diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigatorIOSColorsExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigatorIOSColorsExample.js
index 0f695d956..741186902 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigatorIOSColorsExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/NavigatorIOSColorsExample.js
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ var NavigatorIOSColors = React.createClass({
         tintColor="#FFFFFF"
         barTintColor="#183E63"
         titleTextColor="#FFFFFF"
+        translucent="true"
       />
     );
   },
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/Navigation/NavigatorIOS.ios.js b/Libraries/Components/Navigation/NavigatorIOS.ios.js
index 9ecf6bdc8..788273ec5 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/Navigation/NavigatorIOS.ios.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/Navigation/NavigatorIOS.ios.js
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ var RCTNavigatorItem = createReactNativeComponentClass({
     backButtonIcon: true,
     backButtonTitle: true,
     tintColor: true,
+    translucent: true,
     navigationBarHidden: true,
     titleTextColor: true,
     style: true,
@@ -300,6 +301,11 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
      */
     titleTextColor: PropTypes.string,
 
+    /**
+     * A Boolean value that indicates whether the navigation bar is translucent
+     */
+    translucent: PropTypes.bool,
+
   },
 
   navigator: (undefined: ?Object),
@@ -609,6 +615,7 @@ var NavigatorIOS = React.createClass({
           navigationBarHidden={this.props.navigationBarHidden}
           tintColor={this.props.tintColor}
           barTintColor={this.props.barTintColor}
+          translucent={this.props.translucent}
           titleTextColor={this.props.titleTextColor}>
           <Component
             navigator={this.navigator}
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTNavItem.h b/React/Views/RCTNavItem.h
index cd9833a44..16c1e7f5d 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTNavItem.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTNavItem.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 @property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *tintColor;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *barTintColor;
 @property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *titleTextColor;
+@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL translucent;
 
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) UIBarButtonItem *backButtonItem;
 @property (nonatomic, readonly) UIBarButtonItem *leftButtonItem;
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTNavItemManager.m b/React/Views/RCTNavItemManager.m
index 33588c938..dab6ee049 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTNavItemManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTNavItemManager.m
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ RCT_EXPORT_MODULE()
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(navigationBarHidden, BOOL)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(tintColor, UIColor)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(barTintColor, UIColor)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(translucent, BOOL)
 
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(title, NSString)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(titleTextColor, UIColor)
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTWrapperViewController.m b/React/Views/RCTWrapperViewController.m
index c8da5e448..c1893353b 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTWrapperViewController.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTWrapperViewController.m
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(-initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder)
     UINavigationBar *bar = self.navigationController.navigationBar;
     bar.barTintColor = _navItem.barTintColor;
     bar.tintColor = _navItem.tintColor;
+    bar.translucent = _navItem.translucent;
     if (_navItem.titleTextColor) {
       [bar setTitleTextAttributes:@{NSForegroundColorAttributeName : _navItem.titleTextColor}];
     }