diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
index bf988f5931ae6d..b4c8639a533d6d 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ var TextInput = React.createClass({
           onSubmitEditing={this.props.onSubmitEditing}
           onSelectionChangeShouldSetResponder={() => true}
           placeholder={this.props.placeholder}
+          placeholderTextColor={this.props.placeholderTextColor}
           text={this.state.bufferedValue}
           autoCapitalize={autoCapitalize}
           autoCorrect={this.props.autoCorrect}
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTTextFieldManager.m b/React/Views/RCTTextFieldManager.m
index 6e78d86a3b1c39..9be1c553d6b36f 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTTextFieldManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTTextFieldManager.m
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ - (UIView *)view
 {
   view.font = [RCTConvert UIFont:view.font withFamily:json ?: defaultView.font.familyName];
 }
+RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(placeholderTextColor, UIColor, RCTTextField)
+{
+  if (view.placeholder != nil && [view respondsToSelector:@selector(setAttributedPlaceholder:)]) {
+    NSAttributedString *attributedPlaceholder = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:view.placeholder attributes:@{NSFontAttributeName:view.font, NSForegroundColorAttributeName:[RCTConvert UIColor:json]}];
+    [view setAttributedPlaceholder:attributedPlaceholder];
+  }
+}
 
 - (RCTViewManagerUIBlock)uiBlockToAmendWithShadowView:(RCTShadowView *)shadowView
 {