diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
index 748f9c18f97..b5d384bcf5f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/ViewProps.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class ViewProps {
   public static final String LINE_HEIGHT = "lineHeight";
   public static final String NEEDS_OFFSCREEN_ALPHA_COMPOSITING = "needsOffscreenAlphaCompositing";
   public static final String NUMBER_OF_LINES = "numberOfLines";
-  public static final String LINE_BREAK_MODE = "ellipsizeMode";
+  public static final String ELLIPSIZE_MODE = "ellipsizeMode";
   public static final String ON = "on";
   public static final String RESIZE_MODE = "resizeMode";
   public static final String TEXT_ALIGN = "textAlign";
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
index 819db6c69ec..cd7ea1acf1b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextView.java
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.text.Layout;
 import android.text.Spanned;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import com.facebook.csslayout.FloatUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ReactCompoundView;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewDefaults;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
 
@@ -31,6 +35,8 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
   private boolean mTextIsSelectable;
   private float mLineHeight = Float.NaN;
   private int mTextAlign = Gravity.NO_GRAVITY;
+  private int mNumberOfLines = ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES;
+  private TextUtils.TruncateAt mEllipsizeLocation = TextUtils.TruncateAt.END;
 
   public ReactTextView(Context context) {
     super(context);
@@ -213,4 +219,18 @@ public class ReactTextView extends TextView implements ReactCompoundView {
     }
     setGravity((getGravity() & ~Gravity.VERTICAL_GRAVITY_MASK) | gravityVertical);
   }
+
+  public void setNumberOfLines(int numberOfLines) {
+    mNumberOfLines = numberOfLines == 0 ? ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES : numberOfLines;
+    setMaxLines(mNumberOfLines);
+  }
+
+  public void setEllipsizeLocation(TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsizeLocation) {
+    mEllipsizeLocation = ellipsizeLocation;
+  }
+
+  public void updateView() {
+    @Nullable TextUtils.TruncateAt ellipsizeLocation = mNumberOfLines == ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES ? null : mEllipsizeLocation;
+    setEllipsize(ellipsizeLocation);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
index 03daf49313c..f222e393688 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/text/ReactTextViewManager.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.BaseViewManager;
-import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ViewDefaults;
@@ -51,22 +50,19 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactTextView, ReactTe
   // maxLines can only be set in master view (block), doesn't really make sense to set in a span
   @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.NUMBER_OF_LINES, defaultInt = ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES)
   public void setNumberOfLines(ReactTextView view, int numberOfLines) {
-    view.setMaxLines(numberOfLines == 0 ? ViewDefaults.NUMBER_OF_LINES : numberOfLines);
-    view.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);
+    view.setNumberOfLines(numberOfLines);
   }
 
-  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.LINE_BREAK_MODE)
-  public void setLineBreakMode(ReactTextView view, @Nullable String ellipsizeMode) {
-    if(ellipsizeMode == null) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (ellipsizeMode.equals("head")) {
-      view.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.START);
+  @ReactProp(name = ViewProps.ELLIPSIZE_MODE)
+  public void setEllipsizeMode(ReactTextView view, @Nullable String ellipsizeMode) {
+    if (ellipsizeMode == null || ellipsizeMode.equals("tail")) {
+      view.setEllipsizeLocation(TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);
+    } else if (ellipsizeMode.equals("head")) {
+      view.setEllipsizeLocation(TextUtils.TruncateAt.START);
     } else if (ellipsizeMode.equals("middle")) {
-      view.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.MIDDLE);
-    } else if (ellipsizeMode.equals("tail")) {
-      view.setEllipsize(TextUtils.TruncateAt.END);
+      view.setEllipsizeLocation(TextUtils.TruncateAt.MIDDLE);
+    } else {
+      throw new JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException("Invalid ellipsizeMode: " + ellipsizeMode);
     }
   }
 
@@ -109,4 +105,10 @@ public class ReactTextViewManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactTextView, ReactTe
   public Class<ReactTextShadowNode> getShadowNodeClass() {
     return ReactTextShadowNode.class;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onAfterUpdateTransaction(ReactTextView view) {
+    super.onAfterUpdateTransaction(view);
+    view.updateView();
+  }
 }