diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/TextInputExample.android.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/TextInputExample.android.js
index 22b1a054db..5809d71214 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/TextInputExample.android.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/TextInputExample.android.js
@@ -407,6 +407,31 @@ exports.examples = [
       );
     }
   },
+  {
+    title: 'fontFamily, fontWeight and fontStyle',
+    render: function() {
+      return (
+        <View>
+          <TextInput 
+            style={[styles.singleLine, {fontFamily: 'sans-serif'}]}
+            placeholder="Custom fonts like Sans-Serif are supported"
+          />
+          <TextInput 
+            style={[styles.singleLine, {fontFamily: 'sans-serif', fontWeight: 'bold'}]}
+            placeholder="Sans-Serif bold"
+          />
+          <TextInput 
+            style={[styles.singleLine, {fontFamily: 'sans-serif', fontStyle: 'italic'}]}
+            placeholder="Sans-Serif italic"
+          />
+          <TextInput 
+            style={[styles.singleLine, {fontFamily: 'serif'}]}
+            placeholder="Serif"
+          />
+        </View>
+      );
+    }
+  },
   {
     title: 'Passwords',
     render: function() {
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
index 00a1be7340..b8a4811dcf 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextShadowNode.java
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ public class ReactTextShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
   /**
    * Return -1 if the input string is not a valid numeric fontWeight (100, 200, ..., 900), otherwise
    * return the weight.
+   * 
+   * This code is duplicated in ReactTextInputManager 
+   * TODO: Factor into a common place they can both use
    */
   private static int parseNumericFontWeight(String fontWeightString) {
     // This should be much faster than using regex to verify input and Integer.parseInt
@@ -407,13 +410,17 @@ public class ReactTextShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
       markUpdated();
     }
   }
-
+    
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.FONT_FAMILY)
   public void setFontFamily(@Nullable String fontFamily) {
     mFontFamily = fontFamily;
     markUpdated();
   }
-
+    
+  /**
+  /* This code is duplicated in ReactTextInputManager 
+  /* TODO: Factor into a common place they can both use
+  */
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.FONT_WEIGHT)
   public void setFontWeight(@Nullable String fontWeightString) {
     int fontWeightNumeric = fontWeightString != null ?
@@ -430,7 +437,11 @@ public class ReactTextShadowNode extends LayoutShadowNode {
       markUpdated();
     }
   }
-
+  
+  /**
+  /* This code is duplicated in ReactTextInputManager 
+  /* TODO: Factor into a common place they can both use
+  */
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.FONT_STYLE)
   public void setFontStyle(@Nullable String fontStyleString) {
     int fontStyle = UNSET;
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 61f8d0d491..7f9a13d7d2 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
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
+import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.text.Editable;
 import android.text.InputType;
 import android.text.SpannableStringBuilder;
@@ -206,9 +207,12 @@ public class ReactEditText extends EditText {
 
   @Override
   public void setInputType(int type) {
+    Typeface tf = super.getTypeface();
     super.setInputType(type);
     mStagedInputType = type;
-
+    // Input type password defaults to monospace font, so we need to re-apply the font
+    super.setTypeface(tf);
+    
     // We override the KeyListener so that all keys on the soft input keyboard as well as hardware
     // keyboards work. Some KeyListeners like DigitsKeyListener will display the keyboard but not
     // accept all input from it
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 73215809db..352adda259 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
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import android.graphics.PorterDuff;
+import android.graphics.Typeface;
 import android.text.Editable;
 import android.text.InputFilter;
 import android.text.InputType;
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, Layout
   private static final String KEYBOARD_TYPE_NUMERIC = "numeric";
   private static final String KEYBOARD_TYPE_PHONE_PAD = "phone-pad";
   private static final InputFilter[] EMPTY_FILTERS = new InputFilter[0];
-
+  private static final int UNSET = -1;
+  
   @Override
   public String getName() {
     return REACT_CLASS;
@@ -172,6 +174,58 @@ public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, Layout
         (int) Math.ceil(PixelUtil.toPixelFromSP(fontSize)));
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.FONT_FAMILY)
+  public void setFontFamily(ReactEditText view, String fontFamily) {
+    int style = Typeface.NORMAL;
+    if (view.getTypeface() != null) {
+      style = view.getTypeface().getStyle();
+    }
+    Typeface newTypeface = Typeface.create(fontFamily, style);
+    view.setTypeface(newTypeface);
+  }
+
+  /**
+  /* This code was taken from the method setFontWeight of the class ReactTextShadowNode
+  /* TODO: Factor into a common place they can both use
+  */
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.FONT_WEIGHT)
+  public void setFontWeight(ReactEditText view, @Nullable String fontWeightString) {
+    int fontWeightNumeric = fontWeightString != null ?
+            parseNumericFontWeight(fontWeightString) : -1;
+    int fontWeight = UNSET;
+    if (fontWeightNumeric >= 500 || "bold".equals(fontWeightString)) {
+      fontWeight = Typeface.BOLD;
+    } else if ("normal".equals(fontWeightString) ||
+            (fontWeightNumeric != -1 && fontWeightNumeric < 500)) {
+      fontWeight = Typeface.NORMAL;
+    }
+    if (fontWeight != view.getTypeface().getStyle()) {
+      view.setTypeface(view.getTypeface(), fontWeight);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+  /* This code was taken from the method setFontStyle of the class ReactTextShadowNode
+  /* TODO: Factor into a common place they can both use
+  */
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.FONT_STYLE)
+  public void setFontStyle(ReactEditText view, @Nullable String fontStyleString) {
+    int fontStyle = UNSET;
+    if ("italic".equals(fontStyleString)) {
+      fontStyle = Typeface.ITALIC;
+    } else if ("normal".equals(fontStyleString)) {
+      fontStyle = Typeface.NORMAL;
+    }
+
+    Typeface currentTypeface = view.getTypeface();
+    if (currentTypeface == null) {
+      currentTypeface = Typeface.DEFAULT;
+    }
+    if (fontStyle != currentTypeface.getStyle()) {
+      view.setTypeface(currentTypeface, fontStyle);
+    }
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = "onSelectionChange", defaultBoolean = false)
   public void setOnSelectionChange(final ReactEditText view, boolean onSelectionChange) {
     if (onSelectionChange) {
@@ -391,6 +445,20 @@ public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, Layout
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * This code was taken from the method parseNumericFontWeight of the class ReactTextShadowNode
+   * TODO: Factor into a common place they can both use
+   *
+   * Return -1 if the input string is not a valid numeric fontWeight (100, 200, ..., 900), otherwise
+   * return the weight.
+   */
+  private static int parseNumericFontWeight(String fontWeightString) {
+    // This should be much faster than using regex to verify input and Integer.parseInt
+    return fontWeightString.length() == 3 && fontWeightString.endsWith("00")
+            && fontWeightString.charAt(0) <= '9' && fontWeightString.charAt(0) >= '1' ?
+            100 * (fontWeightString.charAt(0) - '0') : -1;
+  }
+
   private static void updateStagedInputTypeFlag(
       ReactEditText view,
       int flagsToUnset,