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 f85236d48..15ea0c6d4 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ public class ViewProps {
           return map.isNull(BORDER_RIGHT_WIDTH) || map.getDouble(BORDER_RIGHT_WIDTH) == 0d;
         case BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH:
           return map.isNull(BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH) || map.getDouble(BORDER_BOTTOM_WIDTH) == 0d;
-        case OVERFLOW: // We do nothing with this right now.
-          return true;
+        case OVERFLOW:
+          return map.isNull(OVERFLOW) || map.getString(OVERFLOW) == "visible";
         default:
           return false;
       }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
index 1915b6eb4..74b14bae8 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewGroup.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup implements
 
   public ReactViewGroup(Context context) {
     super(context);
+    setClipChildren(false);
     mDrawingOrderHelper = new ViewGroupDrawingOrderHelper(this);
   }
 
@@ -638,6 +639,7 @@ public class ReactViewGroup extends ViewGroup implements
   }
 
   public void setOverflow(String overflow) {
+    setClipChildren(mOverflow == "hidden");
     mOverflow = overflow;
     invalidate();
   }