diff --git a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
index 938dca8ad..43ef58152 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
@@ -231,6 +231,18 @@ const View = React.createClass({
       PropTypes.arrayOf(PropTypes.oneOf(AccessibilityTraits)),
     ]),
 
+    /**
+     * A value indicating whether VoiceOver should ignore the elements
+     * within views that are siblings of the receiver.
+     * Default is `false`.
+     *
+     * See the [Accessibility guide](docs/accessibility.html#accessibilitytraits-ios)
+     * for more information.
+     *
+     * @platform ios
+     */
+    accessibilityViewIsModal: PropTypes.bool,
+
     /**
      * When `accessible` is true, the system will try to invoke this function
      * when the user performs accessibility tap gesture.
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
index c743c7865..d551781d2 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
@@ -114,10 +114,11 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(hasTVPreferredFocus, BOOL)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(tvParallaxProperties, NSDictionary)
 #endif
 
+RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(accessible, isAccessibilityElement, BOOL)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(accessibilityLabel, NSString)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(accessibilityTraits, UIAccessibilityTraits)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(accessibilityViewIsModal, BOOL)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(backgroundColor, UIColor)
-RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(accessible, isAccessibilityElement, BOOL)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(testID, accessibilityIdentifier, NSString)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(backfaceVisibility, layer.doubleSided, css_backface_visibility_t)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(opacity, alpha, CGFloat)
diff --git a/docs/Accessibility.md b/docs/Accessibility.md
index 3902b36f9..b09215064 100644
--- a/docs/Accessibility.md
+++ b/docs/Accessibility.md
@@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ To use, set the `accessibilityTraits` property to one of (or an array of) access
 * **allowsDirectInteraction** Used when an element allows direct touch interaction for VoiceOver users (for example, a view representing a piano keyboard).
 * **pageTurn** Informs VoiceOver that it should scroll to the next page when it finishes reading the contents of the element.
 
+#### accessibilityViewIsModal (iOS)
+
+A Boolean value indicating whether VoiceOver should ignore the elements within views that are siblings of the receiver.
+
+For example, in a window that contains sibling views `A` and `B`, setting `accessibilityViewIsModal` to `true` on view `B` causes VoiceOver to ignore the elements in the view `A`.
+On the other hand, if view `B` contains a child view `C` and you set `accessibilityViewIsModal` to `true` on view `C`, VoiceOver does not ignore the elements in view `A`.
+
 #### onAccessibilityTap (iOS)
 
 Use this property to assign a custom function to be called when someone activates an accessible element by double tapping on it while it's selected.