diff --git a/src/native-common/Image.tsx b/src/native-common/Image.tsx
index 31ab51a0..1a78cf50 100644
--- a/src/native-common/Image.tsx
+++ b/src/native-common/Image.tsx
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export interface ImageContext {
 export interface ImageState {
     forceCache?: boolean;
     lastNativeError?: any;
+    headers?: Types.Headers;
 }
 
 export class Image extends React.Component<Types.ImageProps, ImageState> implements React.ChildContextProvider<ImageContext> {
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ export class Image extends React.Component<Types.ImageProps, ImageState> impleme
     protected _mountedComponent: RN.Image | null = null;
     private _nativeImageWidth: number | undefined;
     private _nativeImageHeight: number | undefined;
-    readonly state: ImageState = { forceCache: false, lastNativeError: undefined };
+    readonly state: ImageState = { forceCache: false, lastNativeError: undefined, headers: this._buildHeaders() };
 
     protected _getAdditionalProps(): RN.ImageProperties | {} {
         return {};
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ export class Image extends React.Component<Types.ImageProps, ImageState> impleme
         const sourceOrHeaderChanged = (nextProps.source !== this.props.source ||
             !_.isEqual(nextProps.headers || {}, this.props.headers || {}));
         if (sourceOrHeaderChanged) {
-            this.setState({ forceCache: false, lastNativeError: undefined });
+            this.setState({ forceCache: false, lastNativeError: undefined, headers: this._buildHeaders() });
         }
     }
 
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ export class Image extends React.Component<Types.ImageProps, ImageState> impleme
             return;
         }
 
-        if (!this.state.forceCache && this._shouldForceCacheOnError()) {
+        if (!this.state.forceCache && !!this._getMaxStaleHeader()) {
             // Some platforms will not use expired cache data unless explicitly told so.
             // Let's try again with cache: 'only-if-cached'.
             this.setState({ forceCache: true, lastNativeError: e.nativeEvent.error });
@@ -194,16 +195,26 @@ export class Image extends React.Component<Types.ImageProps, ImageState> impleme
         }
     }
 
+    private _buildHeaders(): Types.Headers|undefined {
+        if (this.props.headers) {
+            const cacheControlHeader = this._getMaxStaleHeader();
+            if (cacheControlHeader) {
+                // Filter out Cache-Control: max-stale. It has the opposite effect on iOS: instead of having
+                // the cache return stale data it disables the cache altogether. We emulate the header by
+                // retrying with cache: 'only-if-cached'.
+                return _.omit(this.props.headers, [cacheControlHeader]);
+            }
+        }
+        return this.props.headers;
+    }
+
     private _buildSource(): RN.ImageSourcePropType {
         // Check if require'd image resource
         if (typeof this.props.source === 'number') {
             return this.props.source;
         }
 
-        const source: RN.ImageSourcePropType = { uri: this.props.source };
-        if (this.props.headers) {
-            source.headers = this.props.headers;
-        }
+        const source: RN.ImageSourcePropType = { uri: this.props.source, headers: this.state.headers };
         if (this.state.forceCache) {
             source.cache = 'only-if-cached';
         }
@@ -211,20 +222,17 @@ export class Image extends React.Component<Types.ImageProps, ImageState> impleme
         return source;
     }
 
-    private _shouldForceCacheOnError(): boolean {
-        if (Platform.getType() !== 'ios') {
-            return false;
-        }
-        if (this.props.headers) {
+    private _getMaxStaleHeader(): string|undefined {
+        if (Platform.getType() === 'ios' && this.props.headers) {
             for (let key in this.props.headers) {
                 // We don't know how stale the cached data is so we're matching only the simple 'max-stale' attribute
                 // without a value.
                 if (key.toLowerCase() === 'cache-control' && this.props.headers[key].toLowerCase() === 'max-stale') {
-                    return true;
+                    return key;
                 }
             }
         }
-        return false;
+        return undefined;
     }
 
     // Note: This works only if you have an onLoaded handler and wait for the image to load.