diff --git a/apps/modal-views-demo/login-page.ts b/apps/modal-views-demo/login-page.ts
index 05435d74e..357c91e5a 100644
--- a/apps/modal-views-demo/login-page.ts
+++ b/apps/modal-views-demo/login-page.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ var page: pages.Page;
 var usernameTextField: textField.TextField;
 var passwordTextField: textField.TextField;
 
+export function onShowingModally(args: observable.EventData) {
+    console.log(">>> login-page.onShowingModally");
+    var modalPage = <pages.Page>args.object;
+    if (modalPage.ios && modalPage.ios.modalPresentationStyle === UIModalPresentationStyle.UIModalPresentationFullScreen) {
+        console.log(">>> Setting modalPage.ios.modalPresentationStyle to UIModalPresentationStyle.UIModalPresentationOverFullScreen");
+        modalPage.ios.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationStyle.UIModalPresentationOverFullScreen;
+    }
+}
+
 export function onShownModally(args: pages.ShownModallyData) {
     console.log(">>> login-page.onShownModally, context: " + args.context);
 
diff --git a/apps/modal-views-demo/login-page.xml b/apps/modal-views-demo/login-page.xml
index f1b30a027..4d5a182e8 100644
--- a/apps/modal-views-demo/login-page.xml
+++ b/apps/modal-views-demo/login-page.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <Page xmlns="http://schemas.nativescript.org/tns.xsd" 
+      showingModally="onShowingModally"
       shownModally="onShownModally" 
       navigatingTo="onNavigatingTo"  
       loaded="onLoaded" 
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/page/modal-page.ts b/apps/tests/ui/page/modal-page.ts
index eda240c5d..12a865251 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/page/modal-page.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/page/modal-page.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,15 @@ import TKUnit = require("../../TKUnit");
 import frame = require("ui/frame");
 import page = require("ui/page");
 
+var modalPage: page.Page;
+
+export function onShowingModally(args) {
+    modalPage = <page.Page>args.object;
+}
+
 export function onShownModally(args: ShownModallyData) {
+    TKUnit.assertNotNull(modalPage);
     TKUnit.wait(0.100);
-    var modalPage = <page.Page>args.object;
     if (args.context) {
         args.context.shownModally = true;
     }
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/page/modal-page.xml b/apps/tests/ui/page/modal-page.xml
index e049008a4..3a168cf3e 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/page/modal-page.xml
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/page/modal-page.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Page shownModally="onShownModally">
+<Page showingModally="onShowingModally" shownModally="onShownModally">
   <StackLayout>
     <Label text="Modal Page" />
   </StackLayout>
diff --git a/ui/page/page-common.ts b/ui/page/page-common.ts
index 2f2549171..0425f10bc 100644
--- a/ui/page/page-common.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page-common.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export class Page extends ContentView implements dts.Page {
     public static navigatingFromEvent = "navigatingFrom";
     public static navigatedFromEvent = "navigatedFrom";
     public static shownModallyEvent = "shownModally";
+    public static showingModallyEvent = "showingModally";
 
     protected _closeModalCallback: Function;
 
@@ -251,6 +252,13 @@ export class Page extends ContentView implements dts.Page {
         });
     }
 
+    protected _raiseShowingModallyEvent() {
+        this.notify({
+            eventName: Page.showingModallyEvent,
+            object: this
+        });
+    }
+
     public _getStyleScope(): styleScope.StyleScope {
         return this._styleScope;
     }
diff --git a/ui/page/page.android.ts b/ui/page/page.android.ts
index c2267c50a..756fd9702 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.android.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.android.ts
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
         this._dialogFragment = new DialogFragmentClass(this, fullscreen, function () {
             that.closeModal();
         });
-        this._dialogFragment.show(parent.frame.android.activity.getFragmentManager(), "dialog");
 
+        super._raiseShowingModallyEvent();
+        this._dialogFragment.show(parent.frame.android.activity.getFragmentManager(), "dialog");
         super._raiseShownModallyEvent(parent, context, closeCallback);
     }
 
diff --git a/ui/page/page.d.ts b/ui/page/page.d.ts
index 1b4d8015c..bcc6040fa 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.d.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.d.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ declare module "ui/page" {
          */
         public static actionBarHiddenProperty: dependencyObservable.Property;
 
+        /**
+         * String value used when hooking to showingModally event.
+         */
+        public static showingModallyEvent: string;
+
         /**
          * String value used when hooking to shownModally event.
          */
@@ -159,7 +164,12 @@ declare module "ui/page" {
         on(event: "navigatedFrom", callback: (args: NavigatedData) => void, thisArg?: any);
         
         /**
-         * Raised when the page is shown as a modal dialog.
+         * Raised before the page is shown as a modal dialog.
+         */
+        on(event: "showingModally", callback: (args: observable.EventData) => void, thisArg?: any);
+
+        /**
+         * Raised after the page is shown as a modal dialog.
          */
         on(event: "shownModally", callback: (args: ShownModallyData) => void, thisArg?: any);
 
diff --git a/ui/page/page.ios.ts b/ui/page/page.ios.ts
index ced099440..1af9e86e2 100644
--- a/ui/page/page.ios.ts
+++ b/ui/page/page.ios.ts
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ export class Page extends pageCommon.Page {
             this._UIModalPresentationFormSheet = true;
         }
 
+        super._raiseShowingModallyEvent();
         var that = this;
         parent.ios.presentViewControllerAnimatedCompletion(this._ios, false, function completion() {
             that._raiseShownModallyEvent(parent, context, closeCallback);