diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/WebViewExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/WebViewExample.js
index f734614939..6654551ad4 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/WebViewExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/WebViewExample.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ var {
   StyleSheet,
   Text,
   TextInput,
+  TouchableWithoutFeedback,
   TouchableOpacity,
   View,
   WebView
@@ -160,6 +161,60 @@ var WebViewExample = React.createClass({
 
 });
 
+var Button = React.createClass({
+  _handlePress: function() {
+    if (this.props.enabled && this.props.onPress) {
+      this.props.onPress();
+    }
+  },
+  render: function() {
+    return (
+      <TouchableWithoutFeedback onPress={this._handlePress}>
+        <View style={[styles.button, this.props.enabled ? {} : styles.buttonDisabled]}>
+          <Text style={styles.buttonText}>{this.props.text}</Text>
+        </View>
+      </TouchableWithoutFeedback>
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+var ScaledWebView = React.createClass({
+
+  getInitialState: function() {
+    return {
+      scalingEnabled: true
+    }
+  },
+
+  render: function() {
+    return (
+      <View style={{height:120}}>
+        <WebView
+          style={{
+            backgroundColor: BGWASH,
+            height: 100,
+          }}
+          source={{html: HTML}}
+          scalesPageToFit={this.state.scalingEnabled}
+        />
+        <View style={styles.buttons}>
+        { this.state.scalingEnabled ?
+          <Button
+            text="Scaling:ON"
+            enabled={true}
+            onPress={() => this.setState({scalingEnabled: false})}
+          /> :
+          <Button
+            text="Scaling:OFF"
+            enabled={true}
+            onPress={() => this.setState({scalingEnabled: true})}
+          /> }
+        </View>
+      </View>
+    );
+  },
+})
+
 var styles = StyleSheet.create({
   container: {
     flex: 1,
@@ -229,6 +284,21 @@ var styles = StyleSheet.create({
     width: 20,
     marginRight: 6,
   },
+  buttons: {
+    flexDirection: 'row',
+    height: 30,
+    backgroundColor: 'black',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    justifyContent: 'space-between',
+  },
+  button: {
+    flex: 0.5,
+    width: 0,
+    margin: 5,
+    borderColor: 'gray',
+    borderWidth: 1,
+    backgroundColor: 'gray',
+  },
 });
 
 const HTML = `
@@ -237,7 +307,7 @@ const HTML = `
   <head>
     <title>Hello Static World</title>
     <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
-    <meta name="viewport" content="width=320, user-scalable=no">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=640, user-scalable=no">
     <style type="text/css">
       body {
         margin: 0;
@@ -297,6 +367,10 @@ exports.examples = [
       );
     }
   },
+  {
+    title: 'Scale Page to Fit',
+    render(): ReactElement { return <ScaledWebView/>; }
+  },
   {
     title: 'POST Test',
     render(): ReactElement {
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
index e9577463fd..d8274855c3 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
@@ -122,6 +122,11 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
      */
     injectedJavaScript: PropTypes.string,
 
+    /**
+     * Sets whether the webpage scales to fit the view and the user can change the scale.
+     */
+    scalesPageToFit: PropTypes.bool,
+
     /**
      * Sets the user-agent for this WebView. The user-agent can also be set in native using
      * WebViewConfig. This prop will overwrite that config.
@@ -145,6 +150,7 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
   getDefaultProps: function() {
     return {
       javaScriptEnabled : true,
+      scalesPageToFit: true,
     };
   },
 
@@ -195,6 +201,7 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
         key="webViewKey"
         style={webViewStyles}
         source={resolveAssetSource(source)}
+        scalesPageToFit={this.props.scalesPageToFit}
         injectedJavaScript={this.props.injectedJavaScript}
         userAgent={this.props.userAgent}
         javaScriptEnabled={this.props.javaScriptEnabled}
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
index ec63402139..f733963e82 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.ios.js
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ var WebView = React.createClass({
 
     /**
      * Sets whether the webpage scales to fit the view and the user can change the scale.
-     * @platform ios
      */
     scalesPageToFit: PropTypes.bool,
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
index aac2460c59..4db9141b6a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
@@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ public class ReactWebViewManager extends SimpleViewManager<WebView> {
     view.getSettings().setJavaScriptEnabled(enabled);
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = "scalesPageToFit")
+  public void setScalesPageToFit(WebView view, boolean enabled) {
+    view.getSettings().setUseWideViewPort(!enabled);
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = "domStorageEnabled")
   public void setDomStorageEnabled(WebView view, boolean enabled) {
     view.getSettings().setDomStorageEnabled(enabled);
