diff --git a/tests/app/ui/layouts/grid-layout-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/layouts/grid-layout-tests.ts
index c286121a5..6d80c7925 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/layouts/grid-layout-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/layouts/grid-layout-tests.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,121 @@ export class GridLayoutTest extends testModule.UITest<RemovalTrackingGridLayout>
         GridLayout.setColumnSpan(new Button(), 0);
     }
 
+    public test_addChildAtCell_with_all_params() {
+        let btn = new Button();
+        let row: number = 1;
+        let column: number = 2;
+        let rowSpan: number = 3;
+        let columnSpan: number = 4;
+        this.testView.addChildAtCell(btn, row, column, rowSpan, columnSpan);
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.row(btn),
+            row,
+            "'row' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.col(btn),
+            column,
+            "'column' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.rowSpan(btn),
+            rowSpan,
+            "'rowSpan' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.colSpan(btn),
+            columnSpan,
+            "'columnSpan' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell."
+        );
+    }
+
+    public test_addChildAtCell_without_optional_params() {
+        let btn = new Button();
+        let row: number = 1;
+        let column: number = 2;
+        let defaultSpanValue: number = 1;
+        this.testView.addChildAtCell(btn, row, column);
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.row(btn),
+            row,
+            "'row' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.col(btn),
+            column,
+            "'column' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.rowSpan(btn),
+            defaultSpanValue,
+            "'rowSpan' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without optional params."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.colSpan(btn),
+            defaultSpanValue,
+            "'colSpan' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without optional params."
+        );
+    }
+
+    public test_addChildAtCell_without_rowSpan() {
+        let btn = new Button();
+        let row: number = 1;
+        let column: number = 2;
+        let columnSpan: number = 2;
+        let defaultSpanValue: number = 1;
+        this.testView.addChildAtCell(btn, row, column, undefined, columnSpan);
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.row(btn),
+            row,
+            "'row' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without rowspan."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.col(btn),
+            column,
+            "'column' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without rowspan."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.rowSpan(btn),
+            defaultSpanValue,
+            "'rowSpan' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without rowspan."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.colSpan(btn),
+            columnSpan,
+            "'columnSpan' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without rowspan."
+        );
+    }
+
+    public test_addChildAtCell_without_columnSpan() {
+        let btn = new Button();
+        let row: number = 1;
+        let column: number = 2;
+        let rowSpan: number = 2;
+        let defaultSpanValue: number = 1;
+        this.testView.addChildAtCell(btn, row, column, rowSpan);
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.row(btn),
+            row,
+            "'row' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without columnSpan."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.col(btn),
+            column,
+            "'column' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without columnSpan."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.rowSpan(btn),
+            rowSpan,
+            "'rowSpan' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without columnSpan."
+        );
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(
+            this.colSpan(btn),
+            defaultSpanValue,
+            "'columnSpan' property not applied For GridLayout addChildAtCell without columnSpan."
+        );
+    }
+
     public test_addRow_shouldThrow_onNullValues() {
         TKUnit.assertThrows(() => {
             this.testView.addRow(null);
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts
index 13bddb726..0f2bef6ac 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout-common.ts
@@ -178,6 +178,18 @@ export class GridLayoutBase extends LayoutBase implements GridLayoutDefinition {
         this.invalidate();
     }
 
+    public addChildAtCell(view: View, row: number, column: number, rowSpan?: number, columnSpan?: number): void {
+        this.addChild(view);
+        GridLayoutBase.setRow(view, row);
+        GridLayoutBase.setColumn(view, column);
+        if (rowSpan) {
+            GridLayoutBase.setRowSpan(view, rowSpan);
+        }
+        if (columnSpan) {
+            GridLayoutBase.setColumnSpan(view, columnSpan);
+        }
+    }
+    
     public removeRow(itemSpec: ItemSpec): void {
         if (!itemSpec) {
             throw new Error("Value is null.");
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout.d.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout.d.ts
index 8cce693d6..ba6b32926 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout.d.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/layouts/grid-layout/grid-layout.d.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ export class GridLayout extends LayoutBase {
      */
     public addRow(itemSpec: ItemSpec): void;
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a child at specific cell in GridLayout. Optional rowSpan and columnSpan attributes
+     */
+    public addChildAtCell(view: View, row: number, column: number, rowSpan?: number, columnSpan?: number): void;
+
     /**
      * Removes a column specification from a GridLayout.
      */