diff --git a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
index ce168b1c2..7d513b15e 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+var ColorPropType = require('ColorPropType');
 var EdgeInsetsPropType = require('EdgeInsetsPropType');
 var Platform = require('Platform');
 var PointPropType = require('PointPropType');
@@ -318,6 +319,15 @@ var ScrollView = React.createClass({
       PropTypes.func,
       'Use the `refreshControl` prop instead.'
     ),
+
+    /**
+     * Sometimes a scrollview takes up more space than its content fills. When this is
+     * the case, this prop will fill the rest of the scrollview with a color to avoid setting
+     * a background and creating unnecessary overdraw. This is an advanced optimization
+     * that is not needed in the general case.
+     * @platform android
+     */
+    endFillColor: ColorPropType,
   },
 
   mixins: [ScrollResponder.Mixin],
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
index e35dd0647..2b294fcde 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollView.java
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ package com.facebook.react.views.scroll;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
+import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.HorizontalScrollView;
@@ -38,6 +42,8 @@ public class ReactHorizontalScrollView extends HorizontalScrollView implements
   private boolean mRemoveClippedSubviews;
   private boolean mScrollEnabled = true;
   private boolean mSendMomentumEvents;
+  private @Nullable Drawable mEndBackground;
+  private int mEndFillColor = Color.TRANSPARENT;
 
   public ReactHorizontalScrollView(Context context) {
     super(context);
@@ -185,4 +191,23 @@ public class ReactHorizontalScrollView extends HorizontalScrollView implements
   public void getClippingRect(Rect outClippingRect) {
     outClippingRect.set(Assertions.assertNotNull(mClippingRect));
   }
+
+  public void setEndFillColor(int color) {
+    if (color != mEndFillColor) {
+      mEndFillColor = color;
+      mEndBackground = new ColorDrawable(mEndFillColor);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
+    if (mEndFillColor != Color.TRANSPARENT) {
+      final View content = getChildAt(0);
+      if (mEndBackground != null && content != null && content.getRight() < getWidth()) {
+        mEndBackground.setBounds(content.getRight(), 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
+        mEndBackground.draw(canvas);
+      }
+    }
+    super.draw(canvas);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager.java
index 69185fef8..1bdd5bc7a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ package com.facebook.react.views.scroll;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import android.graphics.Color;
+
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
@@ -85,4 +87,15 @@ public class ReactHorizontalScrollViewManager
       scrollView.scrollTo(data.mDestX, data.mDestY);
     }
   }
+
+  /**
+   * When set, fills the rest of the scrollview with a color to avoid setting a background and
+   * creating unnecessary overdraw.
+   * @param view
+   * @param color
+   */
+  @ReactProp(name = "endFillColor", defaultInt = Color.TRANSPARENT, customType = "Color")
+  public void setBottomFillColor(ReactHorizontalScrollView view, int color) {
+    view.setEndFillColor(color);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
index 5e87db3bf..19014159f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollView.java
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ package com.facebook.react.views.scroll;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.graphics.Canvas;
+import android.graphics.Color;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
+import android.graphics.drawable.ColorDrawable;
+import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.ScrollView;
@@ -41,6 +45,8 @@ public class ReactScrollView extends ScrollView implements ReactClippingViewGrou
   private boolean mRemoveClippedSubviews;
   private boolean mScrollEnabled = true;
   private boolean mSendMomentumEvents;
+  private @Nullable Drawable mEndBackground;
+  private int mEndFillColor = Color.TRANSPARENT;
 
   public ReactScrollView(Context context) {
     super(context);
@@ -187,4 +193,23 @@ public class ReactScrollView extends ScrollView implements ReactClippingViewGrou
       postOnAnimationDelayed(r, ReactScrollViewHelper.MOMENTUM_DELAY);
     }
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void draw(Canvas canvas) {
+    if (mEndFillColor != Color.TRANSPARENT) {
+      final View content = getChildAt(0);
+      if (mEndBackground != null && content != null && content.getBottom() < getHeight()) {
+        mEndBackground.setBounds(0, content.getBottom(), getWidth(), getHeight());
+        mEndBackground.draw(canvas);
+      }
+    }
+    super.draw(canvas);
+  }
+
+  public void setEndFillColor(int color) {
+    if (color != mEndFillColor) {
+      mEndFillColor = color;
+      mEndBackground = new ColorDrawable(mEndFillColor);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
index be023a76a..aa5de96fb 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll/ReactScrollViewManager.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import android.graphics.Color;
+
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.common.MapBuilder;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
@@ -70,6 +72,17 @@ public class ReactScrollViewManager
     view.setSendMomentumEvents(sendMomentumEvents);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * When set, fills the rest of the scrollview with a color to avoid setting a background and
+   * creating unnecessary overdraw.
+   * @param view
+   * @param color
+   */
+  @ReactProp(name = "endFillColor", defaultInt = Color.TRANSPARENT, customType = "Color")
+  public void setBottomFillColor(ReactScrollView view, int color) {
+    view.setEndFillColor(color);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public @Nullable Map<String, Integer> getCommandsMap() {
     return ReactScrollViewCommandHelper.getCommandsMap();