diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode.java
index 4a68601a1..520ced417 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ReactShadowNode.java
@@ -237,7 +237,10 @@ public class ReactShadowNode extends CSSNodeDEPRECATED {
   public void onCollectExtraUpdates(UIViewOperationQueue uiViewOperationQueue) {
   }
 
-  /* package */ void dispatchUpdates(
+  /**
+   * @return true if layout (position or dimensions) changed, false otherwise.
+   */
+  /* package */ boolean dispatchUpdates(
       float absoluteX,
       float absoluteY,
       UIViewOperationQueue uiViewOperationQueue,
@@ -247,12 +250,27 @@ public class ReactShadowNode extends CSSNodeDEPRECATED {
     }
 
     if (hasNewLayout()) {
-      mAbsoluteLeft = Math.round(absoluteX + getLayoutX());
-      mAbsoluteTop = Math.round(absoluteY + getLayoutY());
-      mAbsoluteRight = Math.round(absoluteX + getLayoutX() + getLayoutWidth());
-      mAbsoluteBottom = Math.round(absoluteY + getLayoutY() + getLayoutHeight());
+      float newLeft = Math.round(absoluteX + getLayoutX());
+      float newTop = Math.round(absoluteY + getLayoutY());
+      float newRight = Math.round(absoluteX + getLayoutX() + getLayoutWidth());
+      float newBottom = Math.round(absoluteY + getLayoutY() + getLayoutHeight());
+
+      if (newLeft == mAbsoluteLeft &&
+          newRight == mAbsoluteRight &&
+          newTop == mAbsoluteTop &&
+          newBottom == mAbsoluteBottom) {
+        return false;
+      }
+
+      mAbsoluteLeft = newLeft;
+      mAbsoluteTop = newTop;
+      mAbsoluteRight = newRight;
+      mAbsoluteBottom = newBottom;
 
       nativeViewHierarchyOptimizer.handleUpdateLayout(this);
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      return false;
     }
   }
 
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 3ab74e8e0..d43391eed 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/UIImplementation.java
@@ -789,14 +789,16 @@ public class UIImplementation {
 
     int tag = cssNode.getReactTag();
     if (!mShadowNodeRegistry.isRootNode(tag)) {
-      cssNode.dispatchUpdates(
+      boolean frameDidChange = cssNode.dispatchUpdates(
           absoluteX,
           absoluteY,
           mOperationsQueue,
           mNativeViewHierarchyOptimizer);
 
-      // notify JS about layout event if requested
-      if (cssNode.shouldNotifyOnLayout()) {
+      // Notify JS about layout event if requested
+      // and if the position or dimensions actually changed
+      // (consistent with iOS).
+      if (frameDidChange && cssNode.shouldNotifyOnLayout()) {
         mEventDispatcher.dispatchEvent(
             OnLayoutEvent.obtain(
                 tag,