diff --git a/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m b/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
index fa9975ac8e5283..ccba8d34917fa4 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTViewManager.m
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ - (RCTViewManagerUIBlock)uiBlockToAmendWithShadowViewRegistry:(RCTSparseArray *)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(shadowOpacity, layer.shadowOpacity, CGFloat)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(shadowRadius, layer.shadowRadius, CGFloat)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(transformMatrix, layer.transform, CATransform3D)
+RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(rotation, CGFloat, RCTView)
+{
+  if (json) {
+    CGFloat angle = [RCTConvert CGFloat:json];
+    CGAffineTransform transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(view.transform, angle);
+    view.transform = transform;
+  } else {
+    view.transform = defaultView.transform;
+  }
+}
 RCT_CUSTOM_VIEW_PROPERTY(overflow, css_overflow, RCTView)
 {
   view.clipsToBounds = json ? ![RCTConvert css_overflow:json] : defaultView.clipsToBounds;