diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/WebViewExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/WebViewExample.js
index e760ebdf5..817b16e3f 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/WebViewExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/WebViewExample.js
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ var WebViewExample = React.createClass({
   inputText: '',
 
   handleTextInputChange: function(event) {
-    this.inputText = event.nativeEvent.text;
+    var url = event.nativeEvent.text;
+    if (!/^[a-zA-Z-_]:/.test(url)) {
+      url = 'http://' + url;
+    }
+    this.inputText = url;
   },
 
   render: function() {
@@ -93,7 +97,7 @@ var WebViewExample = React.createClass({
           ref={WEBVIEW_REF}
           automaticallyAdjustContentInsets={false}
           style={styles.webView}
-          url={this.state.url}
+          source={{uri: this.state.url}}
           javaScriptEnabled={true}
           domStorageEnabled={true}
           decelerationRate="normal"
@@ -232,7 +236,26 @@ exports.title = '<WebView>';
 exports.description = 'Base component to display web content';
 exports.examples = [
   {
-    title: 'WebView',
+    title: 'Simple Browser',
     render(): ReactElement { return <WebViewExample />; }
+  },
+  {
+    title: 'POST Test',
+    render(): ReactElement {
+      return (
+        <WebView
+          style={{
+            backgroundColor: BGWASH,
+            height: 100,
+          }}
+          source={{
+            uri: 'http://www.posttestserver.com/post.php',
+            method: 'POST',
+            body: 'foo=bar&bar=foo'
+          }}
+          scalesPageToFit={false}
+        />
+      );
+    }
   }
 ];
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
index 1f6fdd980..23dc5f02f 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
@@ -62,11 +62,43 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
     ),
 
     /**
-     * Used on Android only, provides html or url with optional headers to the WebView.
-     * `{ html: string, uri: string, headers: map<string, string> }`
-     * @platform android
+     * Loads static html or a uri (with optional headers) in the WebView.
      */
-    source: PropTypes.object,
+    source: PropTypes.oneOfType([
+      PropTypes.shape({
+        /*
+         * The URI to load in the WebView. Can be a local or remote file.
+         */
+        uri: PropTypes.string,
+        /*
+         * The HTTP Method to use. Defaults to GET if not specified.
+         * NOTE: On Android, only GET and POST are supported.
+         */
+        method: PropTypes.oneOf(['GET', 'POST']),
+        /*
+         * Additional HTTP headers to send with the request.
+         * NOTE: On Android, this can only be used with GET requests.
+         */
+        headers: PropTypes.object,
+        /*
+         * The HTTP body to send with the request. This must be a valid
+         * UTF-8 string, and will be sent exactly as specified, with no
+         * additional encoding (e.g. URL-escaping or base64) applied.
+         * NOTE: On Android, this can only be used with POST requests.
+         */
+        body: PropTypes.string,
+      }),
+      PropTypes.shape({
+        /*
+         * A static HTML page to display in the WebView.
+         */
+        html: PropTypes.string,
+        /*
+         * The base URL to be used for any relative links in the HTML.
+         */
+        baseUrl: PropTypes.string,
+      }),
+    ]),
 
     /**
      * Used on Android only, JS is enabled by default for WebView on iOS
@@ -149,6 +181,12 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
     } else if (this.props.url) {
       source.uri = this.props.url;
     }
+    
+    if (source.method === 'POST' && source.headers) {
+      console.warn('WebView: `source.headers` is not supported when using POST.');
+    } else if (source.method === 'GET' && source.body) {
+      console.warn('WebView: `source.body` is not supported when using GET.');
+    }
 
     var webView =
       <RCTWebView
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
index 1b561d225..6ea171331 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
  *
  * @providesModule WebView
- * @flow
+ * @noflow
  */
 'use strict';
 
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ var UIManager = require('UIManager');
 var View = require('View');
 var ScrollView = require('ScrollView')
 
-var processDecelerationRate = require('processDecelerationRate');
+var deprecatedPropType = require('deprecatedPropType');
 var invariant = require('invariant');
 var keyMirror = require('keyMirror');
+var processDecelerationRate = require('processDecelerationRate');
 var requireNativeComponent = require('requireNativeComponent');
 
 var PropTypes = React.PropTypes;
@@ -89,8 +90,56 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
 
