diff --git a/apps/ui/src/tab-view/tab-view-icon-local-page.ts b/apps/ui/src/tab-view/tab-view-icon-local-page.ts
index d9ccc7c67..323a5ff74 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/tab-view/tab-view-icon-local-page.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/tab-view/tab-view-icon-local-page.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
+import { isIOS } from '@nativescript/core';
 import { EventData } from '@nativescript/core/data/observable';
 import { Button } from '@nativescript/core/ui/button';
 import { TabView } from '@nativescript/core/ui/tab-view';
 
-let iconModes = ['automatic', 'alwaysOriginal', 'alwaysTemplate', undefined];
+let iconModes = isIOS ? ['automatic', 'alwaysOriginal', 'alwaysTemplate', undefined] : ['alwaysOriginal', 'alwaysTemplate', undefined];
 
 export const onNavigate = updateButtons;
 
 export function onChangeRenderingMode(args: EventData) {
 	let tabView = (<Button>args.object).page.getViewById<TabView>('tab-view');
-	tabView.iosIconRenderingMode = <'automatic' | 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>iconModes[(iconModes.indexOf(tabView.iosIconRenderingMode) + 1) % iconModes.length];
+	if (isIOS) {
+		tabView.iosIconRenderingMode = <'automatic' | 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>iconModes[(iconModes.indexOf(tabView.iosIconRenderingMode) + 1) % iconModes.length];
+	} else {
+		tabView.androidIconRenderingMode = <'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>iconModes[(iconModes.indexOf(tabView.androidIconRenderingMode) + 1) % iconModes.length];
+	}
 	updateButtons(args);
 }
 
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ function updateButtons(args) {
 	let button = <Button>args.object;
 	let tabView = button.page.getViewById<TabView>('tab-view');
 	for (let i = 0, length = tabView.items.length; i < length; i++) {
-		(<Button>tabView.items[i].view).text = '' + tabView.iosIconRenderingMode;
+		const value = isIOS ? tabView.iosIconRenderingMode : tabView.androidIconRenderingMode;
+		(<Button>tabView.items[i].view).text = '' + value;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/tab-view/tab-view-icon-page.ts b/apps/ui/src/tab-view/tab-view-icon-page.ts
index d9ccc7c67..323a5ff74 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/tab-view/tab-view-icon-page.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/tab-view/tab-view-icon-page.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
+import { isIOS } from '@nativescript/core';
 import { EventData } from '@nativescript/core/data/observable';
 import { Button } from '@nativescript/core/ui/button';
 import { TabView } from '@nativescript/core/ui/tab-view';
 
-let iconModes = ['automatic', 'alwaysOriginal', 'alwaysTemplate', undefined];
+let iconModes = isIOS ? ['automatic', 'alwaysOriginal', 'alwaysTemplate', undefined] : ['alwaysOriginal', 'alwaysTemplate', undefined];
 
 export const onNavigate = updateButtons;
 
 export function onChangeRenderingMode(args: EventData) {
 	let tabView = (<Button>args.object).page.getViewById<TabView>('tab-view');
-	tabView.iosIconRenderingMode = <'automatic' | 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>iconModes[(iconModes.indexOf(tabView.iosIconRenderingMode) + 1) % iconModes.length];
+	if (isIOS) {
+		tabView.iosIconRenderingMode = <'automatic' | 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>iconModes[(iconModes.indexOf(tabView.iosIconRenderingMode) + 1) % iconModes.length];
+	} else {
+		tabView.androidIconRenderingMode = <'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>iconModes[(iconModes.indexOf(tabView.androidIconRenderingMode) + 1) % iconModes.length];
+	}
 	updateButtons(args);
 }
 
@@ -16,6 +21,7 @@ function updateButtons(args) {
 	let button = <Button>args.object;
 	let tabView = button.page.getViewById<TabView>('tab-view');
 	for (let i = 0, length = tabView.items.length; i < length; i++) {
-		(<Button>tabView.items[i].view).text = '' + tabView.iosIconRenderingMode;
+		const value = isIOS ? tabView.iosIconRenderingMode : tabView.androidIconRenderingMode;
+		(<Button>tabView.items[i].view).text = '' + value;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
index cb00f1d16..40d6b7fad 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.android.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { TabViewItem as TabViewItemDefinition } from '.';
 import { Font } from '../styling/font';
 
