diff --git a/apps/ui/src/css/main-page.ts b/apps/ui/src/css/main-page.ts
index f64c12ba9..73a653fb2 100644
--- a/apps/ui/src/css/main-page.ts
+++ b/apps/ui/src/css/main-page.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export function loadExamples() {
 	examples.set('line-height', 'css/line-height-page');
 	examples.set('decoration', 'css/text-decoration-page');
 	examples.set('transform', 'css/text-transform-page');
+	examples.set('shadow', 'css/text-shadow-page');
 	examples.set('whitespace', 'css/white-space-page');
 	examples.set('progress-switch', 'css/progress-switch-page');
 	examples.set('zindex', 'css/zindex-page');
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/css/text-shadow-page.ts b/apps/ui/src/css/text-shadow-page.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb999aa15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui/src/css/text-shadow-page.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { EventData, TextBase } from '@nativescript/core';
+
+const possibleValues = ['2 10 4 rgb(255, 100, 100)', '2 10 2 rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.5)', '1 1 1 #55a', '2 2 2 #aaa', ''];
+let currentIndex = 0;
+
+export function butonTap(args: EventData) {
+	let page = (<TextBase>args.object).page;
+	let lbl = <TextBase>page.getViewById('Label');
+	let btn = <TextBase>page.getViewById('Button');
+	let textField = <TextBase>page.getViewById('TextField');
+	let textView = <TextBase>page.getViewById('TextView');
+
+	let newIndex = currentIndex++ % possibleValues.length;
+	let newValue = <any>possibleValues[newIndex];
+
+	lbl.textShadow = newValue;
+	btn.textShadow = newValue;
+	textField.textShadow = newValue;
+	textView.textShadow = newValue;
+
+	if (lbl.text === 'Change text') {
+		lbl.text = btn.text = textField.text = textView.text = 'Text changed';
+	} else {
+		lbl.text = btn.text = textField.text = textView.text = 'Change text';
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/ui/src/css/text-shadow-page.xml b/apps/ui/src/css/text-shadow-page.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e118d48c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui/src/css/text-shadow-page.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<Page>
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button id="Change" automationText="Change" text="Change" tap="butonTap" />
+    <Label id="Label" automationText="Label" text="Label" />
+    <Button id="Button" automationText="Button" text="Button" />
+    <TextField id="TextField" automationText="TextField" text="TextField" />
+    <TextView id="TextView" automationText="TextView" text="TextView" />
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/index.ts b/packages/core/ui/index.ts
index 52d8b2900..34a01570a 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/index.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export type { TabStripItemEventData } from './tab-navigation-base/tab-strip';
 export { TabStripItem } from './tab-navigation-base/tab-strip-item';
 export { TabView, TabViewItem } from './tab-view';
 export { Tabs } from './tabs';
-export { TextBase, getTransformedText, letterSpacingProperty, textAlignmentProperty, textDecorationProperty, textTransformProperty, whiteSpaceProperty, lineHeightProperty } from './text-base';
+export { TextBase, getTransformedText, letterSpacingProperty, textAlignmentProperty, textDecorationProperty, textTransformProperty, textShadowProperty, whiteSpaceProperty, lineHeightProperty } from './text-base';
 export type { TextTransform } from './text-base';
 export { FormattedString } from './text-base/formatted-string';
 export { Span } from './text-base/span';
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/styling/style/index.ts b/packages/core/ui/styling/style/index.ts
index 41d706662..b9292b435 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/styling/style/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/styling/style/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Observable } from '../../../data/observable';
 
 import { FlexDirection, FlexWrap, JustifyContent, AlignItems, AlignContent, Order, FlexGrow, FlexShrink, FlexWrapBefore, AlignSelf } from '../../layouts/flexbox-layout';
 import { Trace } from '../../../trace';
-import { TextAlignment, TextDecoration, TextTransform, WhiteSpace } from '../../text-base';
+import { TextAlignment, TextDecoration, TextTransform, WhiteSpace, TextShadow } from '../../text-base';
 import { BoxShadow } from '../box-shadow';
 
 export interface CommonLayoutParams {
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ export class Style extends Observable implements StyleDefinition {
 	public textAlignment: TextAlignment;
 	public textDecoration: TextDecoration;
 	public textTransform: TextTransform;
+	public textShadow: TextShadow;
 	public whiteSpace: WhiteSpace;
 
 	public minWidth: Length;
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
index 0b250bdb8..1ad31a7ac 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.android.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 // Types
-import { TextDecoration, TextAlignment, TextTransform, WhiteSpace, getClosestPropertyValue } from './text-base-common';
+import { TextDecoration, TextAlignment, TextTransform, TextShadow, WhiteSpace, getClosestPropertyValue } from './text-base-common';
 
