diff --git a/tests/app/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts b/tests/app/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
index 9660b7e24..457822679 100644
--- a/tests/app/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
+++ b/tests/app/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
@@ -270,3 +270,14 @@ export var testSelectedIndexChangedIsRaisedCorrectlyIfItemsNotBound = function (
         TKUnit.assertEqual(newSelectedIndex, 1);
     });
 }
+
+export function test_SettingNumberAsTitleFromXML_DoesNotThrow() {
+    let segmentedBar = new segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar();
+    let item = new segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBarItem();
+    (<any>item).title = 1;
+    segmentedBar.items = [item];
+    
+    buildUIAndRunTest(segmentedBar, function (views: Array<View>) {
+        TKUnit.assertEqual(item.title, "1");
+    });
+}
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-common.ts
index 927c891f9..91ac60ef6 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-common.ts
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ export class SegmentedBarItem extends bindable.Bindable implements definition.Se
     }
 
     set title(value: string) {
-        if (this._title !== value) {
-            this._title = value;
+        let strValue = (value !== null && value !== undefined) ? value.toString() : "";
+        if (this._title !== strValue) {
+            this._title = strValue;
             this._update();
         }
     }
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
index 03e1cb839..eef237bb0 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export class SegmentedBarItem extends common.SegmentedBarItem {
             var tabIndex = this._parent.items.indexOf(this);
             var titleTextViewId = 16908310; // http://developer.android.com/reference/android/R.id.html#title
             var titleTextView = <android.widget.TextView>this._parent.android.getTabWidget().getChildAt(tabIndex).findViewById(titleTextViewId);
-            titleTextView.setText(this.title || "");
+            titleTextView.setText(this.title + "");
         }
     }
 }
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export class SegmentedBar extends common.SegmentedBar {
         tabItem._parent = this;
 
         var tab = this.android.newTabSpec(this.getValidIndex(index) + "");
-        tab.setIndicator(tabItem.title || "");
+        tab.setIndicator(tabItem.title + "");
         let that = this;
         tab.setContent(new android.widget.TabHost.TabContentFactory({
             createTabContent: function (tag: string): android.view.View {