diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
index 940ae7f1b..1c6625fd7 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/image/ReactImageView.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import com.facebook.drawee.controller.BaseControllerListener;
 import com.facebook.drawee.controller.ControllerListener;
 import com.facebook.drawee.controller.ForwardingControllerListener;
 import com.facebook.drawee.drawable.AutoRotateDrawable;
+import com.facebook.drawee.drawable.RoundedColorDrawable;
 import com.facebook.drawee.drawable.ScalingUtils;
 import com.facebook.drawee.generic.GenericDraweeHierarchy;
 import com.facebook.drawee.generic.GenericDraweeHierarchyBuilder;
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
   private @Nullable ImageSource mImageSource;
   private @Nullable ImageSource mCachedImageSource;
   private @Nullable Drawable mLoadingImageDrawable;
+  private @Nullable RoundedColorDrawable mBackgroundImageDrawable;
   private int mBorderColor;
   private int mOverlayColor;
   private float mBorderWidth;
@@ -238,6 +240,12 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
     mIsDirty = true;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setBackgroundColor(int backgroundColor) {
+    mBackgroundImageDrawable = new RoundedColorDrawable(backgroundColor);
+    mIsDirty = true;
+  }
+
   public void setBorderColor(int borderColor) {
     mBorderColor = borderColor;
     mIsDirty = true;
@@ -377,12 +385,17 @@ public class ReactImageView extends GenericDraweeView {
 
     RoundingParams roundingParams = hierarchy.getRoundingParams();
 
+    cornerRadii(sComputedCornerRadii);
+    roundingParams.setCornersRadii(sComputedCornerRadii[0], sComputedCornerRadii[1], sComputedCornerRadii[2], sComputedCornerRadii[3]);
+
+    if (mBackgroundImageDrawable != null) {
+      mBackgroundImageDrawable.setBorder(mBorderColor, mBorderWidth);
+      mBackgroundImageDrawable.setRadii(roundingParams.getCornersRadii());
+      hierarchy.setBackgroundImage(mBackgroundImageDrawable);
+    }
+
     if (usePostprocessorScaling) {
       roundingParams.setCornersRadius(0);
-    } else {
-      cornerRadii(sComputedCornerRadii);
-
-      roundingParams.setCornersRadii(sComputedCornerRadii[0], sComputedCornerRadii[1], sComputedCornerRadii[2], sComputedCornerRadii[3]);
     }
 
     roundingParams.setBorder(mBorderColor, mBorderWidth);