diff --git a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
index 8fe407600..59019d963 100644
--- a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
+++ b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@
     </TypeScriptCompile>
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\ui\bindingContext_testPage1.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\ui\bindingContext_testPage2.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\ui\border\border-tests-native.android.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\ui\border\border-tests-native.d.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\ui\border\border-tests-native.ios.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\ui\repeater\repeater-tests.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\tests\ui\time-picker\time-picker-tests-native.android.ts">
       <DependentUpon>time-picker-tests-native.d.ts</DependentUpon>
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.android.ts b/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.android.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6500c4b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.android.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import borderModule = require("ui/border");
+import utils = require("utils/utils");
+
+var density = utils.layout.getDisplayDensity();
+
+export function getNativeBorderWidth(border: borderModule.Border): number {
+    var bkg = <any>(<android.view.ViewGroup>border.android).getBackground();
+
+    return bkg && bkg.getStroke ? bkg.getStroke() / density : -1;
+}
+
+export function getNativeCornerRadius(border: borderModule.Border): number {
+    var bkg = <any>(<android.view.ViewGroup>border.android).getBackground();
+
+    return bkg && bkg.getCornerRadius ? bkg.getCornerRadius() / density : -1;
+}
+
+export function checkNativeBorderColor(border: borderModule.Border): boolean {
+    var bkg = <any>(<android.view.ViewGroup>border.android).getBackground();
+
+    return border.borderColor && bkg && bkg.getBorderColor && bkg.getBorderColor() === border.borderColor.android;
+}
+
+export function checkNativeBackgroundColor(border: borderModule.Border): boolean {
+    var bkg = <any>(<android.view.ViewGroup>border.android).getBackground();
+
+    return border.backgroundColor && bkg && bkg.getBackgroundColor && bkg.getBackgroundColor() === border.backgroundColor.android;
+}
+
+export function checkNativeBackgroundImage(border: borderModule.Border): boolean {
+    var bkg = <any>(<android.view.ViewGroup>border.android).getBackground();
+
+    return bkg && bkg.getBitmap && bkg.getBitmap() !== undefined;
+}
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diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.d.ts b/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..867230193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+//@private
+import borderModule = require("ui/border");
+
+export declare function getNativeBorderWidth(border: borderModule.Border): number;
+
+export declare function getNativeCornerRadius(border: borderModule.Border): number;
+
+export declare function checkNativeBorderColor(border: borderModule.Border): boolean
+
+export declare function checkNativeBackgroundColor(border: borderModule.Border): boolean;
+
+export declare function checkNativeBackgroundImage(border: borderModule.Border): boolean
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diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.ios.ts b/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.ios.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ecd54ae0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests-native.ios.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import borderModule = require("ui/border");
+
+export function getNativeBorderWidth(border: borderModule.Border): number {
+    return (<UIView>border.ios).layer.borderWidth;
+}
+
+export function getNativeCornerRadius(border: borderModule.Border): number {
+    return (<UIView>border.ios).layer.cornerRadius;
+}
+
+export function checkNativeBorderColor(border: borderModule.Border): boolean {
+    return border.borderColor && (<UIView>border.ios).layer.borderColor === border.borderColor.ios.CGColor;
+}
+
+export function checkNativeBackgroundColor(border: borderModule.Border): boolean {
+    return border.backgroundColor && (<UIView>border.ios).backgroundColor.isEqual(border.backgroundColor.ios);
+}
+
+export function checkNativeBackgroundImage(border: borderModule.Border): boolean {
+    return (<UIView>border.ios).backgroundColor !== undefined;
+}
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diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests.ts
index 9aeb0fc9f..1302ac755 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/border/border-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import buttonModule = require("ui/button");
 import colorModule = require("color");
+import TKUnit = require("../../TKUnit");
+import helper = require("../helper");
+import viewModule = require("ui/core/view");
+import borderTestsNative = require("./border-tests-native");
+import pageModule = require("ui/page");
 
 // <snippet module="ui/border" title="Border">
 // # Border
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ import borderModule = require("ui/border");
 //```
 // </snippet>
 