   propTypes: {
     ...View.propTypes,
-    url: PropTypes.string,
-    html: PropTypes.string,
+
+    html: deprecatedPropType(
+      PropTypes.string,
+      'Use the `source` prop instead.'
+    ),
+
+    url: deprecatedPropType(
+      PropTypes.string,
+      'Use the `source` prop instead.'
+    ),
+
+    /**
+     * Loads static html or a uri (with optional headers) in the WebView.
+     */
+    source: PropTypes.oneOfType([
+      PropTypes.shape({
+        /*
+         * The URI to load in the WebView. Can be a local or remote file.
+         */
+        uri: PropTypes.string,
+        /*
+         * The HTTP Method to use. Defaults to GET if not specified.
+         * NOTE: On Android, only GET and POST are supported.
+         */
+        method: PropTypes.string,
+        /*
+         * Additional HTTP headers to send with the request.
+         * NOTE: On Android, this can only be used with GET requests.
+         */
+        headers: PropTypes.object,
+        /*
+         * The HTTP body to send with the request. This must be a valid
+         * UTF-8 string, and will be sent exactly as specified, with no
+         * additional encoding (e.g. URL-escaping or base64) applied.
+         * NOTE: On Android, this can only be used with POST requests.
+         */
+        body: PropTypes.string,
+      }),
+      PropTypes.shape({
+        /*
+         * A static HTML page to display in the WebView.
+         */
+        html: PropTypes.string,
+        /*
+         * The base URL to be used for any relative links in the HTML.
+         */
+        baseUrl: PropTypes.string,
+      }),
+    ]),
+
     /**
      * Function that returns a view to show if there's an error.
      */
@@ -243,13 +292,19 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
 
     var decelerationRate = processDecelerationRate(this.props.decelerationRate);
 
+    var source = this.props.source || {};
+    if (this.props.html) {
+      source.html = this.props.html;
+    } else if (this.props.url) {
+      source.uri = this.props.url;
+    }
+
     var webView =
       <RCTWebView
         ref={RCT_WEBVIEW_REF}
         key="webViewKey"
         style={webViewStyles}
-        url={this.props.url}
-        html={this.props.html}
+        source={source}
         injectedJavaScript={this.props.injectedJavaScript}
         bounces={this.props.bounces}
         scrollEnabled={this.props.scrollEnabled}
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTConvert.m b/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
index fdd8ccc43..ebdbee02a 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
@@ -118,8 +118,31 @@ RCT_CUSTOM_CONVERTER(NSData *, NSData, [json dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncod
 
 + (NSURLRequest *)NSURLRequest:(id)json
 {
-  NSURL *URL = [self NSURL:json];
-  return URL ? [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:URL] : nil;
+  if ([json isKindOfClass:[NSString class]]) {
+    NSURL *URL = [self NSURL:json];
+    return URL ? [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:URL] : nil;
+  }
+  if ([json isKindOfClass:[NSDictionary class]]) {
+    NSURL *URL = [self NSURL:json[@"uri"] ?: json[@"url"]];
+    if (!URL) {
+      return nil;
+    }
+    NSData *body = [self NSData:json[@"body"]];
+    NSString *method = [self NSString:json[@"method"]].uppercaseString ?: @"GET";
+    NSDictionary *headers = [self NSDictionary:json[@"headers"]];
+    if ([method isEqualToString:@"GET"] && headers == nil && body == nil) {
+      return [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:URL];
+    }
+    NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:URL];
+    request.HTTPBody = body;
+    request.HTTPMethod = method;
+    request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers;
+    return [request copy];
+  }
+  if (json) {
+    RCTLogConvertError(json, @"a valid URLRequest");
+  }
+  return nil;
 }
 
 + (RCTFileURL *)RCTFileURL:(id)json
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTWebView.h b/React/Views/RCTWebView.h
index d806cd987..386ce8990 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTWebView.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTWebView.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ shouldStartLoadForRequest:(NSMutableDictionary<NSString *, id> *)request
 
 @property (nonatomic, weak) id<RCTWebViewDelegate> delegate;
 
-@property (nonatomic, strong) NSURL *URL;
+@property (nonatomic, copy) NSDictionary *source;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) UIEdgeInsets contentInset;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL automaticallyAdjustContentInsets;
 @property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *injectedJavaScript;
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTWebView.m b/React/Views/RCTWebView.m
index 1b1ef646a..cddd9ede1 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTWebView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTWebView.m
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 
 #import "RCTAutoInsetsProtocol.h"
+#import "RCTConvert.h"
 #import "RCTEventDispatcher.h"
 #import "RCTLog.h"
 #import "RCTUtils.h"
@@ -70,31 +71,34 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder)
   [_webView reload];
 }
 
-- (NSURL *)URL
+- (void)setSource:(NSDictionary *)source
 {
-  return _webView.request.URL;
-}
+  if (![_source isEqualToDictionary:source]) {
+    _source = [source copy];
 