-import { TabViewBase, TabViewItemBase, itemsProperty, selectedIndexProperty, tabTextColorProperty, tabBackgroundColorProperty, tabTextFontSizeProperty, selectedTabTextColorProperty, androidSelectedTabHighlightColorProperty, androidOffscreenTabLimitProperty, traceCategory, traceMissingIcon } from './tab-view-common';
+import { TabViewBase, TabViewItemBase, itemsProperty, selectedIndexProperty, tabTextColorProperty, tabBackgroundColorProperty, tabTextFontSizeProperty, selectedTabTextColorProperty, androidSelectedTabHighlightColorProperty, androidOffscreenTabLimitProperty, traceCategory, traceMissingIcon, androidIconRenderingModeProperty } from './tab-view-common';
 import { textTransformProperty, getTransformedText } from '../text-base';
 import { CoreTypes } from '../../core-types';
 import { ImageSource } from '../../image-source';
@@ -699,6 +699,16 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private getNativeRenderingMode(mode: 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'): number {
+		switch (mode) {
+			case 'alwaysTemplate':
+				return org.nativescript.widgets.TabIconRenderingMode.template;
+			default:
+			case 'alwaysOriginal':
+				return org.nativescript.widgets.TabIconRenderingMode.original;
+		}
+	}
+
 	public updateAndroidItemAt(index: number, spec: org.nativescript.widgets.TabItemSpec) {
 		this._tabLayout.updateItemAt(index, spec);
 	}
@@ -710,6 +720,13 @@ export class TabView extends TabViewBase {
 		this._viewPager.setOffscreenPageLimit(value);
 	}
 
+	[androidIconRenderingModeProperty.getDefault](): 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate' {
+		return 'alwaysOriginal';
+	}
+	[androidIconRenderingModeProperty.setNative](value: 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate') {
+		this._tabLayout.setIconRenderingMode(this.getNativeRenderingMode(value));
+	}
+
 	[selectedIndexProperty.setNative](value: number) {
 		const smoothScroll = this.androidTabsPosition === 'top';
 
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.d.ts b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.d.ts
index 8fcc14a68..8d65abe7c 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/index.d.ts
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@ export class TabView extends View {
 	 */
 	iosIconRenderingMode: 'automatic' | 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate';
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets or sets the rendering mode of tab icons on Android.  Defaults to "original"
+	 * Valid values are:
+	 *  - alwaysOriginal
+	 *  - alwaysTemplate
+	 */
+	androidIconRenderingMode: 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate';
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets or sets the number of tabs that should be retained to either side of the current tab in the view hierarchy in an idle state.
 	 * Tabs beyond this limit will be recreated from the TabView when needed.
@@ -160,3 +168,4 @@ export const selectedTabTextColorProperty: CssProperty<Style, Color>;
 export const androidSelectedTabHighlightColorProperty: CssProperty<Style, Color>;
 export const androidOffscreenTabLimitProperty: Property<TabView, number>;
 export const iosIconRenderingModeProperty: Property<TabView, 'automatic' | 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>;
+export const androidIconRenderingModeProperty: Property<TabView, 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>;
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
index 0639c8273..f2c880ffb 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/tab-view/tab-view-common.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export class TabViewBase extends View implements TabViewDefinition, AddChildFrom
 	public androidTabsPosition: 'top' | 'bottom';
 	public androidSwipeEnabled: boolean;
 	public iosIconRenderingMode: 'automatic' | 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate';
+	public androidIconRenderingMode: 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate';
 
 	get androidSelectedTabHighlightColor(): Color {
 		return this.style.androidSelectedTabHighlightColor;
@@ -250,6 +251,9 @@ itemsProperty.register(TabViewBase);
 export const iosIconRenderingModeProperty = new Property<TabViewBase, 'automatic' | 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>({ name: 'iosIconRenderingMode', defaultValue: 'automatic' });
 iosIconRenderingModeProperty.register(TabViewBase);
 
+export const androidIconRenderingModeProperty = new Property<TabViewBase, 'alwaysOriginal' | 'alwaysTemplate'>({ name: 'androidIconRenderingMode', defaultValue: 'alwaysOriginal' });
+androidIconRenderingModeProperty.register(TabViewBase);
+
 export const androidOffscreenTabLimitProperty = new Property<TabViewBase, number>({
 	name: 'androidOffscreenTabLimit',
 	defaultValue: 1,
diff --git a/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts b/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
index 3d4c71e4f..85224251c 100644
--- a/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
+++ b/packages/types-android/src/lib/android/org.nativescript.widgets.d.ts
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@
                 setImageLoadedListener(listener: image.Worker.OnImageLoadedListener): void;
             }
 
