diff --git a/examples/components/App.js b/examples/components/App.js
index 858154d0..09aa7988 100644
--- a/examples/components/App.js
+++ b/examples/components/App.js
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ export default class App extends React.Component {
 const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   root: {
     common: {
-      margin: '0 auto'
+      marginVertical: 0,
+      marginHorizontal: 'auto'
     },
     mqSmall: {
       maxWidth: '400px'
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
     alignItems: 'center',
     flexGrow: 1,
     justifyContent: 'center',
-    borderWidth: '1px'
+    borderWidth: 1
   },
   horizontalBox: {
     width: '50px'
diff --git a/examples/components/MediaQueryWidget.js b/examples/components/MediaQueryWidget.js
index c7c057ff..b6789a48 100644
--- a/examples/components/MediaQueryWidget.js
+++ b/examples/components/MediaQueryWidget.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   root: {
     alignItems: 'center',
     borderWidth: 1,
-    margin: '10px 0',
+    marginVertical: 10,
     padding: 10,
     textAlign: 'center'
   },
diff --git a/src/components/Text/TextStylePropTypes.js b/src/components/Text/TextStylePropTypes.js
index 986d9915..671073cc 100644
--- a/src/components/Text/TextStylePropTypes.js
+++ b/src/components/Text/TextStylePropTypes.js
@@ -13,11 +13,15 @@ export default {
     'letterSpacing',
     'lineHeight',
     'margin',
+    'marginHorizontal',
+    'marginVertical',
     'marginBottom',
     'marginLeft',
     'marginRight',
     'marginTop',
     'padding',
+    'paddingHorizontal',
+    'paddingVertical',
     'paddingBottom',
     'paddingLeft',
     'paddingRight',
diff --git a/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js b/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
index 272efb7b..219347a9 100644
--- a/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
+++ b/src/components/View/ViewStylePropTypes.js
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ export default {
     'left',
     // margin
     'margin',
+    'marginHorizontal',
+    'marginVertical',
     'marginBottom',
     'marginLeft',
     'marginRight',
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ export default {
     'overflowY',
     // padding
     'padding',
+    'paddingHorizontal',
+    'paddingVertical',
     'paddingBottom',
     'paddingLeft',
     'paddingRight',
diff --git a/src/modules/StylePropTypes/index.js b/src/modules/StylePropTypes/index.js
index fe226527..3e08312c 100644
--- a/src/modules/StylePropTypes/index.js
+++ b/src/modules/StylePropTypes/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export default {
   alignContent: string,
   alignItems: string,
   alignSelf: string,
+  appearance: string,
   backfaceVisibility: string,
   backgroundAttachment: string,
   backgroundClip: string,
@@ -16,7 +17,6 @@ export default {
   backgroundPosition: string,
   backgroundRepeat: string,
   backgroundSize: string,
-  border: string,
   borderColor: string,
   borderBottomColor: string,
   borderLeftColor: string,
@@ -61,11 +61,14 @@ export default {
   left: numberOrString,
   letterSpacing: string,
   lineHeight: numberOrString,
+  listStyle: string,
   margin: numberOrString,
   marginBottom: numberOrString,
+  marginHorizontal: numberOrString,
   marginLeft: numberOrString,
   marginRight: numberOrString,
   marginTop: numberOrString,
+  marginVertical: numberOrString,
   maxHeight: numberOrString,
   maxWidth: numberOrString,
   minHeight: numberOrString,
@@ -77,13 +80,16 @@ export default {
   overflowY: string,
   padding: numberOrString,
   paddingBottom: numberOrString,
+  paddingHorizontal: numberOrString,
   paddingLeft: numberOrString,
   paddingRight: numberOrString,
   paddingTop: numberOrString,
+  paddingVertical: numberOrString,
   position: string,
   right: numberOrString,
   textAlign: string,
   textDecoration: string,
+  textOverflow: string,
   textTransform: string,
   top: numberOrString,
   userSelect: string,
diff --git a/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/store-test.js b/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/Store-test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/store-test.js
rename to src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/Store-test.js
diff --git a/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/expandStyle-test.js b/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/expandStyle-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..381c4e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/expandStyle-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* eslint-env mocha */
+
+import assert from 'assert'
+import expandStyle from '../expandStyle'
+
+suite('modules/StyleSheet/expandStyle', () => {
+  test('style property', () => {
+    const initial = {
+      borderTopWidth: 1,
+      borderWidth: 2,
+      marginTop: 50,
+      marginVertical: 25,
+      margin: 10
+    }
+
+    const expectedStyle = {
+      borderTopWidth: 1,
+      borderLeftWidth: 2,
+      borderRightWidth: 2,
+      borderBottomWidth: 2,
+      marginTop: 50,
+      marginBottom: 25,
+      marginLeft: 10,
+      marginRight: 10
+    }
+
+    assert.deepEqual(expandStyle(initial), expectedStyle)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/index-test.js b/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/index-test.js
index e2226667..dcf16c4f 100644
--- a/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/index-test.js
+++ b/src/modules/StyleSheet/__tests__/index-test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { resetCSS, predefinedCSS } from '../predefs'
 import assert from 'assert'
 import StyleSheet from '..'
 
