diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/art/ARTSurfaceViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/art/ARTSurfaceViewManager.java
index 13745a58ad6160..88046a62ca261f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/art/ARTSurfaceViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/art/ARTSurfaceViewManager.java
@@ -64,4 +64,12 @@ protected ARTSurfaceView createViewInstance(ThemedReactContext reactContext) {
   public void updateExtraData(ARTSurfaceView root, Object extraData) {
     root.setSurfaceTextureListener((ARTSurfaceViewShadowNode) extraData);
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public void setBackgroundColor(ARTSurfaceView view, int backgroundColor) {
+    // As of Android N TextureView does not support calling setBackground on it.
+    // It will also throw an exception when target SDK is set to N or higher.
+
+    // Setting the background color for this view is handled in the shadow node.
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/art/ARTSurfaceViewShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/art/ARTSurfaceViewShadowNode.java
index 538c0792fad093..e3c78600bd260b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/art/ARTSurfaceViewShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/art/ARTSurfaceViewShadowNode.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.LayoutShadowNode;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.UIViewOperationQueue;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactShadowNode;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewProps;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 
 /**
  * Shadow node for ART virtual tree root - ARTSurfaceView
@@ -33,6 +35,14 @@ public class ARTSurfaceViewShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode
 
   private @Nullable Surface mSurface;
 
+  private @Nullable Integer mBackgroundColor;
+
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.BACKGROUND_COLOR, customType = "Color")
+  public void setBackgroundColor(Integer color) {
+    mBackgroundColor = color;
+    markUpdated();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean isVirtual() {
     return false;
@@ -59,6 +69,9 @@ private void drawOutput() {
     try {
       Canvas canvas = mSurface.lockCanvas(null);
       canvas.drawColor(Color.TRANSPARENT, PorterDuff.Mode.CLEAR);
+      if (mBackgroundColor != null) {
+        canvas.drawColor(mBackgroundColor);
+      }
 
       Paint paint = new Paint();
       for (int i = 0; i < getChildCount(); i++) {