+            export enum TabIconRenderingMode {
+                original,
+                template
+            }
+
             export class TabLayout extends android.widget.HorizontalScrollView {
                 constructor(context: android.content.Context);
                 constructor(context: android.content.Context, attrs: android.util.AttributeSet);
@@ -401,6 +406,8 @@
 
                 setSelectedIndicatorColors(color: Array<number>): void;
                 getSelectedIndicatorColors(): Array<number>;
+                setIconRenderingMode(mode: TabIconRenderingMode): void;
+                getIconRenderingMode(): TabIconRenderingMode;
                 setTabTextColor(color: number): void;
                 getTabTextColor(): number;
                 setSelectedTabTextColor(color: number): void;
diff --git a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabIconRenderingMode.java b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabIconRenderingMode.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0ccfd24f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabIconRenderingMode.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package org.nativescript.widgets;
+
+public enum TabIconRenderingMode {
+  template,
+  original
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabLayout.java b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabLayout.java
index 32337a760..922404798 100644
--- a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabLayout.java
+++ b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabLayout.java
@@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ public class TabLayout extends HorizontalScrollView {
         return this.mSelectedIndicatorColors;
     }
 
+    public void setIconRenderingMode(TabIconRenderingMode mode) {
+        mTabStrip.setIconRenderingMode(mode);
+    }
+
+    public TabIconRenderingMode getIconRenderingMode() {
+        return mTabStrip.getIconRenderingMode();
+    }
+
     public void setTabTextColor(int color){
         mTabStrip.setTabTextColor(color);
     }
diff --git a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabStrip.java b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabStrip.java
index 37cb21c13..454d88061 100644
--- a/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabStrip.java
+++ b/packages/ui-mobile-base/android/widgets/src/main/java/org/nativescript/widgets/TabStrip.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.nativescript.widgets;
 
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.ColorStateList;
 import android.graphics.Canvas;
 import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 import android.widget.TextView;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
+
+import androidx.core.widget.ImageViewCompat;
 
 class TabStrip extends LinearLayout {
 
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ class TabStrip extends LinearLayout {
     private int mTabTextColor;
     private int mSelectedTabTextColor;
     private float mTabTextFontSize;
+    private TabIconRenderingMode mIconRenderingMode;
 
     private boolean mShouldUpdateTabsTextColor;
 
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ class TabStrip extends LinearLayout {
 
         // Default selected color is the same as mTabTextColor
         mSelectedTabTextColor = mTabTextColor;
+        mIconRenderingMode = TabIconRenderingMode.original;
 
         mShouldUpdateTabsTextColor = true;
 
@@ -106,6 +112,15 @@ class TabStrip extends LinearLayout {
         invalidate();
     }
 
+    void setIconRenderingMode(TabIconRenderingMode mode) {
+        mIconRenderingMode = mode;
+        updateTabsTextColor();
+    }
+
+    TabIconRenderingMode getIconRenderingMode() {
+        return mIconRenderingMode;
+    }
+
     void setTabTextColor(int color){
         mTabTextColor = color;
         updateTabsTextColor();
@@ -128,16 +143,31 @@ class TabStrip extends LinearLayout {
         mShouldUpdateTabsTextColor = value;
     }
 
-    private void updateTabsTextColor(){
+    private void updateTabsTextColor() {
         if (mShouldUpdateTabsTextColor) {
             final int childCount = getChildCount();
+            int greyColor = Color.parseColor("#A2A2A2");
             for (int i = 0; i < childCount; i++){
                 LinearLayout linearLayout = (LinearLayout)getChildAt(i);
+                ImageView imageView = (ImageView)linearLayout.getChildAt(0);
                 TextView textView = (TextView)linearLayout.getChildAt(1);
-                if (i == mSelectedPosition){
-                    textView.setTextColor(mSelectedTabTextColor);
+
+                if (mIconRenderingMode == TabIconRenderingMode.template) {
+                    ColorStateList tint;
+                    if (i == mSelectedPosition) {
+                        tint = ColorStateList.valueOf(mSelectedTabTextColor);
+                    } else {
+                        tint = ColorStateList.valueOf(greyColor);
+                    }
+
+                    ImageViewCompat.setImageTintList(imageView, tint);
+                } else {
+                    ImageViewCompat.setImageTintList(imageView, null);
                 }
-                else {
+
+                if (i == mSelectedPosition) {
+                    textView.setTextColor(mSelectedTabTextColor);
+                } else {
                     textView.setTextColor(mTabTextColor);
                 }
             }