diff --git a/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/view/TiUIView.java b/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/view/TiUIView.java
index 1dd014ad105..0311cee59bd 100644
--- a/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/view/TiUIView.java
+++ b/android/titanium/src/java/org/appcelerator/titanium/view/TiUIView.java
@@ -2210,7 +2210,9 @@ protected void setOnLongClickListener(View view)
 
 	protected void disableHWAcceleration()
 	{
-		if (this.borderView != null) {
+		if (this.borderView != null && !(proxy.hasProperty("keepHardwareMode")
+			&& TiConvert.toBoolean(proxy.getProperty("keepHardwareMode"), false))
+		) {
 			this.borderView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/apidoc/Titanium/UI/View.yml b/apidoc/Titanium/UI/View.yml
index 478e44fb812..0c5304404dc 100644
--- a/apidoc/Titanium/UI/View.yml
+++ b/apidoc/Titanium/UI/View.yml
@@ -1555,6 +1555,15 @@ properties:
         Defaults to `undefined`.
     type: [Number,String]
 
+  - name: keepHardwareMode
+    summary: A value indicating the render mode of the View
+    description: |
+        Set to true to keep hardware mode when using a border and transparent backgrounds.
+    type: Boolean
+    default: false
+    platforms: [android]
+    since: {android: "13.1.0"}
+
   - name: layout
     type: String
     summary: |