diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-common.ts
index 95c93edac..6980cb159 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view-common.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Background } from "ui/styling/background";
 import {
     ViewBase, getEventOrGestureName, Observable, EventData, Style,
     Property, InheritedProperty, CssProperty, ShorthandProperty, InheritedCssProperty,
-    gestureFromString, isIOS, traceEnabled, traceWrite, traceCategories, traceNotifyEvent, printUnregisteredProperties
+    gestureFromString, isIOS, traceEnabled, traceWrite, traceCategories, traceNotifyEvent, printUnregisteredProperties, makeParser, makeValidator
 } from "./view-base";
 import { observe as gestureObserve, GesturesObserver, GestureTypes, GestureEventData } from "ui/gestures";
 import { Font, parseFont, FontStyle, FontWeight } from "ui/styling/font";
@@ -1464,8 +1464,18 @@ export const backgroundColorProperty = new CssProperty<Style, Color>({
 });
 backgroundColorProperty.register(Style);
 
-export const backgroundRepeatProperty = new CssProperty<Style, string>({
-    name: "backgroundRepeat", cssName: "background-repeat", valueChanged: (target, newValue) => {
+export type BackgroundRepeat = "repeat" | "repeat-x" | "repeat-y" | "no-repeat";
+export namespace BackgroundRepeat {
+    export const REPEAT: "repeat" = "repeat";
+    export const REPEAT_X: "repeat-x" = "repeat-x";
+    export const REPEAT_Y: "repeat-y" = "repeat-y";
+    export const NO_REPEAT: "no-repeat" = "no-repeat";
+    export const isValid = makeValidator<BackgroundRepeat>(REPEAT, REPEAT_X, REPEAT_Y, NO_REPEAT);
+    export const parse = makeParser(isValid, undefined);
+}
+
+export const backgroundRepeatProperty = new CssProperty<Style, BackgroundRepeat>({
+    name: "backgroundRepeat", cssName: "background-repeat", valueConverter: BackgroundRepeat.parse, valueChanged: (target, newValue) => {
         let background = target.backgroundInternal;
         target.backgroundInternal = background.withRepeat(newValue);
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
index c5338a49b..b287e7e7f 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view.d.ts
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ declare module "ui/core/view" {
 
     export const backgroundColorProperty: CssProperty<Style, Color>;
     export const backgroundImageProperty: CssProperty<Style, string>;
-    export const backgroundRepeatProperty: CssProperty<Style, string>;
+    export const backgroundRepeatProperty: CssProperty<Style, BackgroundRepeat>;
     export const backgroundSizeProperty: CssProperty<Style, string>;
     export const backgroundPositionProperty: CssProperty<Style, string>;
 
@@ -764,4 +764,14 @@ declare module "ui/core/view" {
 
     export const backgroundInternalProperty: CssProperty<Style, Background>;
     export const fontInternalProperty: InheritedCssProperty<Style, Font>;
+
+    export type BackgroundRepeat = "repeat" | "repeat-x" | "repeat-y" | "no-repeat";
+    export namespace BackgroundRepeat {
+        export const REPEAT: "repeat";
+        export const REPEAT_X: "repeat-x";
+        export const REPEAT_Y: "repeat-y";
+        export const NO_REPEAT: "no-repeat";
+        export function isValid(value: any): boolean;
+        export function parse(value: string): BackgroundRepeat;
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background-common.ts
index 3be8696d0..d02c6cae5 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background-common.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Background as BackgroundDefinition, BackgroundDrawParams } from "ui/styling/background";
-import { Color, layout } from "ui/core/view";
+import { Color, layout, BackgroundRepeat } from "ui/core/view";
 import { ImageSource } from "image-source";
 import cssValue = require("css-value");
 
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export class Background implements BackgroundDefinition {
 
     public color: Color;
     public image: ImageSource;
-    public repeat: "repeat" | "repeat-x" | "repeat-y" | "no-repeat";
+    public repeat: BackgroundRepeat;
     public position: string;
     public size: string;
     public borderTopColor: Color;
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export class Background implements BackgroundDefinition {
         return clone;
     }
 
-    public withRepeat(value: "repeat" | "repeat-x" | "repeat-y" | "no-repeat"): Background {
+    public withRepeat(value: BackgroundRepeat): Background {
         let clone = this.clone();
         clone.repeat = value;
         return clone;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.d.ts
index 455ccf8f9..998546ab7 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/background.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 declare module "ui/styling/background" {
     import { ImageSource } from "image-source";
-    import { View, Color } from "ui/core/view";
+    import { View, Color, BackgroundRepeat } from "ui/core/view";
 
     export interface BackgroundDrawParams {
         repeatX: boolean;
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ declare module "ui/styling/background" {
         public static default: Background;
         public color: Color;
         public image: ImageSource;
-        public repeat: "repeat" | "repeat-x" | "repeat-y" | "no-repeat";
+        public repeat: BackgroundRepeat;
         public position: string;
         public size: string;
         public borderTopColor: Color;
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ declare module "ui/styling/background" {
 
         public withColor(value: Color): Background;
         public withImage(value: ImageSource): Background;
-        public withRepeat(value: string): Background;
+        public withRepeat(value: BackgroundRepeat): Background;
         public withPosition(value: string): Background;
         public withSize(value: string): Background;
         public withBorderTopColor(value: Color): Background;
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.d.ts
index 989658e09..b8299b6c3 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 declare module "ui/styling/style" {
-    import { Length, PercentLength, Color, Background, Font, ViewBase, Observable } from "ui/core/view";
+    import { Length, PercentLength, Color, Background, Font, ViewBase, Observable, BackgroundRepeat} from "ui/core/view";
     import { TextAlignment, TextDecoration, TextTransform, WhiteSpace } from "ui/text-base";
     import { FontStyle, FontWeight } from "ui/styling/font";
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ declare module "ui/styling/style" {
 
         public backgroundColor: Color;
         public backgroundImage: string;
-        public backgroundRepeat: "repeat" | "repeat-x" | "repeat-y" | "no-repeat";;
+        public backgroundRepeat: BackgroundRepeat;
         public backgroundSize: string;
         public backgroundPosition: string;
 
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.ts
index c0c4a1731..a20076318 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Style as StyleDefinition } from "ui/styling/style";
-import { Length, PercentLength, Color, Background, Font, ViewBase } from "ui/core/view";
+import { Length, PercentLength, Color, Background, Font, ViewBase, BackgroundRepeat } from "ui/core/view";
 import { Observable } from "data/observable";
 import { resetStyleProperties } from "ui/core/properties";
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export class Style extends Observable implements StyleDefinition {
 
     public backgroundColor: Color;
     public backgroundImage: string;
-    public backgroundRepeat: "repeat" | "repeat-x" | "repeat-y" | "no-repeat";
+    public backgroundRepeat: BackgroundRepeat;
     public backgroundSize: string;
     public backgroundPosition: string;