@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export class MyControl extends stackLayoutModule.StackLayout {
         var counter: number = 0;
 
         var lbl = new label.Label();
+        lbl.id = "my-test-label";
         var btn = new button.Button();
         btn.text = "Tap me!";
         btn.on(button.Button.tapEvent, (args: observable.EventData) => {
 
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 <GridLayout class="MyStackLayoutRoot">
+    <Label text="I'm here!!!" id="my-test-label"/>
 </GridLayout>
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <TabViewItem title="Tab">
         <TabViewItem.view>
-            <Label text="Tab" />
+            <Label text="Tab" id="my-test-label"/>
         </TabViewItem.view>
     </TabViewItem>
 
 
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as TKUnit from "../../TKUnit";
-import { Page } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
+import { Page, View } from "tns-core-modules/ui/page";
 import { Frame, NavigationEntry, stack } from "tns-core-modules/ui/frame";
 import { _resetRootView, getRootView } from "tns-core-modules/application";
 import { TabView, TabViewItem } from "tns-core-modules/ui/tab-view";
@@ -65,10 +65,42 @@ export function test_gridlayout_rootview_css_applied() {
     helper.assertViewBackgroundColor(rootView, "#0000FF");
 };
 
+export function test_gridlayout_rootview_layout_updates() {
+    layout_invalidate_test("ui/root-view/root-modules/gridlayout-root");
+}
+
+export function test_custom_component_rootview_layout_updates() {
+    layout_invalidate_test("ui/root-view/root-modules/custom-component-root");
+}
+
+export function test_tabview_rootview_layout_updates() {
+    layout_invalidate_test("ui/root-view/root-modules/gridlayout-root");
+}
+
+function layout_invalidate_test(moduleName: string) {
+    var entry = { moduleName };
+
+    _resetRootView(entry);
+
+    var rootView = getRootView();
+    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => rootView.isLayoutValid);
+
+    const lbl = <View>rootView.getViewById("my-test-label");
+
+    lbl.visibility = "collapse";
+    TKUnit.assertFalse(rootView.isLayoutValid);
+    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => rootView.isLayoutValid);
+
+    lbl.visibility = "visible";
+    TKUnit.assertFalse(rootView.isLayoutValid);
+    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => rootView.isLayoutValid);
+    TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => lbl.isLayoutValid);
+}
+
 export function tearDownModule() {
     // reset the root to frame for other tests
     const resetFrameRoot = createTestFrameRootEntry();
 
     _resetRootView(resetFrameRoot.entry);
     TKUnit.waitUntilReady(() => resetFrameRoot.page.isLoaded);
-}
+}
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {
         if (nativeView) {
             nativeView.setNeedsLayout();
         }
+
+        if (this.viewController && this.viewController.view !== nativeView) {
+            this.viewController.view.setNeedsLayout();
+        }
     }
 
     public measure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number): void {
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`@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@`
`1`	`1`	`<GridLayout class="MyStackLayoutRoot">`
	`2`	`+ <Label text="I'm here!!!" id="my-test-label"/>`
`2`	`3`	`</GridLayout>`
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`@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ export class View extends ViewCommon {`
`59`	`59`	`if (nativeView) {`
`60`	`60`	`nativeView.setNeedsLayout();`
`61`	`61`	`}`
	`62`	`+`
	`63`	`+ if (this.viewController && this.viewController.view !== nativeView) {`
	`64`	`+ this.viewController.view.setNeedsLayout();`
	`65`	`+ }`
`62`	`66`	`}`
`63`	`67`
`64`	`68`	`public measure(widthMeasureSpec: number, heightMeasureSpec: number): void {`