diff --git a/src/label-common.ts b/src/label-common.ts
index 095406f..a8b230d 100644
--- a/src/label-common.ts
+++ b/src/label-common.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import { Label as HtmlViewDefinition, TextShadow } from './label';
 import { booleanConverter, Color, CSSType, dip } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/core/view';
 import { Label as TNLabel } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/label/label';
 import { Style } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/styling/style';
-import { CssProperty, Property } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties';
+import { CssProperty, InheritedCssProperty, makeParser, makeValidator, Property } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/core/properties';
 import { isIOS } from 'tns-core-modules/platform';
 import { layout } from 'tns-core-modules/utils/utils';
+// import { CssProperty, InheritedCssProperty, makeParser, makeValidator, Property } from "../core/properties";
 
 export const cssProperty = (target: Object, key: string | symbol) => {
     // property getter
@@ -77,3 +78,14 @@ export const textShadowProperty = new CssProperty<Style, string | TextShadow>({
     }
 });
 textShadowProperty.register(Style);
+
+export type VerticalTextAlignment = 'initial' | 'top' | 'middle' | 'bottom';
+
+const textAlignmentConverter = makeParser<VerticalTextAlignment>(makeValidator<VerticalTextAlignment>('initial', 'top', 'middle', 'bottom'));
+export const textAlignmentProperty = new InheritedCssProperty<Style, VerticalTextAlignment>({
+    name: 'verticalTextAlignment',
+    cssName: 'vertical-text-align',
+    defaultValue: 'initial',
+    valueConverter: textAlignmentConverter
+});
+textAlignmentProperty.register(Style);
diff --git a/src/label.android.ts b/src/label.android.ts
index 6a5a76f..fe00db0 100644
--- a/src/label.android.ts
+++ b/src/label.android.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { htmlProperty, LabelBase, lineBreakProperty, maxLinesProperty, textShadowProperty } from './label-common';
+import { htmlProperty, LabelBase, lineBreakProperty, maxLinesProperty, textShadowProperty, VerticalTextAlignment, verticalTextAlignmentProperty } from './label-common';
 // import { backgroundColorProperty } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/page/page';
 import { TextTransform, VerticalAlignment, verticalAlignmentProperty, WhiteSpace, whiteSpaceProperty } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/text-base/text-base';
 import { Font } from 'tns-core-modules/ui/styling/font';
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ export class Label extends LabelBase {
         this.nativeViewProtected.setShadowLayer(layout.toDevicePixels(value.blurRadius), layout.toDevicePixels(value.offsetX), layout.toDevicePixels(value.offsetY), value.color.android);
     }
 
-    [verticalAlignmentProperty.setNative](value: VerticalAlignment) {
+    [verticalTextAlignmentProperty.setNative](value: VerticalTextAlignment) {
         const horizontalGravity = this.nativeTextViewProtected.getGravity() & android.view.Gravity.HORIZONTAL_GRAVITY_MASK;
         switch (value) {
-            case 'stretch':
+            case 'initial':
             case 'top':
                 this.nativeTextViewProtected.setGravity(android.view.Gravity.TOP | horizontalGravity);
                 break;