 // Requires
 import { Font } from '../styling/font';
 import { backgroundColorProperty, VerticalAlignment } from '../styling/style-properties';
-import { TextBaseCommon, formattedTextProperty, textAlignmentProperty, textDecorationProperty, textProperty, textTransformProperty, letterSpacingProperty, whiteSpaceProperty, lineHeightProperty, isBold, resetSymbol } from './text-base-common';
+import { TextBaseCommon, formattedTextProperty, textAlignmentProperty, textDecorationProperty, textProperty, textTransformProperty, textShadowProperty, letterSpacingProperty, whiteSpaceProperty, lineHeightProperty, isBold, resetSymbol } from './text-base-common';
 import { Color } from '../../color';
 import { colorProperty, fontSizeProperty, fontInternalProperty, paddingLeftProperty, paddingTopProperty, paddingRightProperty, paddingBottomProperty, Length } from '../styling/style-properties';
 import { FormattedString } from './formatted-string';
@@ -378,6 +378,19 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 		}
 	}
 
+	[textShadowProperty.getDefault](value: number) {
+		return {
+			radius: this.nativeTextViewProtected.getShadowRadius(),
+			offsetX: this.nativeTextViewProtected.getShadowDx(),
+			offsetY: this.nativeTextViewProtected.getShadowDy(),
+			color: this.nativeTextViewProtected.getShadowColor(),
+		};
+	}
+
+	[textShadowProperty.setNative](value: TextShadow) {
+		this.nativeViewProtected.setShadowLayer(Length.toDevicePixels(value.blurRadius, 0), Length.toDevicePixels(value.offsetX, 0), Length.toDevicePixels(value.offsetY, 0), value.color.android);
+	}
+
 	[letterSpacingProperty.getDefault](): number {
 		return org.nativescript.widgets.ViewHelper.getLetterspacing(this.nativeTextViewProtected);
 	}
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.d.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.d.ts
index 7c6a71808..a60f8dc36 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.d.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ export class TextBase extends View implements AddChildFromBuilder {
 	 */
 	textTransform: TextTransform;
 
+	/**
+	 * Gets or sets text shadow style property.
+	 */
+	textShadow: TextShadow;
+
 	/**
 	 * Gets or sets white space style property.
 	 */
@@ -120,10 +125,17 @@ export type WhiteSpace = 'initial' | 'normal' | 'nowrap';
 export type TextAlignment = 'initial' | 'left' | 'center' | 'right';
 export type TextTransform = 'initial' | 'none' | 'capitalize' | 'uppercase' | 'lowercase';
 export type TextDecoration = 'none' | 'underline' | 'line-through' | 'underline line-through';
+export type TextShadow = {
+	offsetX: Length;
+	offsetY: Length;
+	blurRadius: Length;
+	color: Color;
+};
 
 export const textAlignmentProperty: InheritedCssProperty<Style, TextAlignment>;
 export const textDecorationProperty: CssProperty<Style, TextDecoration>;
 export const textTransformProperty: CssProperty<Style, TextTransform>;
+export const textShadowProperty: CssProperty<Style, TextShadow>;
 export const whiteSpaceProperty: CssProperty<Style, WhiteSpace>;
 export const letterSpacingProperty: CssProperty<Style, number>;
 export const lineHeightProperty: CssProperty<Style, number>;
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.ios.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.ios.ts
index 5dc2e48a2..ef3c5aa2c 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.ios.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-base/index.ios.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 // Types
-import { TextDecoration, TextAlignment, TextTransform, getClosestPropertyValue } from './text-base-common';
+import { TextDecoration, TextAlignment, TextTransform, TextShadow, getClosestPropertyValue } from './text-base-common';
 
 // Requires
 import { Font } from '../styling/font';
-import { TextBaseCommon, textProperty, formattedTextProperty, textAlignmentProperty, textDecorationProperty, textTransformProperty, letterSpacingProperty, lineHeightProperty, resetSymbol } from './text-base-common';
+import { TextBaseCommon, textProperty, formattedTextProperty, textAlignmentProperty, textDecorationProperty, textTransformProperty, textShadowProperty, letterSpacingProperty, lineHeightProperty, resetSymbol } from './text-base-common';
 import { Color } from '../../color';
 import { FormattedString } from './formatted-string';
 import { Span } from './span';
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 		this._setNativeText();
 	}
 
+	[textShadowProperty.setNative](value: TextShadow) {
+		this._setShadow(value);
+	}
+
 	_setNativeText(reset = false): void {
 		if (reset) {
 			const nativeView = this.nativeTextViewProtected;
@@ -343,6 +347,32 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
 		}
 	}
 
+	_setShadow(value: TextShadow): void {
+		let layer;
+
+		if (this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof UITextView) {
+			layer = this.nativeTextViewProtected.layer.sublayers.objectAtIndex(1);
+		} else {
+			layer = this.nativeTextViewProtected.layer;
+		}
+
+		if (isNullOrUndefined(value)) {
+			// clear the text shadow
+			layer.shadowOpacity = 0;
+			layer.shadowRadius = 0;
+			layer.shadowColor = UIColor.clearColor;
+			layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(0, 0);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		layer.shadowOpacity = 1;
+		layer.shadowRadius = value.blurRadius;
+		layer.shadowColor = value.color.ios.CGColor;
+		layer.shadowOffset = CGSizeMake(value.offsetX, value.offsetY);
+		layer.shouldRasterize = true;
+		layer.masksToBounds = false;
+	}
+
 	createNSMutableAttributedString(formattedString: FormattedString): NSMutableAttributedString {
 		const mas = NSMutableAttributedString.alloc().init();
 		this._spanRanges = [];
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
index 4f25361ac..f6224d4c7 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-base/text-base-common.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ import { Style } from '../styling/style';
 import { Length } from '../styling/style-properties';
 import { Observable } from '../../data/observable';
 
