diff --git a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
index 5848527e6443ec..4f394972483d4e 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/ScrollView/ScrollView.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var EdgeInsetsPropType = require('EdgeInsetsPropType');
 var Platform = require('Platform');
 var PointPropType = require('PointPropType');
 var RCTScrollView = require('NativeModules').UIManager.RCTScrollView;
+var RCTScrollViewManager = require('NativeModules').ScrollViewManager;
 var React = require('React');
 var ReactNativeViewAttributes = require('ReactNativeViewAttributes');
 var RCTUIManager = require('NativeModules').UIManager;
@@ -279,6 +280,21 @@ var ScrollView = React.createClass({
      * @platform ios
      */
     zoomScale: PropTypes.number,
+
+    /**
+     * When defined, displays a UIRefreshControl.
+     * Invoked with a function to stop refreshing when the UIRefreshControl is animating.
+     *
+     * ```
+     * (endRefreshing) => {
+     *      endRefreshing();
+     * }
+     * ```
+     *
+     * @platform ios
+     */
+    onRefreshStart: PropTypes.func,
+
   },
 
   mixins: [ScrollResponder.Mixin],
@@ -291,6 +307,12 @@ var ScrollView = React.createClass({
     this.refs[SCROLLVIEW].setNativeProps(props);
   },
 
+  endRefreshing: function() {
+    RCTScrollViewManager.endRefreshing(
+      React.findNodeHandle(this)
+    );
+  },
+
   /**
    * Returns a reference to the underlying scroll responder, which supports
    * operations like `scrollTo`. All ScrollView-like components should
@@ -396,6 +418,13 @@ var ScrollView = React.createClass({
       onResponderReject: this.scrollResponderHandleResponderReject,
     };
 
+    var onRefreshStart = this.props.onRefreshStart;
+    // this is necessary because if we set it on props, even when empty,
+    // it'll trigger the default pull-to-refresh behaviour on native.
+    props.onRefreshStart = onRefreshStart
+      ? function() { onRefreshStart && onRefreshStart(this.endRefreshing); }.bind(this)
+      : null;
+
     var ScrollViewClass;
     if (Platform.OS === 'ios') {
       ScrollViewClass = RCTScrollView;
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.h b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.h
index d44be6fafae14c..47fb1753b7adab 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.h
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 @property (nonatomic, assign) int snapToInterval;
 @property (nonatomic, copy) NSString *snapToAlignment;
 @property (nonatomic, copy) NSIndexSet *stickyHeaderIndices;
+@property (nonatomic, copy) RCTDirectEventBlock onRefreshStart;
+
+- (void)endRefreshing;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
index 1dfb9c1c9e3b52..89a5393ccf6498 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollView.m
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ @interface RCTCustomScrollView : UIScrollView<UIGestureRecognizerDelegate>
 
 @property (nonatomic, copy) NSIndexSet *stickyHeaderIndices;
 @property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL centerContent;
+@property (nonatomic, strong) UIRefreshControl *refreshControl;
 
 @end
 
@@ -352,6 +353,15 @@ - (UIView *)hitTest:(CGPoint)point withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
   return hitView ?: [super hitTest:point withEvent:event];
 }
 
+- (void)setRefreshControl:(UIRefreshControl *)refreshControl
+{
+  if (_refreshControl) {
+    [_refreshControl removeFromSuperview];
+  }
+  _refreshControl = refreshControl;
+  [self addSubview:_refreshControl];
+}
+
 @end
 
 @implementation RCTScrollView
@@ -844,6 +854,34 @@ - (id)valueForUndefinedKey:(NSString *)key
   return [_scrollView valueForKey:key];
 }
 
+- (void)setOnRefreshStart:(RCTDirectEventBlock)onRefreshStart
+{
+  if (!onRefreshStart) {
+    _onRefreshStart = nil;
+    _scrollView.refreshControl = nil;
+    return;
+  }
+  _onRefreshStart = [onRefreshStart copy];
+
+  if (!_scrollView.refreshControl) {
+    UIRefreshControl *refreshControl = [[UIRefreshControl alloc] init];
+    [refreshControl addTarget:self action:@selector(refreshControlValueChanged) forControlEvents:UIControlEventValueChanged];
+    _scrollView.refreshControl = refreshControl;
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)refreshControlValueChanged
+{
+  if (self.onRefreshStart) {
+    self.onRefreshStart(nil);
+  }
+}
+
+- (void)endRefreshing
+{
+  [_scrollView.refreshControl endRefreshing];
+}
+
 @end
 
 @implementation RCTEventDispatcher (RCTScrollView)
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
index 6470f10f1382d9..2a6686b667b14b 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTScrollViewManager.m
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ - (UIView *)view
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(snapToInterval, int)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(snapToAlignment, NSString)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(contentOffset, scrollView.contentOffset, CGPoint)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onRefreshStart, RCTDirectEventBlock)
 
 - (NSDictionary *)constantsToExport
 {
@@ -115,6 +116,22 @@ - (NSDictionary *)constantsToExport
   }];
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(endRefreshing:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag)
+{
+  [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:^(__unused RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *, RCTScrollView *> *viewRegistry) {
+    
+    RCTScrollView *view = viewRegistry[reactTag];
+    if (!view || ![view isKindOfClass:[RCTScrollView class]]) {
+      RCTLogError(@"Cannot find RCTScrollView with tag #%@", reactTag);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    [view endRefreshing];
+    
+  }];
+}
+
+
 - (NSArray<NSString *> *)customDirectEventTypes
 {
   return @[
@@ -128,3 +145,4 @@ - (NSDictionary *)constantsToExport
 }
 
 @end
+