diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
index c4269bfaa..84ab2ba3b 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image-common.ts
@@ -110,11 +110,7 @@ export abstract class ImageBase extends View implements ImageDefinition {
 export const imageSourceProperty = new Property<ImageBase, ImageSource>({ name: "imageSource" });
 imageSourceProperty.register(ImageBase);
 
-function onSrcPropertyChanged(image: ImageBase, oldValue: string, newValue: string) {
-    image._createImageSourceFromSrc();
-};
-
-export const srcProperty = new Property<ImageBase, any>({ name: "src", valueChanged: onSrcPropertyChanged });
+export const srcProperty = new Property<ImageBase, any>({ name: "src"});
 srcProperty.register(ImageBase);
 
 export const loadModeProperty = new Property<ImageBase, "sync" | "async">({ name: "loadMode", defaultValue: "async" });
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
index 4e5b24488..e64267722 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.android.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-    ImageSource, ImageBase, stretchProperty, imageSourceProperty, tintColorProperty, unsetValue, Color,
+    ImageSource, ImageBase, stretchProperty, imageSourceProperty, srcProperty, tintColorProperty, unsetValue, Color,
     isDataURI, isFileOrResourcePath, RESOURCE_PREFIX
 } from "./image-common";
 import { path, knownFolders } from "file-system";
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function initImageCache(context: android.content.Context, mode = CacheMod
     }
 
     let params = new org.nativescript.widgets.image.Cache.CacheParams();
-    params.memoryCacheEnabled = mode !== CacheMode.none; 
+    params.memoryCacheEnabled = mode !== CacheMode.none;
     params.setMemCacheSizePercent(memoryCacheSize); // Set memory cache to % of app memory
     params.diskCacheEnabled = mode === CacheMode.diskAndMemory;
     params.diskCacheSize = diskCacheSize;
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ export class Image extends ImageBase {
     set [imageSourceProperty.native](value: ImageSource) {
         this._setNativeImage(value ? value.android : null);
     }
+
+    get [srcProperty.native](): any {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    set [srcProperty.native](value: any) {
+        this._createImageSourceFromSrc();
+    }
 }
 
 @Interfaces([org.nativescript.widgets.image.Worker.OnImageLoadedListener])
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.ios.ts b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.ios.ts
index 557d29d16..8ea9400a1 100644
--- a/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.ios.ts
+++ b/tns-core-modules/ui/image/image.ios.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {
-    ImageSource, ImageBase, stretchProperty, imageSourceProperty, tintColorProperty, layout, Color,
+    ImageSource, ImageBase, stretchProperty, imageSourceProperty, tintColorProperty, srcProperty, layout, Color,
     traceEnabled, traceWrite, traceCategories
 } from "./image-common";
 
@@ -149,4 +149,11 @@ export class Image extends ImageBase {
     set [imageSourceProperty.native](value: ImageSource) {
         this._setNativeImage(value ? value.ios : null);
     }
+
+    get [srcProperty.native](): any {
+        return undefined;
+    }
+    set [srcProperty.native](value: any) {
+        this._createImageSourceFromSrc();
+    }
 }
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