diff --git a/Examples/UIExplorer/RefreshControlExample.js b/Examples/UIExplorer/RefreshControlExample.js
index b6bca301316..e3fb6e184d8 100644
--- a/Examples/UIExplorer/RefreshControlExample.js
+++ b/Examples/UIExplorer/RefreshControlExample.js
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ const RefreshControlExample = React.createClass({
             onRefresh={this._onRefresh}
             tintColor="#ff0000"
             title="Loading..."
+            titleColor="#00ff00"
             colors={['#ff0000', '#00ff00', '#0000ff']}
             progressBackgroundColor="#ffff00"
           />
diff --git a/Libraries/Components/RefreshControl/RefreshControl.js b/Libraries/Components/RefreshControl/RefreshControl.js
index f79305d935a..1a9389f4a4e 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/RefreshControl/RefreshControl.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/RefreshControl/RefreshControl.js
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ const RefreshControl = React.createClass({
      * @platform ios
      */
     tintColor: ColorPropType,
+    /**
+     * Title color.
+     * @platform ios
+     */
+    titleColor: ColorPropType,
     /**
      * The title displayed under the refresh indicator.
      * @platform ios
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
index 8b8638a2d94..a316246bcc1 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControl.m
@@ -89,7 +89,18 @@ RCT_NOT_IMPLEMENTED(- (instancetype)initWithCoder:(NSCoder *)aDecoder)
 
 - (void)setTitle:(NSString *)title
 {
-  self.attributedTitle = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:title];
+  NSRange range = NSMakeRange(0, self.attributedTitle.length);
+  NSDictionary *attrs = [self.attributedTitle attributesAtIndex:0 effectiveRange: &range];
+  self.attributedTitle = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:title attributes:attrs];
+}
+
+- (void)setTitleColor:(UIColor *)color
+{
+  NSRange range = NSMakeRange(0, self.attributedTitle.length);
+  NSDictionary *attrs = [self.attributedTitle attributesAtIndex:0 effectiveRange: &range];
+  NSMutableDictionary *attrsMutable = [attrs mutableCopy];
+  [attrsMutable setObject:color forKey:NSForegroundColorAttributeName];
+  self.attributedTitle = [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:self.attributedTitle.string attributes:attrsMutable];
 }
 
 - (void)setRefreshing:(BOOL)refreshing
diff --git a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControlManager.m b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControlManager.m
index bc479a150eb..cd5e1759149 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTRefreshControlManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTRefreshControlManager.m
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onRefresh, RCTDirectEventBlock)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(refreshing, BOOL)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(tintColor, UIColor)
 RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(title, NSString)
+RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(titleColor, UIColor)
 
 @end