diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index 8c7e7f948..5a4cebbec 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.text.Layout;
 import android.text.Spanned;
+import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactCompoundView;
@@ -20,9 +21,14 @@ import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactCompoundView;
 public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
 
   private boolean mContainsImages;
+  private int mDefaultGravityHorizontal;
+  private int mDefaultGravityVertical;
 
   public ReactTextView(Context context) {
     super(context);
+    mDefaultGravityHorizontal =
+      getGravity() & (Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK | Gravity.RELATIVE_HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK);
+    mDefaultGravityVertical = getGravity() & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
   }
 
   public void setText(ReactTextUpdate update) {
@@ -150,4 +156,20 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
       }
     }
   }
+
+  /* package */ void setGravityHorizontal(int gravityHorizontal) {
+    if (gravityHorizontal == 0) {
+      gravityHorizontal = mDefaultGravityHorizontal;
+    }
+    setGravity(
+      (getGravity() & ~Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK &
+        ~Gravity.RELATIVE_HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK) | gravityHorizontal);
+  }
+
+  /* package */ void setGravityVertical(int gravityVertical) {
+    if (gravityVertical == 0) {
+      gravityVertical = mDefaultGravityVertical;
+    }
+    setGravity((getGravity() & ~Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK) | gravityVertical);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
index 2bffd3969..a1813a32a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
@@ -58,18 +58,33 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactTextView, ReactTe
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.TEXT_ALIGN)
   public void setTextAlign(ReactTextView view, @Nullable String textAlign) {
     if (textAlign == null || "auto".equals(textAlign)) {
-      view.setGravity(Gravity.NO_GRAVITY);
+      view.setGravityHorizontal(Gravity.NO_GRAVITY);
     } else if ("left".equals(textAlign)) {
-      view.setGravity(Gravity.LEFT);
+      view.setGravityHorizontal(Gravity.LEFT);
     } else if ("right".equals(textAlign)) {
-      view.setGravity(Gravity.RIGHT);
+      view.setGravityHorizontal(Gravity.RIGHT);
     } else if ("center".equals(textAlign)) {
-      view.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
+      view.setGravityHorizontal(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
     } else {
       throw new JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException("Invalid textAlign: " + textAlign);
     }
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.TEXT_ALIGN_VERTICAL)
+  public void setTextAlignVertical(ReactTextView view, @Nullable String textAlignVertical) {
+    if (textAlignVertical == null || "auto".equals(textAlignVertical)) {
+      view.setGravityVertical(Gravity.NO_GRAVITY);
+    } else if ("top".equals(textAlignVertical)) {
+      view.setGravityVertical(Gravity.TOP);
+    } else if ("bottom".equals(textAlignVertical)) {
+      view.setGravityVertical(Gravity.BOTTOM);
+    } else if ("center".equals(textAlignVertical)) {
+      view.setGravityVertical(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
+    } else {
+      throw new JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException("Invalid textAlignVertical: " + textAlignVertical);
+    }
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.LINE_HEIGHT, defaultFloat = Float.NaN)
   public void setLineHeight(ReactTextView view, float lineHeight) {
     if (Float.isNaN(lineHeight)) { // NaN will be used if property gets reset
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputPropertyTest.java b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputPropertyTest.java
index 5be0d0a79..202eabd46 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputPropertyTest.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputPropertyTest.java
@@ -289,26 +289,45 @@ public class ReactTextInputPropertyTest {
   @Test
   public void testTextAlign() {
     ReactEditText view = mManager.createViewInstance(mThemedContext);
-    int gravity = view.getGravity();
-    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.BOTTOM).isNotEqualTo(Gravity.BOTTOM);
+    int defaultGravity = view.getGravity();
+    int defaultHorizontalGravity = defaultGravity & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
+    int defaultVerticalGravity = defaultGravity & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
 
-    mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlignVertical", "bottom"));
-    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.BOTTOM).isEqualTo(Gravity.BOTTOM);
-
-    mManager.updateProperties(
-        view,
-        buildStyles("textAlign", "right", "textAlignVertical", "top"));
-    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.BOTTOM).isNotEqualTo(Gravity.BOTTOM);
-    assertThat(view.getGravity() & (Gravity.RIGHT | Gravity.TOP))
-        .isEqualTo(Gravity.RIGHT | Gravity.TOP);
-
-    mManager.updateProperties(
-        view,
-        buildStyles("textAlignVertical", null));
-    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.RIGHT).isEqualTo(Gravity.RIGHT);
-    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.TOP).isNotEqualTo(Gravity.TOP);
+    // Theme
+    assertThat(view.getGravity()).isNotEqualTo(Gravity.NO_GRAVITY);
 
+    // TextAlign
+    mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlign", "left"));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK).isEqualTo(Gravity.LEFT);
+    mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlign", "right"));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK).isEqualTo(Gravity.RIGHT);
+    mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlign", "center"));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK).isEqualTo(Gravity.CENTER_HORIZONTAL);
     mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlign", null));
-    assertThat(view.getGravity()).isEqualTo(gravity);
+    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK).isEqualTo(defaultHorizontalGravity);
+
+    // TextAlignVertical
+    mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlignVertical", "top"));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK).isEqualTo(Gravity.TOP);
+    mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlignVertical", "bottom"));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK).isEqualTo(Gravity.BOTTOM);
+    mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlignVertical", "center"));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK).isEqualTo(Gravity.CENTER_VERTICAL);
+    mManager.updateProperties(view, buildStyles("textAlignVertical", null));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity() & Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK).isEqualTo(defaultVerticalGravity);
+
+    // TextAlign + TextAlignVertical
+    mManager.updateProperties(
+      view,
+      buildStyles("textAlign", "center", "textAlignVertical", "center"));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity()).isEqualTo(Gravity.CENTER);
+    mManager.updateProperties(
+      view,
+      buildStyles("textAlign", "right", "textAlignVertical", "bottom"));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity()).isEqualTo(Gravity.RIGHT | Gravity.BOTTOM);
+    mManager.updateProperties(
+      view,
+      buildStyles("textAlign", null, "textAlignVertical", null));
+    assertThat(view.getGravity()).isEqualTo(defaultGravity);
   }
 }