diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/TextExample.android.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/TextExample.android.js
index 4d1f61b4f..c557162b7 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/TextExample.android.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/TextExample.android.js
@@ -388,6 +388,17 @@ var TextExample = React.createClass({
             Demo text shadow
           </Text>
         </UIExplorerBlock>
+        <UIExplorerBlock title="Line break mode">
+          <Text numberOfLines={1}>
+            This very long text should be truncated with dots in the end.
+          </Text>
+          <Text lineBreakMode="middle" numberOfLines={1}>
+            This very long text should be truncated with dots in the middle.
+          </Text>
+          <Text lineBreakMode="head" numberOfLines={1}>
+            This very long text should be truncated with dots in the beginning.
+          </Text>
+        </UIExplorerBlock>
       </UIExplorerPage>
     );
   }
diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/TextExample.ios.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/TextExample.ios.js
index 8c7b4ff86..3262aeed0 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/TextExample.ios.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/TextExample.ios.js
@@ -444,6 +444,26 @@ exports.examples = [
       </View>
     );
   },
+}, {
+  title: 'Line break mode',
+  render: function() {
+    return (
+      <View>
+        <Text numberOfLines={1}>
+          This very long text should be truncated with dots in the end.
+        </Text>
+        <Text lineBreakMode="middle" numberOfLines={1}>
+          This very long text should be truncated with dots in the middle.
+        </Text>
+        <Text lineBreakMode="head" numberOfLines={1}>
+          This very long text should be truncated with dots in the beginning.
+        </Text>
+        <Text lineBreakMode="clip" numberOfLines={1}>
+          This very looooooooooooooooooooooooooooong text should be clipped.
+        </Text>
+      </View>
+    );
+  },
 }];
 
 var styles = StyleSheet.create({
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.h b/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.h
index 5d793916b..ed0cc5d6a 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.h
+++ b/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern NSString *const RCTReactTagAttributeName;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat letterSpacing;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) CGFloat lineHeight;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) NSUInteger numberOfLines;
+@property (nonatomic, assign) NSLineBreakMode lineBreakMode;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) CGSize shadowOffset;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) NSTextAlignment textAlign;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) NSWritingDirection writingDirection;
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.m b/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.m
index 72461db6e..b1a437668 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/RCTShadowText.m
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #import "RCTShadowRawText.h"
 #import "RCTText.h"
 #import "RCTUtils.h"
+#import "RCTConvert.h"
 
 NSString *const RCTShadowViewAttributeName = @"RCTShadowViewAttributeName";
 NSString *const RCTIsHighlightedAttributeName = @"IsHighlightedAttributeName";
@@ -166,7 +167,13 @@ static css_dim_t RCTMeasure(void *context, float width, css_measure_mode_t width
 
   NSTextContainer *textContainer = [NSTextContainer new];
   textContainer.lineFragmentPadding = 0.0;
-  textContainer.lineBreakMode = _numberOfLines > 0 ? NSLineBreakByTruncatingTail : NSLineBreakByClipping;
+  
+  if (_numberOfLines > 0) {
+    textContainer.lineBreakMode = _lineBreakMode;
+  } else {
+    textContainer.lineBreakMode = NSLineBreakByClipping;
+  }
+  
   textContainer.maximumNumberOfLines = _numberOfLines;
   textContainer.size = (CGSize){widthMode == CSS_MEASURE_MODE_UNDEFINED ? CGFLOAT_MAX : width, CGFLOAT_MAX};
 