-export function test_DummyTestForCodeSnippet() {
+function _createBorder(): borderModule.Border {
     // <snippet module="ui/border" title="Border">
     // ### Creating a Border programmatically
     // ``` JavaScript
@@ -27,10 +32,56 @@ export function test_DummyTestForCodeSnippet() {
 
     var border = new borderModule.Border();
     border.cornerRadius = 10;
-    border.borderWidth = 1;
+    border.borderWidth = 2;
     border.borderColor = new colorModule.Color("#FF0000");
+    border.backgroundColor = new colorModule.Color("#FFFF00");
 
     border.content = button;
     // ```
     // </snippet>
+
+    return border;
+}
+
+export var testBorderWidth = function () {
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createBorder(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        var border = <borderModule.Border>views[0];
+        var expectedValue = border.borderWidth;
+        var actualValue = borderTestsNative.getNativeBorderWidth(border);
+        TKUnit.assert(actualValue === expectedValue, "Actual: " + actualValue + "; Expected: " + expectedValue);
+    });
+}
+
+export var testCornerRadius = function () {
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createBorder(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        var border = <borderModule.Border>views[0];
+        var expectedValue = border.cornerRadius;
+        var actualValue = borderTestsNative.getNativeCornerRadius(border);
+        TKUnit.assert(actualValue === expectedValue, "Actual: " + actualValue + "; Expected: " + expectedValue);
+    });
+}
+
+export var testBorderColor = function () {
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createBorder(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        var border = <borderModule.Border>views[0];
+        TKUnit.assert(borderTestsNative.checkNativeBorderColor(border), "BorderColor not applied correctly!");
+    });
+}
+
+export var testBackgroundColor = function () {
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createBorder(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        var border = <borderModule.Border>views[0];
+        TKUnit.assert(borderTestsNative.checkNativeBackgroundColor(border), "BackgroundColor not applied correctly!");
+    });
+}
+
+export var testBackgroundImage = function () {
+    var border = _createBorder();
+
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(border, function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        var page = <pageModule.Page>views[1];
+        page.css = "Border { background-image: url('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQAQMAAAAlPW0iAAAABlBMVEUAAAD///l2Z/dAAAAM0lEQVR4nGP4/5/h/1+G/58ZDrAz3D/McH8yw83NDDeNGe4Ug9C9zwz3gVLMDA/A6P9/AFGGFyjOXZtQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC;') }";
+
+        TKUnit.assert(borderTestsNative.checkNativeBackgroundImage(border), "Style background-image not loaded correctly from data URI.");
+    });
 }
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diff --git a/ui/border/border.android.ts b/ui/border/border.android.ts
index bbb4cd244..576be53f8 100644
--- a/ui/border/border.android.ts
+++ b/ui/border/border.android.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ export class Border extends borderCommon.Border {
 class BorderGradientDrawable extends android.graphics.drawable.GradientDrawable {
     private paint: android.graphics.Paint;
     private stroke: number;
+    private cornerRadius: number;
+    private backgroundColor: number;
+    private borderColor: number;
     private bitmap: android.graphics.Bitmap
 
     constructor(borderWidth: number, borderColor: number, backgroundColor: number, cornerRadius: number, bitmap?: android.graphics.Bitmap) {
@@ -43,19 +46,42 @@ class BorderGradientDrawable extends android.graphics.drawable.GradientDrawable
         if (bitmap) {
             this.paint = new android.graphics.Paint();
         } else {
+            this.backgroundColor = backgroundColor;
             this.setColor(backgroundColor);
         }
 
         var density = utils.layout.getDisplayDensity();
 
         this.stroke = borderWidth * density;
-        this.setStroke(this.stroke, borderColor);
+        this.borderColor = borderColor;
+        this.setStroke(this.stroke, this.borderColor);
 
-        this.setCornerRadius(cornerRadius * density);
+        this.cornerRadius = cornerRadius * density;
+        this.setCornerRadius(this.cornerRadius);
 
         return global.__native(this);
     }
 
+    public getStroke(): number {
+        return this.stroke;
+    }
+
+    public getCornerRadius(): number {
+        return this.cornerRadius;
+    }
+
+    public getBackgroundColor(): number {
+        return this.backgroundColor;
+    }
+
+    public getBorderColor(): number {
+        return this.borderColor;
+    }
+
+    public getBitmap(): android.graphics.Bitmap {
+        return this.bitmap;
+    }
+
     public draw(canvas: android.graphics.Canvas): void {
         if (this.paint) {
             canvas.drawBitmap(this.bitmap, this.stroke, this.stroke, this.paint);