diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
index aada76ee9..b5939823a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/NativeViewHierarchyManager.java
@@ -482,6 +482,28 @@ public class NativeViewHierarchyManager {
     outputBuffer[3] = v.getHeight();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the coordinates of a view relative to the entire phone screen (not just the RootView
+   * which is what measure will return)
+   *
+   * @param tag - the tag for the view
+   * @param outputBuffer - output buffer that contains [x,y,width,height] of the view in coordinates
+   *  relative to the device window
+   */
+  public void measureInWindow(int tag, int[] outputBuffer) {
+    UiThreadUtil.assertOnUiThread();
+    View v = mTagsToViews.get(tag);
+    if (v == null) {
+      throw new NoSuchNativeViewException("No native view for " + tag + " currently exists");
+    }
+
+    v.getLocationOnScreen(outputBuffer);
+
+    // outputBuffer[0,1] already contain what we want
+    outputBuffer[2] = v.getWidth();
+    outputBuffer[3] = v.getHeight();
+  }
+
   public int findTargetTagForTouch(int reactTag, float touchX, float touchY) {
     View view = mTagsToViews.get(reactTag);
     if (view == null) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
index 95cd4756e..9e63b313f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ public class UIImplementation {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Determines the location on screen, width, and height of the given view and returns the values
-   * via an async callback.
+   * Determines the location on screen, width, and height of the given view relative to the root
+   * view and returns the values via an async callback.
    */
   public void measure(int reactTag, Callback callback) {
     // This method is called by the implementation of JS touchable interface (see Touchable.js for
@@ -391,6 +391,15 @@ public class UIImplementation {
     mOperationsQueue.enqueueMeasure(reactTag, callback);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Determines the location on screen, width, and height of the given view relative to the device
+   * screen and returns the values via an async callback.  This is the absolute position including
+   * things like the status bar
+   */
+  public void measureInWindow(int reactTag, Callback callback) {
+    mOperationsQueue.enqueueMeasureInWindow(reactTag, callback);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Measures the view specified by tag relative to the given ancestorTag. This means that the
    * returned x, y are relative to the origin x, y of the ancestor view. Results are stored in the
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
index 9742fc041..ddeb94e6d 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIManagerModule.java
@@ -253,6 +253,16 @@ public class UIManagerModule extends ReactContextBaseJavaModule implements
     mUIImplementation.measure(reactTag, callback);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Determines the location on screen, width, and height of the given view relative to the device
+   * screen and returns the values via an async callback.  This is the absolute position including
+   * things like the status bar
+   */
+  @ReactMethod
+  public void measureInWindow(int reactTag, Callback callback) {
+    mUIImplementation.measureInWindow(reactTag, callback);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Measures the view specified by tag relative to the given ancestorTag. This means that the
    * returned x, y are relative to the origin x, y of the ancestor view. Results are stored in the
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
index 9b2d81057..b3b931e0f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIViewOperationQueue.java
@@ -385,6 +385,38 @@ public class UIViewOperationQueue {
     }
   }
 
+  private final class MeasureInWindowOperation implements UIOperation {
+
+    private final int mReactTag;
+    private final Callback mCallback;
+
+    private MeasureInWindowOperation(
+        final int reactTag,
+        final Callback callback) {
+      super();
+      mReactTag = reactTag;
+      mCallback = callback;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute() {
+      try {
+        mNativeViewHierarchyManager.measureInWindow(mReactTag, mMeasureBuffer);
+      } catch (NoSuchNativeViewException e) {
+        // Invoke with no args to signal failure and to allow JS to clean up the callback
+        // handle.
+        mCallback.invoke();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      float x = PixelUtil.toDIPFromPixel(mMeasureBuffer[0]);
+      float y = PixelUtil.toDIPFromPixel(mMeasureBuffer[1]);
+      float width = PixelUtil.toDIPFromPixel(mMeasureBuffer[2]);
+      float height = PixelUtil.toDIPFromPixel(mMeasureBuffer[3]);
+      mCallback.invoke(x, y, width, height);
+    }
+  }
+
   private ArrayList<UIOperation> mOperations = new ArrayList<>();
 
   private final class FindTargetForTouchOperation implements UIOperation {
@@ -634,6 +666,14 @@ public class UIViewOperationQueue {
         new MeasureOperation(reactTag, callback));
   }
 
+  public void enqueueMeasureInWindow(
+      final int reactTag,
+      final Callback callback) {
+    mOperations.add(
+        new MeasureInWindowOperation(reactTag, callback)
+    );
+  }
+
   public void enqueueFindTargetForTouch(
       final int reactTag,
       final float targetX,