diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.ts
index fa9fd28ef..4de793fc7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page-common.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import {ContentView} from "ui/content-view";
+import { ContentView } from "ui/content-view";
 import view = require("ui/core/view");
 import dts = require("ui/page");
 import styleScope = require("../styling/style-scope");
-import {ActionBar} from "ui/action-bar";
-import {PropertyMetadataSettings, PropertyChangeData, Property, ValueSource} from "ui/core/dependency-observable";
+import { ActionBar } from "ui/action-bar";
+import { PropertyMetadataSettings, PropertyChangeData, Property, ValueSource } from "ui/core/dependency-observable";
 import * as style from "../styling/style";
 import * as fileSystemModule from "file-system";
 import * as frameModule from "ui/frame";
@@ -41,9 +41,21 @@ function onActionBarHiddenPropertyChanged(data: PropertyChangeData) {
 
 (<proxy.PropertyMetadata>actionBarHiddenProperty.metadata).onSetNativeValue = onActionBarHiddenPropertyChanged;
 
+const iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabledProperty = new Property("isoSwipeBackNavigationEnabled", "Page", new proxy.PropertyMetadata(true));
+
+function iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabledPropertyChanged(data: PropertyChangeData) {
+    const page = <Page>data.object;
+    if (page.isLoaded) {
+        page._updateSwipeBackNavigationEnabled(data.newValue);
+    }
+}
+
+(<proxy.PropertyMetadata>iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabledProperty.metadata).onSetNativeValue = iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabledPropertyChanged;
+
 export class Page extends ContentView implements dts.Page {
     public static backgroundSpanUnderStatusBarProperty = backgroundSpanUnderStatusBarProperty;
     public static actionBarHiddenProperty = actionBarHiddenProperty;
+    public static iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabledProperty = iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabledProperty;
     public static navigatingToEvent = "navigatingTo";
     public static navigatedToEvent = "navigatedTo";
     public static navigatingFromEvent = "navigatingFrom";
@@ -97,10 +109,22 @@ export class Page extends ContentView implements dts.Page {
         this._setValue(Page.actionBarHiddenProperty, value);
     }
 
+    get iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabled(): boolean {
+        return this._getValue(Page.iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabledProperty);
+    }
+
+    set iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabled(value: boolean) {
+        this._setValue(Page.iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabledProperty, value);
+    }
+
     public _updateActionBar(hidden: boolean) {
         //
     }
 
+    public _updateSwipeBackNavigationEnabled(hidden: boolean) {
+        //
+    }
+
     get navigationContext(): any {
         return this._navigationContext;
     }
@@ -197,9 +221,9 @@ export class Page extends ContentView implements dts.Page {
 
     public onNavigatingTo(context: any, isBackNavigation: boolean, bindingContext?: any) {
         this._navigationContext = context;
-        
+
         //https://github.com/NativeScript/NativeScript/issues/731
-        if (!isBackNavigation && !types.isNullOrUndefined(bindingContext)){
+        if (!isBackNavigation && !types.isNullOrUndefined(bindingContext)) {
             this.bindingContext = bindingContext;
         }
         this.notify(this.createNavigatedData(Page.navigatingToEvent, isBackNavigation));
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.d.ts
index 7b6db0ae6..42afeb915 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.d.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ declare module "ui/page" {
          */
         public static actionBarHiddenProperty: dependencyObservable.Property;
 
+        /**
+         * Dependency property used to control if swipe back navigation in IOS is enabled. Default value: true
+         */
+        public static isoSwipeBackNavigationEnabledProperty: dependencyObservable.Property;
+
         /**
          * String value used when hooking to showingModally event.
          */
@@ -101,6 +106,11 @@ declare module "ui/page" {
          */
         actionBarHidden: boolean;
 
+        /**
+         * Used to control if swipe back navigation in IOS is enabled. Default value: true
+         */
+        iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabled: boolean;
+
         /**
          * A valid css string which will be applied for all nested UI components (based on css rules).
          */
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
index 2a6e401f2..bb34a3176 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/page/page.ios.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import pageCommon = require("./page-common");
-import {View} from "ui/core/view";
+import { View } from "ui/core/view";
 import trace = require("trace");
 import uiUtils = require("ui/utils");
-import {device} from "platform";
-import {DeviceType} from "ui/enums";
+import { device } from "platform";
+import { DeviceType } from "ui/enums";
 
 import * as utils from "utils/utils";
 import getter = utils.ios.getter;
@@ -216,7 +216,12 @@ class UIViewControllerImpl extends UIViewController {
             frame.ios.controller.delegate = this[DELEGATE];
 
             // Workaround for disabled backswipe on second custom native transition
-            this.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate = this.navigationController;
+            if (frame.canGoBack()) {
+                this.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.delegate = this.navigationController;
+                this.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = page.iosSwipeBackNavigationEnabled;
+            } else {
+                this.navigationController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = false;
+            }
 
             frame._processNavigationQueue(page);
         }
@@ -424,6 +429,15 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
         }
     }
 
+    public _updateSwipeBackNavigationEnabled(enabled: boolean) {
+        const navController = this._ios.navigationController;
+        if (this.frame && navController && navController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer) {
+            // Make sure we don't set true if cannot go back
+            enabled = enabled && this.frame.canGoBack();
+            navController.interactivePopGestureRecognizer.enabled = enabled;
+        }
+    }
+
     public onMeasure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number) {
         let width = utils.layout.getMeasureSpecSize(widthMeasureSpec);
         let widthMode = utils.layout.getMeasureSpecMode(widthMeasureSpec);