diff --git a/React/Views/RCTBorderDrawing.m b/React/Views/RCTBorderDrawing.m
index 7674f1d154f8ef..8a463b2f0b4d24 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTBorderDrawing.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTBorderDrawing.m
@@ -225,9 +225,9 @@ static CGContextRef RCTUIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSize size, CGColorRef backg
   };
 
   const CGSize size = makeStretchable ? (CGSize){
-    // 1pt for the middle stretchable area along each axis
-    edgeInsets.left + 1 + edgeInsets.right,
-    edgeInsets.top + 1 + edgeInsets.bottom
+    // 2pt for the middle stretchable area along each axis
+    edgeInsets.left + 2 + edgeInsets.right,
+    edgeInsets.top + 2 + edgeInsets.bottom
   } : viewSize;
 
   CGContextRef ctx = RCTUIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size, backgroundColor, hasCornerRadii, drawToEdge);
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ static CGContextRef RCTUIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSize size, CGColorRef backg
   UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
 
   if (makeStretchable) {
-    image = [image resizableImageWithCapInsets:edgeInsets];
+    image = [image resizableImageWithCapInsets:edgeInsets resizingMode: UIImageResizingModeStretch];
   }
 
   return image;