-const styles = { root: { border: 0 } }
+const styles = { root: { borderWidth: 1 } }
 
 suite('modules/StyleSheet', () => {
   setup(() => {
@@ -20,14 +20,17 @@ suite('modules/StyleSheet', () => {
     assert.equal(
       StyleSheet.renderToString(),
       `${resetCSS}\n${predefinedCSS}\n` +
-      `/* 1 unique declarations */\n` +
-      `.border\\:0px{border:0px;}`
+      `/* 4 unique declarations */\n` +
+      `.borderBottomWidth\\:1px{border-bottom-width:1px;}\n` +
+      `.borderLeftWidth\\:1px{border-left-width:1px;}\n` +
+      `.borderRightWidth\\:1px{border-right-width:1px;}\n` +
+      `.borderTopWidth\\:1px{border-top-width:1px;}`
     )
   })
 
   test('resolve', () => {
     const props = { className: 'className', style: styles.root }
-    const expected = { className: 'className border:0px', style: {} }
+    const expected = { className: 'className borderTopWidth:1px borderRightWidth:1px borderBottomWidth:1px borderLeftWidth:1px', style: {} }
     StyleSheet.create(styles)
     assert.deepEqual(StyleSheet.resolve(props), expected)
   })
diff --git a/src/modules/StyleSheet/expandStyle.js b/src/modules/StyleSheet/expandStyle.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5244bb62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/StyleSheet/expandStyle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+const styleShortHands = {
+  borderColor: [ 'borderTopColor', 'borderRightColor', 'borderBottomColor', 'borderLeftColor' ],
+  borderRadius: [ 'borderTopLeftRadius', 'borderTopRightRadius', 'borderBottomRightRadius', 'borderBottomLeftRadius' ],
+  borderStyle: [ 'borderTopStyle', 'borderRightStyle', 'borderBottomStyle', 'borderLeftStyle' ],
+  borderWidth: [ 'borderTopWidth', 'borderRightWidth', 'borderBottomWidth', 'borderLeftWidth' ],
+  margin: [ 'marginTop', 'marginRight', 'marginBottom', 'marginLeft' ],
+  marginHorizontal: [ 'marginRight', 'marginLeft' ],
+  marginVertical: [ 'marginTop', 'marginBottom' ],
+  padding: [ 'paddingTop', 'paddingRight', 'paddingBottom', 'paddingLeft' ],
+  paddingHorizontal: [ 'paddingRight', 'paddingLeft' ],
+  paddingVertical: [ 'paddingTop', 'paddingBottom' ]
+}
+
+/**
+ * Alpha-sort properties, apart from shorthands which appear before the
+ * properties they expand into. This ensures that more specific styles override
+ * the shorthands, whatever the order in which they were originally declared.
+ */
+const sortProps = (propsArray) => propsArray.sort((a, b) => {
+  const expandedA = styleShortHands[a]
+  const expandedB = styleShortHands[b]
+  if (expandedA && expandedA.indexOf(b) > -1) {
+    return -1
+  } else if (expandedB && expandedB.indexOf(a) > -1) {
+    return 1
+  }
+  return a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0
+})
+
+/**
+ * Expand the shorthand properties to isolate every declaration from the others.
+ */
+const expandStyle = (style) => {
+  const propsArray = Object.keys(style)
+  const sortedProps = sortProps(propsArray)
+
+  return sortedProps.reduce((resolvedStyle, key) => {
+    const expandedProps = styleShortHands[key]
+    const value = style[key]
+    if (expandedProps) {
+      expandedProps.forEach((prop, i) => {
+        resolvedStyle[expandedProps[i]] = value
+      })
+    } else {
+      resolvedStyle[key] = value
+    }
+    return resolvedStyle
+  }, {})
+}
+
+export default expandStyle
diff --git a/src/modules/StyleSheet/index.js b/src/modules/StyleSheet/index.js
index 8345f1ba..9e41a1e8 100644
--- a/src/modules/StyleSheet/index.js
+++ b/src/modules/StyleSheet/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import { resetCSS, predefinedCSS, predefinedClassNames } from './predefs'
+import expandStyle from './expandStyle'
 import getStyleObjects from './getStyleObjects'
 import prefixer from './prefixer'
 import Store from './Store'
+import StylePropTypes from '../StylePropTypes'
 
 /**
  * Initialize the store with pointer-event styles mapping to our custom pointer
@@ -17,11 +19,18 @@ let store = createStore()
  */
 const create = (styles: Object): Object => {
   const rules = getStyleObjects(styles)
+
   rules.forEach((rule) => {
-    Object.keys(rule).forEach(property => {
-      const value = rule[property]
-      // add each declaration to the store
-      store.set(property, value)
+    const style = expandStyle(rule)
+
+    Object.keys(style).forEach((property) => {
+      if (!StylePropTypes[property]) {
+        console.error(`ReactNativeWeb: the style property "${property}" is not supported`)
+      } else {
+        const value = style[property]
+        // add each declaration to the store
+        store.set(property, value)
+      }
     })
   })
   return styles
@@ -49,15 +58,19 @@ const renderToString = () => {
 const resolve = ({ className = '', style = {} }) => {
   let _className
   let _style = {}
+  const expandedStyle = expandStyle(style)
 
   const classList = [ className ]
-  for (const prop in style) {
-    let styleClass = store.get(prop, style[prop])
+  for (const prop in expandedStyle) {
+    if (!StylePropTypes[prop]) {
+      continue
+    }
+    let styleClass = store.get(prop, expandedStyle[prop])
 
     if (styleClass) {
       classList.push(styleClass)
     } else {
-      _style[prop] = style[prop]
+      _style[prop] = expandedStyle[prop]
     }
   }