diff --git a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
index b354d8418d452b..bfde62b5d13896 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/TextInput/TextInput.js
@@ -304,6 +304,15 @@ const TextInput = React.createClass({
      * @platform android
      */
     numberOfLines: PropTypes.number,
+    /**
+     * When `false`, if there is a small amount of space available around a text input
+     * (e.g. landscape orientation on a phone), the OS may choose to have the user edit
+     * the text inside of a full screen text input mode. When `true`, this feature is
+     * disabled and users will always edit the text directly inside of the text input.
+     * Defaults to `false`.
+     * @platform android
+     */
+    disableFullscreenUI: PropTypes.bool,
     /**
      * If `true`, the keyboard disables the return key when there is no text and
      * automatically enables it when there is text. The default value is `false`.
@@ -708,6 +717,7 @@ const TextInput = React.createClass({
         onTextInput={this._onTextInput}
         text={this._getText()}
         children={children}
+        disableFullscreenUI={this.props.disableFullscreenUI}
       />;
 
     return (
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
index 9529a3e327912b..90af968f044330 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactEditText.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
+import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
 import android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager;
 import android.widget.EditText;
 
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
   private int mStagedInputType;
   private boolean mContainsImages;
   private boolean mBlurOnSubmit;
+  private boolean mDisableFullscreen;
+  private @Nullable String mReturnKeyType;
   private @Nullable SelectionWatcher mSelectionWatcher;
   private @Nullable ContentSizeWatcher mContentSizeWatcher;
   private final InternalKeyListener mKeyListener;
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ public ReactEditText(Context context) {
     mIsSettingTextFromJS = false;
     mIsJSSettingFocus = false;
     mBlurOnSubmit = true;
+    mDisableFullscreen = false;
     mListeners = null;
     mTextWatcherDelegator = null;
     mStagedInputType = getInputType();
@@ -254,6 +258,24 @@ public boolean getBlurOnSubmit() {
     return mBlurOnSubmit;
   }
 
+  public void setDisableFullscreenUI(boolean disableFullscreenUI) {
+    mDisableFullscreen = disableFullscreenUI;
+    updateImeOptions();
+  }
+
+  public boolean getDisableFullscreenUI() {
+    return mDisableFullscreen;
+  }
+
+  public void setReturnKeyType(String returnKeyType) {
+    mReturnKeyType = returnKeyType;
+    updateImeOptions();
+  }
+
+  public String getReturnKeyType() {
+    return mReturnKeyType;
+  }
+
   /*protected*/ int getStagedInputType() {
     return mStagedInputType;
   }
@@ -407,6 +429,42 @@ private boolean isMultiline() {
     setGravity((getGravity() & ~Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK) | gravityVertical);
   }
 
+  private void updateImeOptions() {
+    // Default to IME_ACTION_DONE
+    int returnKeyFlag = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE;
+    if (mReturnKeyType != null) {
+      switch (mReturnKeyType) {
+        case "go":
+          returnKeyFlag = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO;
+          break;
+        case "next":
+          returnKeyFlag = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT;
+          break;
+        case "none":
+          returnKeyFlag = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NONE;
+          break;
+        case "previous":
+          returnKeyFlag = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_PREVIOUS;
+          break;
+        case "search":
+          returnKeyFlag = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH;
+          break;
+        case "send":
+          returnKeyFlag = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEND;
+          break;
+        case "done":
+          returnKeyFlag = EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE;
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (mDisableFullscreen) {
+      setImeOptions(returnKeyFlag | EditorInfo.IME_FLAG_NO_FULLSCREEN);
+    } else {
+      setImeOptions(returnKeyFlag);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected boolean verifyDrawable(Drawable drawable) {
     if (mContainsImages && getText() instanceof Spanned) {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 50d20631b43182..9ccf3ab811224c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public ReactEditText createViewInstance(ThemedReactContext context) {
     ReactEditText editText = new ReactEditText(context);
     int inputType = editText.getInputType();
     editText.setInputType(inputType & (~InputType.TYPE_TEXT_FLAG_MULTI_LINE));
-    editText.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);
+    editText.setReturnKeyType("done");
     editText.setTextSize(
         TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_PX,
         (int) Math.ceil(PixelUtil.toPixelFromSP(ViewDefaults.FONT_SIZE_SP)));
@@ -475,29 +475,12 @@ public void setKeyboardType(ReactEditText view, @Nullable String keyboardType) {
 
   @ReactProp(name = "returnKeyType")
   public void setReturnKeyType(ReactEditText view, String returnKeyType) {
-    switch (returnKeyType) {
-      case "done":
-        view.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_DONE);
-        break;
-      case "go":
-        view.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_GO);
-        break;
-      case "next":
-        view.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NEXT);
-        break;
-      case "none":
-        view.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_NONE);
-        break;
-      case "previous":
-        view.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_PREVIOUS);
-        break;
-      case "search":
-        view.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEARCH);
-        break;
-      case "send":
-        view.setImeOptions(EditorInfo.IME_ACTION_SEND);
-        break;
-    }
+    view.setReturnKeyType(returnKeyType);
+  }
+
+  @ReactProp(name = "disableFullscreenUI", defaultBoolean = false)
+  public void setDisableFullscreenUI(ReactEditText view, boolean disableFullscreenUI) {
+    view.setDisableFullscreenUI(disableFullscreenUI);
   }
 
   private static final int IME_ACTION_ID = 0x670;