-import { TextAlignment, TextDecoration, TextTransform, WhiteSpace } from './text-base-interfaces';
+import { TextAlignment, TextDecoration, TextTransform, WhiteSpace, TextShadow } from './text-base-interfaces';
 import { TextBase as TextBaseDefinition } from '.';
+import { Color } from '../../color';
 
 export * from './text-base-interfaces';
 
@@ -26,26 +27,6 @@ export abstract class TextBaseCommon extends View implements TextBaseDefinition
 	public text: string;
 	public formattedText: FormattedString;
 
-	/***
-	 * In the NativeScript Core; by default the nativeTextViewProtected points to the same value as nativeViewProtected.
-	 * At this point no internal NS components need this indirection functionality.
-	 * This indirection is used to allow support usage by third party components so they don't have to duplicate functionality.
-	 *
-	 * A third party component can just override the `nativeTextViewProtected` getter and return a different internal view and that view would be
-	 * what all TextView/TextInput class features would be applied to.
-	 *
-	 * A example is the Android MaterialDesign TextInput class, it has a wrapper view of a TextInputLayout
-	 *    https://developer.android.com/reference/com/google/android/material/textfield/TextInputLayout
-	 * which wraps the actual TextInput.  This wrapper layout (TextInputLayout) must be assigned to the nativeViewProtected as the entire
-	 * NS Core uses nativeViewProtected for everything related to layout, so that it can be measured, added to the parent view as a child, ect.
-	 *
-	 * However, its internal view would be the actual TextView/TextInput and to allow that sub-view to have the normal TextView/TextInput
-	 * class features, which we expose and to allow them to work on it, the internal TextView/TextInput is what the needs to have the class values applied to it.
-	 *
-	 * So all code that works on what is expected to be a TextView/TextInput should use `nativeTextViewProtected` so that any third party
-	 * components that need to have two separate components can work properly without them having to duplicate all the TextBase (and decendants) functionality
-	 * by just overriding the nativeTextViewProtected getter.
-	 **/
 	get nativeTextViewProtected() {
 		return this.nativeViewProtected;
 	}
@@ -113,6 +94,13 @@ export abstract class TextBaseCommon extends View implements TextBaseDefinition
 		this.style.textTransform = value;
 	}
 
+	get textShadow(): TextShadow {
+		return this.style.textShadow;
+	}
+	set textShadow(value: TextShadow) {
+		this.style.textShadow = value;
+	}
+
 	get whiteSpace(): WhiteSpace {
 		return this.style.whiteSpace;
 	}
@@ -259,6 +247,22 @@ export const textTransformProperty = new CssProperty<Style, TextTransform>({
 });
 textTransformProperty.register(Style);
 
+export const textShadowProperty = new CssProperty<Style, string | TextShadow>({
+	name: 'textShadow',
+	cssName: 'text-shadow',
+	affectsLayout: global.isIOS,
+	valueConverter: (value) => {
+		const params = value.split(' ');
+		return {
+			offsetX: Length.parse(params[0]),
+			offsetY: Length.parse(params[1]),
+			blurRadius: Length.parse(params[2]),
+			color: new Color(params.slice(3).join('')),
+		};
+	},
+});
+textShadowProperty.register(Style);
+
 const whiteSpaceConverter = makeParser<WhiteSpace>(makeValidator<WhiteSpace>('initial', 'normal', 'nowrap'));
 export const whiteSpaceProperty = new CssProperty<Style, WhiteSpace>({
 	name: 'whiteSpace',
diff --git a/packages/core/ui/text-base/text-base-interfaces.ts b/packages/core/ui/text-base/text-base-interfaces.ts
index bf166a15d..f1085371e 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/text-base/text-base-interfaces.ts
+++ b/packages/core/ui/text-base/text-base-interfaces.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-export type WhiteSpace = 'initial' | 'normal' | 'nowrap';
+import { Color } from 'color';
+import { Length } from 'ui/styling/style-properties';
+
+export type WhiteSpace = 'initial' | 'normal' | 'nowrap';
 export type TextAlignment = 'initial' | 'left' | 'center' | 'right';
 export type TextTransform = 'initial' | 'none' | 'capitalize' | 'uppercase' | 'lowercase';
 export type TextDecoration = 'none' | 'underline' | 'line-through' | 'underline line-through';
+export type TextShadow = {
+	offsetX: Length;
+	offsetY: Length;
+	blurRadius: Length;
+	color: Color;
+};