diff --git a/nativescript-core/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts b/nativescript-core/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
index 0a1618afb..963451adf 100644
--- a/nativescript-core/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
+++ b/nativescript-core/ui/text-base/text-base.ios.ts
@@ -281,7 +281,11 @@ export class TextBase extends TextBaseCommon {
         }
 
         if (style.letterSpacing !== 0) {
-            dict.set(NSKernAttributeName, style.letterSpacing * this.nativeTextViewProtected.font.pointSize);
+            const kern = style.letterSpacing * this.nativeTextViewProtected.font.pointSize
+            dict.set(NSKernAttributeName, kern);
+            if (this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof UITextField) {
+                this.nativeTextViewProtected.defaultTextAttributes.setObjectForKey(kern, NSKernAttributeName);
+            }
         }
 
         const isTextView = this.nativeTextViewProtected instanceof UITextView;