diff --git a/ui/button/button.ios.ts b/ui/button/button.ios.ts
index af8a3946c..c14f1eba1 100644
--- a/ui/button/button.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/button/button.ios.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import utils = require("utils/utils");
 import enums = require("ui/enums");
 import dependencyObservable = require("ui/core/dependency-observable");
 import styleScope = require("../styling/style-scope");
+import {Property} from "ui/core/dependency-observable";
 
 class TapHandlerImpl extends NSObject {
     private _owner: WeakRef<Button>;
@@ -50,13 +51,7 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
 
     public onLoaded() {
         super.onLoaded();
-        if (this.parent !== null && this.page !== null) {
-            let rootPage = this.page;
-            let scope: styleScope.StyleScope = (<any>rootPage)._getStyleScope();
-            if (scope.getVisualStates(this) !== undefined) {
-                this._stateChangedHandler.start();
-            }
-        }
+        this._updateHandler();
     }
 
     public onUnloaded() {
@@ -64,6 +59,13 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
         this._stateChangedHandler.stop();
     }
 
+    public _onPropertyChanged(property: Property, oldValue: any, newValue: any) {
+        super._onPropertyChanged(property, oldValue, newValue);
+        if (property.metadata.affectsStyle) {
+            this._updateHandler();
+        }
+    }
+
     get ios(): UIButton {
         return this._ios;
     }
@@ -81,10 +83,23 @@ export class Button extends common.Button {
         // the UIControlStateNormal value. If the value for UIControlStateNormal is not set,
         // then the property defaults to a system value. Therefore, at a minimum, you should
         // set the value for the normal state.
-        var newText = value ? value._formattedText : null;
+        let newText = value ? value._formattedText : null;
         this.ios.setAttributedTitleForState(newText, UIControlState.UIControlStateNormal);
         this.style._updateTextDecoration();
     }
+
+    private _updateHandler() {
+        if (this.parent !== null && this.page !== null) {
+            let rootPage = this.page;
+            let scope: styleScope.StyleScope = (<any>rootPage)._getStyleScope();
+            if (scope.getVisualStates(this) !== undefined) {
+                this._stateChangedHandler.start();
+            }
+            else {
+                this._stateChangedHandler.stop();
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 export class ButtonStyler implements style.Styler {
diff --git a/ui/core/view-common.ts b/ui/core/view-common.ts
index 97861046d..2c5ed6573 100644
--- a/ui/core/view-common.ts
+++ b/ui/core/view-common.ts
@@ -894,8 +894,7 @@ export class View extends ProxyObject implements definition.View {
         if (!rootPage || !rootPage.isLoaded) {
             return;
         }
-
-        var scope: styleScope.StyleScope = (<any>rootPage)._getStyleScope()
+        var scope: styleScope.StyleScope = (<any>rootPage)._getStyleScope();
         scope.applySelectors(this);
     }