-tests-app/padding/padding.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85cfbfec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/padding/padding.css
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+TextField, TextView, Button, Label {
+    padding: 50;
+}
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/padding/padding.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/padding/padding.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4610be989
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/padding/padding.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" >
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Label id="label" text="Label" backgroundColor="red"/>
+    <TextField id="textField" text="TextField" backgroundColor="green"/>
+    <TextView id="textView" text="TextView" backgroundColor="blue"/>
+    <Button id="button" text="Button" backgroundColor="yellow"/>
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts b/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
index ce509f681..5dd4128be 100644
--- a/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/text-view/text-view.ios.ts
@@ -165,11 +165,28 @@ export class TextViewStyler implements style.Styler {
         }
     }
 
+    // Padding
+    private static setPaddingProperty(view: View, newValue: any) {
+        var top = newValue.top + view.borderWidth;
+        var left = newValue.left + view.borderWidth;
+        var bottom = newValue.bottom + view.borderWidth;
+        var right = newValue.right + view.borderWidth;
+        (<UITextView>view._nativeView).textContainerInset = UIEdgeInsetsFromString(`{${top},${left},${bottom},${right}}`);
+    }
+
+    private static resetPaddingProperty(view: View, nativeValue: any) {
+        (<UITextView>view._nativeView).textContainerInset = UIEdgeInsetsFromString("{0,0,0,0}");
+    }
+
     public static registerHandlers() {
         style.registerHandler(style.colorProperty, new style.StylePropertyChangedHandler(
             TextViewStyler.setColorProperty,
             TextViewStyler.resetColorProperty,
             TextViewStyler.getNativeColorValue), "TextView");
+
+        style.registerHandler(style.nativePaddingsProperty, new style.StylePropertyChangedHandler(
+            TextViewStyler.setPaddingProperty,
+            TextViewStyler.resetPaddingProperty), "TextView");
     }
 }