-- (void)setURL:(NSURL *)URL
-{
-  // Because of the way React works, as pages redirect, we actually end up
-  // passing the redirect urls back here, so we ignore them if trying to load
-  // the same url. We'll expose a call to 'reload' to allow a user to load
-  // the existing page.
-  if ([URL isEqual:_webView.request.URL]) {
-    return;
-  }
-  if (!URL) {
-    // Clear the webview
-    [_webView loadHTMLString:@"" baseURL:nil];
-    return;
-  }
-  [_webView loadRequest:[NSURLRequest requestWithURL:URL]];
-}
+    // Check for a static html source first
+    NSString *html = [RCTConvert NSString:source[@"html"]];
+    if (html) {
+      NSURL *baseURL = [RCTConvert NSURL:source[@"baseUrl"]];
+      [_webView loadHTMLString:html baseURL:baseURL];
+      return;
+    }
 
-- (void)setHTML:(NSString *)HTML
-{
-  [_webView loadHTMLString:HTML baseURL:nil];
+    NSURLRequest *request = [RCTConvert NSURLRequest:source];
+    // Because of the way React works, as pages redirect, we actually end up
+    // passing the redirect urls back here, so we ignore them if trying to load
+    // the same url. We'll expose a call to 'reload' to allow a user to load
+    // the existing page.
+    if ([request.URL isEqual:_webView.request.URL]) {
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!request.URL) {
+      // Clear the webview
+      [_webView loadHTMLString:@"" baseURL:nil];
+      return;
+    }
+    [_webView loadRequest:request];
+  }
 }
 
 - (void)layoutSubviews
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTWebViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTWebViewManager.m
index 5e5aff190..33a5d7793 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTWebViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTWebViewManager.m
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
   return webView;
 }
 
-RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(url, URL, NSURL)
-RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(html, HTML, NSString)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(source, NSDictionary)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(bounces, _webView.scrollView.bounces, BOOL)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(scrollEnabled, _webView.scrollView.scrollEnabled, BOOL)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(scalesPageToFit, _webView.scalesPageToFit, BOOL)
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
index 41ab1b414..aac2460c5 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.Event;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.events.EventDispatcher;
 
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -68,6 +70,8 @@ public class ReactWebViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
   private static final String HTML_ENCODING = "UTF-8";
   private static final String HTML_MIME_TYPE = "text/html; charset=utf-8";
 
+  private static final String HTTP_METHOD_POST = "POST";
+
   public static final int COMMAND_GO_BACK = 1;
   public static final int COMMAND_GO_FORWARD = 2;
   public static final int COMMAND_RELOAD = 3;
@@ -135,9 +139,9 @@ public class ReactWebViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
       dispatchEvent(
           webView,
           new TopLoadingStartEvent(
-            webView.getId(),
-            SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
-            createWebViewEvent(webView, url)));
+              webView.getId(),
+              SystemClock.uptimeMillis(),
+              createWebViewEvent(webView, url)));
     }
 
     private void emitFinishEvent(WebView webView, String url) {
@@ -208,10 +212,9 @@ public class ReactWebViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
     }
 
     public void callInjectedJavaScript() {
-      if (
-          getSettings().getJavaScriptEnabled() &&
-              injectedJS != null &&
-              !TextUtils.isEmpty(injectedJS)) {
+      if (getSettings().getJavaScriptEnabled() &&
+          injectedJS != null &&
+          !TextUtils.isEmpty(injectedJS)) {
         loadUrl("javascript:(function() {\n" + injectedJS + ";\n})();");
       }
     }
@@ -278,10 +281,36 @@ public class ReactWebViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
   public void setSource(WebView view, @Nullable ReadableMap source) {
     if (source != null) {
       if (source.hasKey("html")) {
-        view.loadData(source.getString("html"), HTML_MIME_TYPE, HTML_ENCODING);
+        String html = source.getString("html");
+        if (source.hasKey("baseUrl")) {
+          view.loadDataWithBaseURL(
+              source.getString("baseUrl"), html, HTML_MIME_TYPE, HTML_ENCODING, null);
+        } else {
+          view.loadData(html, HTML_MIME_TYPE, HTML_ENCODING);
+        }
         return;
       }
       if (source.hasKey("uri")) {
+        String url = source.getString("uri");
+        if (source.hasKey("method")) {
+          String method = source.getString("method");
+          if (method.equals(HTTP_METHOD_POST)) {
+            byte[] postData = null;
+            if (source.hasKey("body")) {
+              String body = source.getString("body");
+              try {
+                postData = body.getBytes("UTF-8");
+              } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                postData = body.getBytes();
+              }
+            }
+            if (postData == null) {
+              postData = new byte[0];
+            }
+            view.postUrl(url, postData);
+            return;
+          }
+        }
         HashMap<String, String> headerMap = new HashMap<>();
         if (source.hasKey("headers")) {
           ReadableMap headers = source.getMap("headers");
@@ -291,7 +320,7 @@ public class ReactWebViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
             headerMap.put(key, headers.getString(key));
           }
         }
-        view.loadUrl(source.getString("uri"), headerMap);
+        view.loadUrl(url, headerMap);
         return;
       }
     }