diff --git a/docs/docs/options-migration.md b/docs/docs/options-migration.md
index 23e211d8b3e..1863cd618df 100644
--- a/docs/docs/options-migration.md
+++ b/docs/docs/options-migration.md
@@ -540,6 +540,15 @@ statusBar: {
 }
 ```
 
+## navigationBarColor
+NavigationBar color
+
+```js
+navigationBar: {
+  backgroundColor: 'red'
+}
+```
+
 ## drawUnderStatusBar
 Draw content behind the StatusBar
 
@@ -603,7 +612,6 @@ topBar: {
 * topBarShadowOffset
 * topBarShadowRadius
 * preferredContentSize
-* navigationBarColor
 * navBarSubTitleTextCentered
 * collapsingToolBarImage
 * collapsingToolBarCollapsedColor
diff --git a/docs/docs/styling.md b/docs/docs/styling.md
index 76b13193df9..8e1b291b54f 100644
--- a/docs/docs/styling.md
+++ b/docs/docs/styling.md
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@ Navigation.mergeOptions(this.props.componentId, {
     drawBehind: true,
     visible: false
   },
+  navigationBar: {
+    backgroundColor: 'red',
+  },
   layout: {
     topMargin: (await Navigation.constants()).statusBarHeight, // Set the layout's top margin
     orientation: ['portrait', 'landscape'] | ['sensorLandscape'], // An array of supported orientations
diff --git a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/parse/NavigationBarOptions.java b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/parse/NavigationBarOptions.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d920cb92a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/parse/NavigationBarOptions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.reactnativenavigation.parse;
+
+import com.reactnativenavigation.parse.params.Colour;
+import com.reactnativenavigation.parse.params.NullColor;
+import com.reactnativenavigation.parse.parsers.ColorParser;
+
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+
+public class NavigationBarOptions {
+    public static NavigationBarOptions parse(JSONObject json) {
+        NavigationBarOptions result = new NavigationBarOptions();
+        if (json == null) return result;
+
+        result.backgroundColor = ColorParser.parse(json, "backgroundColor");
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    public Colour backgroundColor = new NullColor();
+
+    public void mergeWith(NavigationBarOptions other) {
+        if (other.backgroundColor.hasValue()) backgroundColor = other.backgroundColor;
+    }
+
+    public void mergeWithDefault(NavigationBarOptions defaultOptions) {
+        if (!backgroundColor.hasValue()) backgroundColor = defaultOptions.backgroundColor;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/parse/Options.java b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/parse/Options.java
index e8f572748ff..a0a8fd2ad54 100644
--- a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/parse/Options.java
+++ b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/parse/Options.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public static Options parse(TypefaceLoader typefaceManager, JSONObject json) {
         result.sideMenuRootOptions = SideMenuRootOptions.parse(json.optJSONObject("sideMenu"));
         result.animations = AnimationsOptions.parse(json.optJSONObject("animations"));
         result.modal = ModalOptions.parse(json);
+        result.navigationBar = NavigationBarOptions.parse(json.optJSONObject("navigationBar"));
         result.statusBar = StatusBarOptions.parse(json.optJSONObject("statusBar"));
         result.layout = LayoutOptions.parse(json.optJSONObject("layout"));
         result.transitions = Transitions.parse(json.optJSONObject("customTransition"));
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ public static Options parse(TypefaceLoader typefaceManager, JSONObject json) {
     @NonNull public AnimationsOptions animations = new AnimationsOptions();
     @NonNull public SideMenuRootOptions sideMenuRootOptions = new SideMenuRootOptions();
     @NonNull public ModalOptions modal = new ModalOptions();
+    @NonNull public NavigationBarOptions navigationBar = new NavigationBarOptions();
     @NonNull public StatusBarOptions statusBar = new StatusBarOptions();
     @NonNull public LayoutOptions layout = new LayoutOptions();
     @NonNull public Transitions transitions = new Transitions();
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ public Options copy() {
         result.sideMenuRootOptions.mergeWith(sideMenuRootOptions);
         result.animations.mergeWith(animations);
         result.modal.mergeWith(modal);
+        result.navigationBar.mergeWith(navigationBar);
         result.statusBar.mergeWith(statusBar);
         result.layout.mergeWith(layout);
         result.transitions.mergeWith(transitions);
@@ -83,6 +86,7 @@ public Options mergeWith(final Options other) {
         result.animations.mergeWith(other.animations);
         result.sideMenuRootOptions.mergeWith(other.sideMenuRootOptions);
         result.modal.mergeWith(other.modal);
+        result.navigationBar.mergeWith(other.navigationBar);
         result.statusBar.mergeWith(other.statusBar);
         result.layout.mergeWith(other.layout);
         result.transitions.mergeWith(transitions);
@@ -99,6 +103,7 @@ public Options withDefaultOptions(final Options defaultOptions) {
         animations.mergeWithDefault(defaultOptions.animations);
         sideMenuRootOptions.mergeWithDefault(defaultOptions.sideMenuRootOptions);
         modal.mergeWithDefault(defaultOptions.modal);
+        navigationBar.mergeWithDefault(defaultOptions.navigationBar);
         statusBar.mergeWithDefault(defaultOptions.statusBar);
         layout.mergeWithDefault(defaultOptions.layout);
         transitions.mergeWithDefault(defaultOptions.transitions);
diff --git a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/presentation/Presenter.java b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/presentation/Presenter.java
index 2427cf76e43..926fb0af838 100644
--- a/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/presentation/Presenter.java
+++ b/lib/android/app/src/main/java/com/reactnativenavigation/presentation/Presenter.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import android.view.ViewGroup.MarginLayoutParams;
 import android.view.Window;
 
+import com.reactnativenavigation.parse.NavigationBarOptions;
 import com.reactnativenavigation.parse.Options;
 import com.reactnativenavigation.parse.OrientationOptions;
 import com.reactnativenavigation.parse.StatusBarOptions;
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ private void applyBackgroundColor(ViewController view, Options options) {
     }
 
     private void applyStatusBarOptions(Options options) {
+        setNavigationBarBackgroundColor(options.navigationBar);
         setStatusBarBackgroundColor(options.statusBar);
         setTextColorScheme(options.statusBar.textColorScheme);
         setTranslucent(options.statusBar);
@@ -117,6 +119,13 @@ private void setStatusBarBackgroundColor(StatusBarOptions statusBar) {
         }
     }
 
+    private void setNavigationBarBackgroundColor(NavigationBarOptions navigationBar) {
+        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP && navigationBar.backgroundColor.canApplyValue()) {
+            int defaultColor = activity.getWindow().getNavigationBarColor();
+            activity.getWindow().setNavigationBarColor(navigationBar.backgroundColor.get(defaultColor));
+        }
+    }
+
     private void setTextColorScheme(TextColorScheme scheme) {
         final View view = activity.getWindow().getDecorView();
         if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.M) return;