diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/main-page.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/main-page.ts
index 2033fb6b5..ae563e442 100644
--- a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/main-page.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ export function loadExamples() {
     examples.set("gestures", "events/gestures");
     examples.set("touch", "events/touch-event");
     examples.set("pan", "events/pan-event");
+    examples.set("swipe-passtrough", "events/swipe-event-passtrough");
     examples.set("handlers", "events/handlers");
     examples.set("console", "events/console");
     examples.set("i61", "events/i61");
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/swipe-event-passtrough.ts b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/swipe-event-passtrough.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f768634a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/swipe-event-passtrough.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { EventData } from "tns-core-modules/data/observable";
+import { Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
+import { SwipeGestureEventData } from "tns-core-modules/ui/gestures";
+import { TextView } from "tns-core-modules/ui/text-view";
+
+let outputText: TextView;
+export function navigatingTo(args: EventData) {
+    var page = <Page>args.object;
+    outputText = page.getViewById<TextView>("output");
+}
+
+export function onSwipe(data: SwipeGestureEventData) {
+    const msg = `swipe state:${data.direction}`;
+    console.log(msg);
+    outputText.text += msg + "\n";
+}
+
+export function onTap(args) {
+    const msg = `tapEvent triggered`;
+    console.log(msg);
+    outputText.text += msg + "\n";
+}
diff --git a/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/swipe-event-passtrough.xml b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/swipe-event-passtrough.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..356a5a5ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/app/ui-tests-app/events/swipe-event-passtrough.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<Page navigatingTo="navigatingTo">
+  <GridLayout rows="*, *" columns="*, *, *" swipe="onSwipe" backgroundColor="lightgreen">
+    <StackLayout row="0" col="1" text="swipe here" tap="onTap" backgroundColor="lightblue">
+      <Label text="swipe/tap inside" verticalAlignement="top"/>
+    </StackLayout>
+    <Label row="1" colSpan="3" 
+      text="" textWrap="true"
+      id="output" automationText="output" style="font-size: 10, font-family: monospace;"/>
+  </GridLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
index 31eb747d8..77dee005d 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/core/view/view.android.ts
@@ -72,12 +72,7 @@ function initializeTouchListener(): void {
 
         onTouch(view: android.view.View, event: android.view.MotionEvent): boolean {
             const owner = this.owner;
-            for (let type in owner._gestureObservers) {
-                let list = owner._gestureObservers[type];
-                list.forEach(element => {
-                    element.androidOnTouchEvent(event);
-                });
-            }
+            owner.handleGestureTouch(event);
 
             let nativeView = owner.nativeViewProtected;
             if (!nativeView || !nativeView.onTouchEvent) {
@@ -320,6 +315,18 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         return false;
     }
 
+    public handleGestureTouch(event: android.view.MotionEvent): any {
+        for (let type in this._gestureObservers) {
+            let list = this._gestureObservers[type];
+            list.forEach(element => {
+                element.androidOnTouchEvent(event);
+            });
+        }
+        if (this.parent instanceof View) {
+            this.parent.handleGestureTouch(event);
+        }
+    }
+
     private hasGestureObservers() {
         return this._gestureObservers && Object.keys(this._gestureObservers).length > 0
     }