diff --git a/examples/components/View/ViewExample.js b/examples/components/View/ViewExample.js
index 18f3a6e8..87a8eb04 100644
--- a/examples/components/View/ViewExample.js
+++ b/examples/components/View/ViewExample.js
@@ -31,6 +31,17 @@ var styles = StyleSheet.create({
     borderColor: '#000033',
     borderWidth: 1,
   },
+  shadowBox: {
+    width: 100,
+    height: 100,
+    borderWidth: 2,
+  },
+  shadow: {
+    shadowOpacity: 0.5,
+    shadowColor: 'red',
+    shadowRadius: 3,
+    shadowOffset: { width: 3, height: 3 },
+  },
   zIndex: {
     justifyContent: 'space-around',
     width: 100,
@@ -242,6 +253,19 @@ const examples = [
       return <ZIndexExample />;
     },
   },
+  {
+    title: 'Basic shadow',
+    render() {
+      return <View style={[ styles.shadowBox, styles.shadow ]} />;
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'Shaped shadow',
+    description: 'borderRadius: 50',
+    render() {
+      return <View style={[ styles.shadowBox, styles.shadow, {borderRadius: 50} ]} />;
+    }
+  }
 ];
 
 examples.forEach((example) => {
diff --git a/src/apis/StyleSheet/__tests__/processBoxShadow-test.js b/src/apis/StyleSheet/__tests__/processBoxShadow-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74707a8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apis/StyleSheet/__tests__/processBoxShadow-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* eslint-env jasmine, jest */
+
+import processBoxShadow from '../processBoxShadow';
+
+describe('apis/StyleSheet/processBoxShadow', () => {
+  test('missing shadowColor', () => {
+    const style = {
+      shadowOffset: { width: 1, height: 2 }
+    };
+
+    expect(processBoxShadow(style)).toEqual({});
+  });
+
+  test('shadowColor only', () => {
+    const style = {
+      shadowColor: 'red'
+    };
+
+    expect(processBoxShadow(style)).toEqual({
+      boxShadow: '0px 0px 0px rgba(255,0,0,1)'
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('shadowColor and shadowOpacity only', () => {
+    const style = {
+      shadowColor: 'red',
+      shadowOpacity: 0.5
+    };
+
+    expect(processBoxShadow(style)).toEqual({
+      boxShadow: '0px 0px 0px rgba(255,0,0,0.5)'
+    });
+  });
+
+  test('shadowOffset, shadowRadius, shadowSpread', () => {
+    const style = {
+      shadowColor: 'rgba(50,60,70,0.5)',
+      shadowOffset: { width: 1, height: 2 },
+      shadowOpacity: 0.5,
+      shadowRadius: 3
+    };
+
+    expect(processBoxShadow(style)).toEqual({
+      boxShadow: '2px 1px 3px rgba(50,60,70,0.25)'
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/apis/StyleSheet/createReactStyleObject.js b/src/apis/StyleSheet/createReactStyleObject.js
index f0ce3159..e0092e31 100644
--- a/src/apis/StyleSheet/createReactStyleObject.js
+++ b/src/apis/StyleSheet/createReactStyleObject.js
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import expandStyle from './expandStyle';
 import flattenStyle from '../../modules/flattenStyle';
 import i18nStyle from './i18nStyle';
+import processBoxShadow from './processBoxShadow';
 import processTextShadow from './processTextShadow';
 import processTransform from './processTransform';
 import processVendorPrefixes from './processVendorPrefixes';
 
 const processors = [
+  processBoxShadow,
   processTextShadow,
   processTransform,
   processVendorPrefixes
diff --git a/src/apis/StyleSheet/normalizeValue.js b/src/apis/StyleSheet/normalizeValue.js
index 889446d4..cb4c2421 100644
--- a/src/apis/StyleSheet/normalizeValue.js
+++ b/src/apis/StyleSheet/normalizeValue.js
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ const unitlessNumbers = {
   scale: true,
   scaleX: true,
   scaleY: true,
-  scaleZ: true
+  scaleZ: true,
+  // RN properties
+  shadowOpacity: true
 };
 
 const normalizeValue = (property, value) => {
diff --git a/src/apis/StyleSheet/processBoxShadow.js b/src/apis/StyleSheet/processBoxShadow.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..843121f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apis/StyleSheet/processBoxShadow.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import normalizeColor from '../../modules/normalizeColor';
+import normalizeValue from './normalizeValue';
+
+const applyOpacity = (color, opacity) => {
+  const normalizedColor = normalizeColor(color);
+  const colorNumber = normalizedColor === null ? 0x00000000 : normalizedColor;
+  const r = (colorNumber & 0xff000000) >>> 24;
+  const g = (colorNumber & 0x00ff0000) >>> 16;
+  const b = (colorNumber & 0x0000ff00) >>> 8;
+  const a = (((colorNumber & 0x000000ff) >>> 0) / 255).toFixed(2);
+  return `rgba(${r},${g},${b},${a * opacity})`;
+};
+
+// TODO: add inset and spread support
+const processBoxShadow = (style) => {
+  if (style && style.shadowColor) {
+    const { height, width } = style.shadowOffset || {};
+    const opacity = style.shadowOpacity != null ? style.shadowOpacity : 1;
+    const color = applyOpacity(style.shadowColor, opacity);
+    const blurRadius = normalizeValue(null, style.shadowRadius || 0);
+    const offsetX = normalizeValue(null, height || 0);
+    const offsetY = normalizeValue(null, width || 0);
+    const boxShadow = `${offsetX} ${offsetY} ${blurRadius} ${color}`;
+    style.boxShadow = style.boxShadow ? `${style.boxShadow}, ${boxShadow}` : boxShadow;
+  }
+  delete style.shadowColor;
+  delete style.shadowOffset;
+  delete style.shadowOpacity;
+  delete style.shadowRadius;
+  return style;
+};
+
+module.exports = processBoxShadow;
diff --git a/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js b/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
index 07677223..5cf1500a 100644
--- a/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
+++ b/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import BorderPropTypes from '../../propTypes/BorderPropTypes';
 import ColorPropType from '../../propTypes/ColorPropType';
 import LayoutPropTypes from '../../propTypes/LayoutPropTypes';
 import { PropTypes } from 'react';
+import ShadowPropTypes from '../../propTypes/ShadowPropTypes';
 import TransformPropTypes from '../../propTypes/TransformPropTypes';
 
 const { number, oneOf, string } = PropTypes;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ const hiddenOrVisible = oneOf([ 'hidden', 'visible' ]);
 module.exports = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' ? {
   ...BorderPropTypes,
   ...LayoutPropTypes,
+  ...ShadowPropTypes,
   ...TransformPropTypes,
   backfaceVisibility: hiddenOrVisible,
   backgroundColor: ColorPropType,
diff --git a/src/propTypes/ShadowPropTypes.js b/src/propTypes/ShadowPropTypes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80b4dd1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/propTypes/ShadowPropTypes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import ColorPropType from './ColorPropType';
+import { PropTypes } from 'react';
+
+const { number, oneOfType, shape, string } = PropTypes;
+const numberOrString = oneOfType([ number, string ]);
+
+const ShadowPropTypes = {
+  shadowColor: ColorPropType,
+  shadowOffset: shape({
+    width: numberOrString,
+    height: numberOrString
+  }),
+  shadowOpacity: number,
+  shadowRadius: numberOrString,
+  shadowSpread: numberOrString
+};
+
+module.exports = ShadowPropTypes;