diff --git a/camera/camera.ios.ts b/camera/camera.ios.ts
index 26e420878..23c57dee6 100644
--- a/camera/camera.ios.ts
+++ b/camera/camera.ios.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class UIImagePickerControllerDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UIImagePic
     private _width: number;
     private _height: number;
     private _keepAspectRatio: boolean;
+    private _saveToGallery: boolean;
 
     public initWithCallback(callback: (result?) => void): UIImagePickerControllerDelegateImpl {
         this._callback = callback;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ class UIImagePickerControllerDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UIImagePic
         if (options) {
             this._width = options.width;
             this._height = options.height;
-
+	    this._saveToGallery = options.saveToGallery;
             this._keepAspectRatio = types.isNullOrUndefined(options.keepAspectRatio) ? true : options.keepAspectRatio;
         }
         return this;
@@ -57,9 +58,12 @@ class UIImagePickerControllerDelegateImpl extends NSObject implements UIImagePic
                 var imageSource: typeof imageSourceModule = require("image-source");
 
                 var imageSourceResult = image ? imageSource.fromNativeSource(image) : imageSource.fromNativeSource(source);
-
+		
                 if (this._callback) {
                     this._callback(imageSourceResult);
+		    if(this._saveToGallery) {
+			UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum(imageSourceResult.ios, null, null, null);
+		    }
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -82,14 +86,18 @@ export var takePicture = function (options): Promise<any> {
         var reqWidth = 0;
         var reqHeight = 0;
         var keepAspectRatio = true;
+	var saveToGallery = true;
         if (options) {
             reqWidth = options.width || 0;
             reqHeight = options.height || reqWidth;
             keepAspectRatio = types.isNullOrUndefined(options.keepAspectRatio) ? true : options.keepAspectRatio;
+	    saveToGallery = options.saveToGallery ? true : false;
         }
         if (reqWidth && reqHeight) {
-            listener = UIImagePickerControllerDelegateImpl.new().initWithCallbackAndOptions(resolve, { width: reqWidth, height: reqHeight, keepAspectRatio: keepAspectRatio });
-        }
+            listener = UIImagePickerControllerDelegateImpl.new().initWithCallbackAndOptions(resolve, { width: reqWidth, height: reqHeight, keepAspectRatio: keepAspectRatio, saveToGallery: saveToGallery });
+        } else if (saveToGallery) {
+	    listener = UIImagePickerControllerDelegateImpl.new().initWithCallbackAndOptions(resolve, { saveToGallery: saveToGallery });
+	}
         else {
             listener = UIImagePickerControllerDelegateImpl.new().initWithCallback(resolve);
         }