diff --git a/Libraries/Components/Touchable/TouchableNativeFeedback.android.js b/Libraries/Components/Touchable/TouchableNativeFeedback.android.js
index 180bccd6f7..8500e46d4d 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/Touchable/TouchableNativeFeedback.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/Touchable/TouchableNativeFeedback.android.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  */
 'use strict';
 
+var Platform = require('Platform');
 var PropTypes = require('react/lib/ReactPropTypes');
 var React = require('React');
 var ReactNative = require('react/lib/ReactNative');
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ var backgroundPropType = PropTypes.oneOfType([
 var TouchableView = requireNativeComponent('RCTView', null, {
   nativeOnly: {
     nativeBackgroundAndroid: backgroundPropType,
+    nativeForegroundAndroid: backgroundPropType,
   }
 });
 
@@ -86,6 +88,17 @@ var TouchableNativeFeedback = React.createClass({
      * methods to generate that dictionary.
      */
     background: backgroundPropType,
+
+    /**
+     * Set to true to add the ripple effect to the foreground of the view, instead of the
+     * background. This is useful if one of your child views has a background of its own, or you're
+     * e.g. displaying images, and you don't want the ripple to be covered by them.
+     *
+     * Check TouchableNativeFeedback.canUseNativeForeground() first, as this is only available on
+     * Android 6.0 and above. If you try to use this on older versions you will get a warning and
+     * fallback to background.
+     */
+    useForeground: PropTypes.bool,
   },
 
   statics: {
@@ -117,6 +130,10 @@ var TouchableNativeFeedback = React.createClass({
     Ripple: function(color: string, borderless: boolean) {
       return {type: 'RippleAndroid', color: processColor(color), borderless: borderless};
     },
+
+    canUseNativeForeground: function() {
+      return Platform.OS === 'android' && Platform.Version >= 23;
+    }
   },
 
   mixins: [Touchable.Mixin],
@@ -213,9 +230,19 @@ var TouchableNativeFeedback = React.createClass({
       }
       children.push(Touchable.renderDebugView({color: 'brown', hitSlop: this.props.hitSlop}));
     }
+    if (this.props.useForeground && !TouchableNativeFeedback.canUseNativeForeground()) {
+      console.warn(
+        'Requested foreground ripple, but it is not available on this version of Android. ' +
+        'Consider calling TouchableNativeFeedback.canUseNativeForeground() and using a different ' +
+        'Touchable if the result is false.');
+    }
+    const drawableProp =
+      this.props.useForeground && TouchableNativeFeedback.canUseNativeForeground()
+        ? 'nativeForegroundAndroid'
+        : 'nativeBackgroundAndroid';
     var childProps = {
       ...child.props,
-      nativeBackgroundAndroid: this.props.background,
+      [drawableProp]: this.props.background,
       accessible: this.props.accessible !== false,
       accessibilityLabel: this.props.accessibilityLabel,
       accessibilityComponentType: this.props.accessibilityComponentType,
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
index dce60c3fa8..44debcdc67 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/View/View.js
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ const View = React.createClass({
 const RCTView = requireNativeComponent('RCTView', View, {
   nativeOnly: {
     nativeBackgroundAndroid: true,
+    nativeForegroundAndroid: true,
   }
 });
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
index 18cf780612..1903f9168b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/view/ReactViewManager.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.view.View;
@@ -101,6 +102,14 @@ public class ReactViewManager extends ViewGroupManager<ReactViewGroup> {
             null : ReactDrawableHelper.createDrawableFromJSDescription(view.getContext(), bg));
   }
 
+  @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.M)
+  @ReactProp(name = "nativeForegroundAndroid")
+  public void setNativeForeground(ReactViewGroup view, @Nullable ReadableMap fg) {
+    view.setForeground(fg == null
+        ? null
+        : ReactDrawableHelper.createDrawableFromJSDescription(view.getContext(), fg));
+  }
+
   @ReactProp(name = com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactClippingViewGroupHelper.PROP_REMOVE_CLIPPED_SUBVIEWS)
   public void setRemoveClippedSubviews(ReactViewGroup view, boolean removeClippedSubviews) {
     view.setRemoveClippedSubviews(removeClippedSubviews);