diff --git a/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js b/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
index 920b56478..b0f132075 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/ScrollResponder.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ var ScrollResponderMixin = {
   scrollResponderHandleStartShouldSetResponderCapture: function(e: Event): boolean {
     // First see if we want to eat taps while the keyboard is up
     var currentlyFocusedTextInput = TextInputState.currentlyFocusedField();
-    if (!this.props.keyboardShouldPersistTaps &&
+    if (this.props.keyboardShouldPersistTaps === false &&
       currentlyFocusedTextInput != null &&
       e.target !== currentlyFocusedTextInput) {
       return true;
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ var ScrollResponderMixin = {
     // By default scroll views will unfocus a textField
     // if another touch occurs outside of it
     var currentlyFocusedTextInput = TextInputState.currentlyFocusedField();
-    if (!this.props.keyboardShouldPersistTaps &&
+    if (this.props.keyboardShouldPersistTaps === false &&
       currentlyFocusedTextInput != null &&
       e.target !== currentlyFocusedTextInput  &&
       !this.state.observedScrollSinceBecomingResponder &&
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
index 765934bfc..1ee37a84f 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ var EdgeInsetsPropType = require('EdgeInsetsPropType');
 var Platform = require('Platform');
 var PointPropType = require('PointPropType');
 var RCTScrollView = require('NativeModules').UIManager.RCTScrollView;
-var RCTScrollViewConsts = RCTScrollView.Constants;
 var React = require('React');
 var ReactNativeViewAttributes = require('ReactNativeViewAttributes');
 var RCTUIManager = require('NativeModules').UIManager;
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@ var ViewStylePropTypes = require('ViewStylePropTypes');
 
 var createReactNativeComponentClass = require('createReactNativeComponentClass');
 var deepDiffer = require('deepDiffer');
+var dismissKeyboard = require('dismissKeyboard');
 var flattenStyle = require('flattenStyle');
 var insetsDiffer = require('insetsDiffer');
 var invariant = require('invariant');
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ var ScrollView = React.createClass({
      * Determines whether the keyboard gets dismissed in response to a drag.
      *   - 'none' (the default), drags do not dismiss the keyboard.
      *   - 'on-drag', the keyboard is dismissed when a drag begins.
-     *   - 'interactive', the keyboard is dismissed interactively with the drag
-     *     and moves in synchrony with the touch; dragging upwards cancels the
-     *     dismissal.
+     *   - 'interactive', the keyboard is dismissed interactively with the drag and moves in
+     *     synchrony with the touch; dragging upwards cancels the dismissal.
+     *     On android this is not supported and it will have the same behavior as 'none'.
      */
     keyboardDismissMode: PropTypes.oneOf([
       'none', // default
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ var ScrollView = React.createClass({
      * is up dismisses the keyboard. When true, the scroll view will not catch
      * taps, and the keyboard will not dismiss automatically. The default value
      * is false.
-     * @platform ios
      */
     keyboardShouldPersistTaps: PropTypes.bool,
     /**
@@ -310,6 +309,11 @@ var ScrollView = React.createClass({
         );
       }
     }
+    if (Platform.OS === 'android') {
+      if (this.props.keyboardDismissMode === 'on-drag') {
+        dismissKeyboard();
+      }
+    }
     this.scrollResponderHandleScroll(e);
   },
 
@@ -380,13 +384,6 @@ var ScrollView = React.createClass({
       } else {
         ScrollViewClass = AndroidScrollView;
       }
-      var keyboardDismissModeConstants = {
-        'none': RCTScrollViewConsts.KeyboardDismissMode.None, // default
-        'interactive': RCTScrollViewConsts.KeyboardDismissMode.Interactive,
-        'on-drag': RCTScrollViewConsts.KeyboardDismissMode.OnDrag,
-      };
-      props.keyboardDismissMode = props.keyboardDismissMode ?
-        keyboardDismissModeConstants[props.keyboardDismissMode] : undefined;
     }
     invariant(
       ScrollViewClass !== undefined,
diff --git a/Libraries/Utilities/dismissKeyboard.js b/Libraries/Utilities/dismissKeyboard.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8949e8b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Libraries/Utilities/dismissKeyboard.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright 2004-present Facebook. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * @providesModule dismissKeyboard
+ *
+ * This function dismisses the currently-open keyboard, if any
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+var TextInputState = require('TextInputState');
+
+function dismissKeyboard() {
+  TextInputState.blurTextInput(TextInputState.currentlyFocusedField());
+}
+
+module.exports = dismissKeyboard;