diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.android.ts b/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.android.ts
index 7cc46f59d..e1b4ee2b9 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.android.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.android.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,17 @@
 
 export function getNativeItemsCount(bar: segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar): number {
     return (<android.widget.TabHost>bar.android).getTabWidget().getTabCount();
+}
+
+export function checkNativeItemsTextColor(bar: segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar): boolean {
+    var isValid = true;
+
+    for (var tabIndex = 0; tabIndex < bar.android.getTabWidget().getTabCount(); tabIndex++) {
+        var tabChild = <android.view.ViewGroup>bar.android.getTabWidget().getChildTabViewAt(tabIndex);
+        var t = <android.widget.TextView>tabChild.getChildAt(1);
+
+        isValid = bar.color && bar.color.android === t.getCurrentTextColor();
+    }
+
+    return isValid;
 }
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diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.d.ts b/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.d.ts
index e19fbcac1..ce4e435cf 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.d.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.d.ts
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 import segmentedBarModule = require("ui/segmented-bar");
 
 export declare function getNativeItemsCount(bar: segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar): number;
+
+export declare function checkNativeItemsTextColor(bar: segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar): boolean;
diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.ios.ts b/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.ios.ts
index 81bc3502f..39766a1b9 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.ios.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests-native.ios.ts
@@ -2,4 +2,13 @@
 
 export function getNativeItemsCount(bar: segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar): number {
     return (<UISegmentedControl>bar.ios).numberOfSegments;
+}
+
+export function checkNativeItemsTextColor(bar: segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar): boolean {
+    var isValid = true;
+
+    var attrs = (<UISegmentedControl>bar.ios).titleTextAttributesForState(UIControlState.UIControlStateNormal);
+    isValid = bar.color && attrs && attrs.valueForKey(NSForegroundColorAttributeName) === bar.color.ios;
+
+    return isValid;
 }
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diff --git a/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts b/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
index c740feeaa..68faee747 100644
--- a/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
+++ b/apps/tests/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar-tests.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 import helper = require("../helper");
 import viewModule = require("ui/core/view");
 import segmentedBarTestsNative = require("./segmented-bar-tests-native");
+import bindable = require("ui/core/bindable");
+import observable = require("data/observable");
+import color = require("color");
 
 // <snippet module="ui/segmented-bar" title="SegmentedBar">
 // # SegmentedBar
@@ -57,6 +60,24 @@ export var testWhenSettingItemsToNonEmptyArrayTheSameAmountOfNativeItemsIsCreate
     });
 }
 
+export var testWhenItemsAreBoundTheTextColorIsPreserved = function () {
+    helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
+        var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
+        segmentedBar.color = new color.Color("red");
+
+        var model = new observable.Observable();
+        model.set("items", [{ title: "One" }, { title: "Two" }, { title: "Three" }]);
+        var options: bindable.BindingOptions = {
+            sourceProperty: "items",
+            targetProperty: "items"
+        }
+
+        segmentedBar.bind(options, model);
+
+        TKUnit.assert(segmentedBarTestsNative.checkNativeItemsTextColor(segmentedBar), "Items text color not preserved" + "; Expected: " + segmentedBar.color);
+    });
+}
+
 export var testWhenSettingItemsToEmptyArrayZeroNativeItemsAreCreated = function () {
     helper.buildUIAndRunTest(_createSegmentedBar(), function (views: Array<viewModule.View>) {
         var segmentedBar = <segmentedBarModule.SegmentedBar>views[0];
diff --git a/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts b/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
index 2446a2bba..bb4ac9fc5 100644
--- a/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
+++ b/ui/segmented-bar/segmented-bar.android.ts
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ function onItemsPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
         view.android.setOnTabChangedListener(null);
         view.android.setOnTabChangedListener(view._listener);
 
-        if (view.selectedBackgroundColor) {
-            var tabHost = <android.widget.TabHost>view.android;
+        var tabHost = <android.widget.TabHost>view.android;
+        var tabIndex: number;
 
-            for (var tabIndex = 0; tabIndex < tabHost.getTabWidget().getTabCount(); tabIndex++) {
+        if (view.selectedBackgroundColor) {
+            for (tabIndex = 0; tabIndex < tabHost.getTabWidget().getTabCount(); tabIndex++) {
                 var vg = <android.view.ViewGroup>tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildTabViewAt(tabIndex);
 
                 var stateDrawable = new android.graphics.drawable.StateListDrawable();
@@ -82,6 +83,15 @@ function onItemsPropertyChanged(data: dependencyObservable.PropertyChangeData) {
                 vg.setBackgroundDrawable(stateDrawable);
             }
         }
+
+        for (tabIndex = 0; tabIndex < tabHost.getTabWidget().getTabCount(); tabIndex++) {
+            var tabChild = <android.view.ViewGroup>tabHost.getTabWidget().getChildTabViewAt(tabIndex);
+            var t = <android.widget.TextView>tabChild.getChildAt(1);
+
+            if (view.color) {
+                t.setTextColor(view.color.android);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 (<proxy.PropertyMetadata>common.SegmentedBar.itemsProperty.metadata).onSetNativeValue = onItemsPropertyChanged;