@@ -451,6 +458,7 @@ RCT_TEXT_PROPERTY(IsHighlighted, _isHighlighted, BOOL)
 RCT_TEXT_PROPERTY(LetterSpacing, _letterSpacing, CGFloat)
 RCT_TEXT_PROPERTY(LineHeight, _lineHeight, CGFloat)
 RCT_TEXT_PROPERTY(NumberOfLines, _numberOfLines, NSUInteger)
+RCT_TEXT_PROPERTY(LineBreakMode, _lineBreakMode, NSLineBreakMode)
 RCT_TEXT_PROPERTY(TextAlign, _textAlign, NSTextAlignment)
 RCT_TEXT_PROPERTY(TextDecorationColor, _textDecorationColor, UIColor *);
 RCT_TEXT_PROPERTY(TextDecorationLine, _textDecorationLine, RCTTextDecorationLineType);
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/RCTTextManager.m b/Libraries/Text/RCTTextManager.m
index 9104ea72c..cc5149fe7 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/RCTTextManager.m
+++ b/Libraries/Text/RCTTextManager.m
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(isHighlighted, BOOL)
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(letterSpacing, CGFloat)
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(lineHeight, CGFloat)
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(numberOfLines, NSUInteger)
+RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(lineBreakMode, NSLineBreakMode)
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(textAlign, NSTextAlignment)
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(textDecorationStyle, NSUnderlineStyle)
 RCT_EXPORT_SHADOW_PROPERTY(textDecorationColor, UIColor)
diff --git a/Libraries/Text/Text.js b/Libraries/Text/Text.js
index 4da6d1d52..aab015b6b 100644
--- a/Libraries/Text/Text.js
+++ b/Libraries/Text/Text.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const viewConfig = {
   validAttributes: merge(ReactNativeViewAttributes.UIView, {
     isHighlighted: true,
     numberOfLines: true,
+    lineBreakMode: true,
     allowFontScaling: true,
   }),
   uiViewClassName: 'RCTText',
@@ -69,6 +70,11 @@ const viewConfig = {
 
 const Text = React.createClass({
   propTypes: {
+    /**
+     * Line Break mode. Works only with numberOfLines.
+     * clip is working only for iOS
+     */
+    lineBreakMode: React.PropTypes.oneOf(['head', 'middle', 'tail', 'clip']),
     /**
      * Used to truncate the text with an ellipsis after computing the text
      * layout, including line wrapping, such that the total number of lines
@@ -110,6 +116,7 @@ const Text = React.createClass({
     return {
       accessible: true,
       allowFontScaling: true,
+      lineBreakMode: 'tail',
     };
   },
   getInitialState: function(): Object {
diff --git a/React/Base/RCTConvert.m b/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
index 917a5b627..6b3b2a5c5 100644
--- a/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
+++ b/React/Base/RCTConvert.m
@@ -248,13 +248,11 @@ NSNumber *RCTConvertMultiEnumValue(const char *typeName, NSDictionary *mapping,
 }
 
 RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(NSLineBreakMode, (@{
-  @"wordWrapping": @(NSLineBreakByWordWrapping),
-  @"charWrapping": @(NSLineBreakByCharWrapping),
-  @"clipping": @(NSLineBreakByClipping),
-  @"truncatingHead": @(NSLineBreakByTruncatingHead),
-  @"truncatingTail": @(NSLineBreakByTruncatingTail),
-  @"truncatingMiddle": @(NSLineBreakByTruncatingMiddle),
-}), NSLineBreakByWordWrapping, integerValue)
+  @"clip": @(NSLineBreakByClipping),
+  @"head": @(NSLineBreakByTruncatingHead),
+  @"tail": @(NSLineBreakByTruncatingTail),
+  @"middle": @(NSLineBreakByTruncatingMiddle),
+}), NSLineBreakByTruncatingTail, integerValue)
 
 RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(NSTextAlignment, (@{
   @"auto": @(NSTextAlignmentNatural),
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
index 38160e477..425167111 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ public class ViewProps {
   public static final String LINE_HEIGHT = "lineHeight";
   public static final String NEEDS_OFFSCREEN_ALPHA_COMPOSITING = "needsOffscreenAlphaCompositing";
   public static final String NUMBER_OF_LINES = "numberOfLines";
+  public static final String LINE_BREAK_MODE = "lineBreakMode";
   public static final String ON = "on";
   public static final String RESIZE_MODE = "resizeMode";
   public static final String TEXT_ALIGN = "textAlign";
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
index 00595bb3a..eabbf7b62 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
@@ -73,6 +73,21 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactTextView, ReactTe
     }
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.LINE_BREAK_MODE)
+  public void setLineBreakMode(ReactTextView view, @Nullable String lineBreakMode) {
+    if(lineBreakMode == null) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (lineBreakMode.equals("head")) {
+      view.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.START);
+    } else if (lineBreakMode.equals("middle")) {
+      view.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.MIDDLE);
+    } else if (lineBreakMode.equals("tail")) {
+      view.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);
+    }
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.TEXT_ALIGN_VERTICAL)
   public void setTextAlignVertical(ReactTextView view, @Nullable String textAlignVertical) {
     if (textAlignVertical == null || "auto".equals(textAlignVertical)) {