diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderConfig.java b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderConfig.java
index 23ff439c..90ef863f 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderConfig.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderConfig.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.view.ViewParent;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import androidx.appcompat.app.ActionBar;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
 import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
 
+import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
 import com.facebook.react.views.text.ReactFontManager;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -184,6 +186,17 @@ public class ScreenStackHeaderConfig extends ViewGroup {
       ScreenStackHeaderSubview view = mConfigSubviews.get(i);
       ScreenStackHeaderSubview.Type type = view.getType();
 
+      if (type == ScreenStackHeaderSubview.Type.BACK) {
+        // we special case BACK button header config type as we don't add it as a view into toolbar
+        // but instead just copy the drawable from imageview that's added as a first child to it.
+        View firstChild = view.getChildAt(0);
+        if (!(firstChild instanceof ImageView)) {
+          throw new JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException("Back button header config view should have Image as first child");
+        }
+        actionBar.setHomeAsUpIndicator(((ImageView) firstChild).getDrawable());
+        continue;
+      }
+
       Toolbar.LayoutParams params =
               new Toolbar.LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT);
 
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderSubview.java b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderSubview.java
index ab1f947a..0a0c9e09 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderSubview.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderSubview.java
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ public class ScreenStackHeaderSubview extends ReactViewGroup {
     LEFT,
     CENTER,
     TITLE,
-    RIGHT
+    RIGHT,
+    BACK
   }
 
   private int mReactWidth, mReactHeight;
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderSubviewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderSubviewManager.java
index 96d38bd0..f19897ba 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderSubviewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/swmansion/rnscreens/ScreenStackHeaderSubviewManager.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public class ScreenStackHeaderSubviewManager extends ReactViewManager {
       view.setType(ScreenStackHeaderSubview.Type.TITLE);
     } else if ("right".equals(type)) {
       view.setType(ScreenStackHeaderSubview.Type.RIGHT);
+    } else if ("back".equals(type)) {
+      view.setType(ScreenStackHeaderSubview.Type.BACK);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/createNativeStackNavigator.js b/createNativeStackNavigator.js
index 856692a5..32e4eac6 100644
--- a/createNativeStackNavigator.js
+++ b/createNativeStackNavigator.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   ScreenStack,
   Screen,
   ScreenStackHeaderConfig,
+  ScreenStackHeaderBackButtonImage,
   ScreenStackHeaderLeftView,
   ScreenStackHeaderRightView,
   ScreenStackHeaderTitleView,
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@ class StackView extends React.Component {
 
     const children = [];
 
+    if (options.backButtonImage) {
+      children.push(
+        <ScreenStackHeaderBackButtonImage source={options.backButtonImage} />
+      );
+    }
+
     if (options.headerLeft !== undefined) {
       children.push(
         <ScreenStackHeaderLeftView key="left">
diff --git a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.h b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.h
index 6c9b90af..b99d963b 100644
--- a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.h
+++ b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.h
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 @end
 
 typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewType) {
+  RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeBackButton,
   RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeLeft,
   RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeRight,
   RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeTitle,
diff --git a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
index 3992b611..d34d5a4d 100644
--- a/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
+++ b/ios/RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig.m
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@
 #import <React/RCTUIManager.h>
 #import <React/RCTUIManagerUtils.h>
 #import <React/RCTShadowView.h>
+#import <React/RCTImageLoader.h>
+#import <React/RCTImageView.h>
+#import <React/RCTImageSource.h>
+
+// Some RN private method hacking below. Couldn't figure out better way to access image data
+// of a given RCTImageView. See more comments in the code section processing SubviewTypeBackButton
+@interface RCTImageView (Private)
+- (UIImage*)image;
+@end
+
+@interface RCTImageLoader (Private)
+- (id<RCTImageCache>)imageCache;
+@end
+
 
 @interface RNSScreenHeaderItemMeasurements : NSObject
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) CGSize headerSize;
@@ -30,6 +44,7 @@
 
 @interface RNSScreenStackHeaderSubview : UIView
 
+@property (nonatomic, weak) RCTBridge *bridge;
 @property (nonatomic, weak) UIView *reactSuperview;
 @property (nonatomic) RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewType type;
 
@@ -150,6 +165,15 @@
         [navbar setLargeTitleTextAttributes:largeAttrs];
       }
     }
+
+    UIImage *backButtonImage = [self loadBackButtonImageInViewController:vc withConfig:config];
+    if (backButtonImage) {
+      navbar.backIndicatorImage = backButtonImage;
+      navbar.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = backButtonImage;
+    } else if (navbar.backIndicatorImage) {
+      navbar.backIndicatorImage = nil;
+      navbar.backIndicatorTransitionMaskImage = nil;
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -164,6 +188,59 @@
   }
 }
 
