diff --git a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
index a457298f96f65f..6f0ac9b57fb033 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/WebView/WebView.android.js
@@ -138,6 +138,12 @@ class WebView extends React.Component {
      */
     domStorageEnabled: PropTypes.bool,
 
+    /**
+     * Sets whether Geolocation is enabled. The default is false.
+     * @platform android
+     */
+    geolocationEnabled: PropTypes.bool,
+
     /**
      * Sets the JS to be injected when the webpage loads.
      */
@@ -310,6 +316,7 @@ class WebView extends React.Component {
         onLoadingFinish={this.onLoadingFinish}
         onLoadingError={this.onLoadingError}
         testID={this.props.testID}
+        geolocationEnabled={this.props.geolocationEnabled}
         mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction={this.props.mediaPlaybackRequiresUserAction}
         allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs={this.props.allowUniversalAccessFromFileURLs}
         mixedContentMode={this.props.mixedContentMode}
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
index 3097beea5aadd6..a580a2bc4a18af 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/webview/ReactWebViewManager.java
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ public void onGeolocationPermissionsShowPrompt(String origin, GeolocationPermiss
             new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT,
                 LayoutParams.MATCH_PARENT));
 
+    setGeolocationEnabled(webView, false);
     if (ReactBuildConfig.DEBUG && Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
       WebView.setWebContentsDebuggingEnabled(true);
     }
@@ -538,6 +539,13 @@ public void setUrlPrefixesForDefaultIntent(
     }
   }
 
+  @ReactProp(name = "geolocationEnabled")
+  public void setGeolocationEnabled(
+    WebView view,
+    @Nullable Boolean isGeolocationEnabled) {
+    view.getSettings().setGeolocationEnabled(isGeolocationEnabled != null && isGeolocationEnabled);
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected void addEventEmitters(ThemedReactContext reactContext, WebView view) {
     // Do not register default touch emitter and let WebView implementation handle touches