++ (UIImage*)loadBackButtonImageInViewController:(UIViewController *)vc
+                                     withConfig:(RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig *)config
+{
+  BOOL hasBackButtonImage = NO;
+  for (RNSScreenStackHeaderSubview *subview in config.reactSubviews) {
+    if (subview.type == RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeBackButton && subview.subviews.count > 0) {
+      hasBackButtonImage = YES;
+      RCTImageView *imageView = subview.subviews[0];
+      UIImage *image = imageView.image;
+      // IMPORTANT!!!
+      // image can be nil in DEV MODE ONLY
+      //
+      // It is so, because in dev mode images are loaded over HTTP from the packager. In that case
+      // we first check if image is already loaded in cache and if it is, we take it from cache and
+      // display immediately. Otherwise we wait for the transition to finish and retry updating
+      // header config.
+      // Unfortunately due to some problems in UIKit we cannot update the image while the screen
+      // transition is ongoing. This results in the settings being reset after the transition is done
+      // to the state from before the transition.
+      if (image == nil) {
+        // in DEV MODE we try to load from cache (we use private API for that as it is not exposed
+        // publically in headers).
+        RCTImageSource *source = imageView.imageSources[0];
+        image = [subview.bridge.imageLoader.imageCache
+                 imageForUrl:source.request.URL.absoluteString
+                 size:source.size
+                 scale:source.scale
+                 resizeMode:imageView.resizeMode];
+      }
+      if (image == nil) {
+        // This will be triggered if the image is not in the cache yet. What we do is we wait until
+        // the end of transition and run header config updates again. We could potentially wait for
+        // image on load to trigger, but that would require even more private method hacking.
+        if (vc.transitionCoordinator) {
+          [vc.transitionCoordinator animateAlongsideTransition:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext>  _Nonnull context) {
+            // nothing, we just want completion
+          } completion:^(id<UIViewControllerTransitionCoordinatorContext>  _Nonnull context) {
+            // in order for new back button image to be loaded we need to trigger another change
+            // in back button props that'd make UIKit redraw the button. Otherwise the changes are
+            // not reflected. Here we change back button visibility which is then immediately restored
+            vc.navigationItem.hidesBackButton = YES;
+            [config updateViewControllerIfNeeded];
+          }];
+        }
+        return [UIImage new];
+      } else {
+        return image;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return nil;
+}
+
 + (void)willShowViewController:(UIViewController *)vc withConfig:(RNSScreenStackHeaderConfig *)config
 {
   [self updateViewController:vc withConfig:config];
@@ -201,7 +278,6 @@
   }
 
   navitem.title = config.title;
-  navitem.hidesBackButton = config.hideBackButton;
   if (config.backTitle != nil) {
     prevItem.backBarButtonItem = [[UIBarButtonItem alloc]
                                   initWithTitle:config.backTitle
@@ -290,11 +366,19 @@
       appearance.largeTitleTextAttributes = largeAttrs;
     }
 
+    UIImage *backButtonImage = [self loadBackButtonImageInViewController:vc withConfig:config];
+    if (backButtonImage) {
+      [appearance setBackIndicatorImage:backButtonImage transitionMaskImage:backButtonImage];
+    } else if (appearance.backIndicatorImage) {
+      [appearance setBackIndicatorImage:nil transitionMaskImage:nil];
+    }
+
     navitem.standardAppearance = appearance;
     navitem.compactAppearance = appearance;
     navitem.scrollEdgeAppearance = appearance;
   }
 #endif
+  navitem.hidesBackButton = config.hideBackButton;
   navitem.leftBarButtonItem = nil;
   navitem.rightBarButtonItem = nil;
   navitem.titleView = nil;
@@ -378,6 +462,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(gestureEnabled, BOOL)
 @implementation RCTConvert (RNSScreenStackHeader)
 
 RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewType, (@{
+   @"back": @(RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeBackButton),
    @"left": @(RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeLeft),
    @"right": @(RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeRight),
    @"title": @(RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewTypeTitle),
@@ -386,9 +471,7 @@ RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(RNSScreenStackHeaderSubviewType, (@{
 
 @end
 
-@implementation RNSScreenStackHeaderSubview {
-  __weak RCTBridge *_bridge;
-}
+@implementation RNSScreenStackHeaderSubview
 
 - (instancetype)initWithBridge:(RCTBridge *)bridge
 {
diff --git a/src/screens.native.js b/src/screens.native.js
index 26b52686..63335d57 100644
--- a/src/screens.native.js
+++ b/src/screens.native.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   requireNativeComponent,
   View,
   UIManager,
+  Image,
   StyleSheet,
 } from 'react-native';
 import { version } from 'react-native/Libraries/Core/ReactNativeVersion';
@@ -146,6 +147,14 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create({
   },
 });
 
+const ScreenStackHeaderBackButtonImage = props => (
+  <ScreensNativeModules.NativeScreenStackHeaderSubview
+    type="back"
+    style={styles.headerSubview}>
+    <Image resizeMode="center" fadeDuration={0} {...props} />
+  </ScreensNativeModules.NativeScreenStackHeaderSubview>
+);
+
 const ScreenStackHeaderRightView = props => (
   <ScreensNativeModules.NativeScreenStackHeaderSubview
     {...props}
@@ -198,6 +207,7 @@ module.exports = {
   get ScreenStackHeaderSubview() {
     return ScreensNativeModules.NativeScreenStackHeaderSubview;
   },
+  ScreenStackHeaderBackButtonImage,
   ScreenStackHeaderRightView,
   ScreenStackHeaderLeftView,
   ScreenStackHeaderTitleView,