diff --git a/Libraries/Components/DrawerAndroid/DrawerLayoutAndroid.android.js b/Libraries/Components/DrawerAndroid/DrawerLayoutAndroid.android.js
index 2f4410d523c62b..4be589ab78b3d5 100644
--- a/Libraries/Components/DrawerAndroid/DrawerLayoutAndroid.android.js
+++ b/Libraries/Components/DrawerAndroid/DrawerLayoutAndroid.android.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ var DrawerLayoutAndroid = React.createClass({
         drawerWidth={this.props.drawerWidth}
         drawerPosition={this.props.drawerPosition}
         drawerLockMode={this.props.drawerLockMode}
-        style={styles.base}
+        style={[styles.base, this.props.style]}
         onDrawerSlide={this._onDrawerSlide}
         onDrawerOpen={this._onDrawerOpen}
         onDrawerClose={this._onDrawerClose}
@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ var DrawerLayoutAndroid = React.createClass({
 var styles = StyleSheet.create({
   base: {
     flex: 1,
+    elevation: 16,
   },
   mainSubview: {
     position: 'absolute',
@@ -230,6 +231,7 @@ var styles = StyleSheet.create({
     position: 'absolute',
     top: 0,
     bottom: 0,
+    backgroundColor: 'white',
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/processing/ReactPropertyProcessor.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/processing/ReactPropertyProcessor.java
index bc18bf862fe402..42c5711bae18d8 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/processing/ReactPropertyProcessor.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/processing/ReactPropertyProcessor.java
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ public void addProperty(PropertyInfo propertyInfo) throws ReactPropertyException
       if (checkPropertyExists(name)) {
         throw new ReactPropertyException(
             "Module " + mClassName + " has already registered a property named \"" +
-                name + '"', propertyInfo);
+                name + "\". If you want to override a property, don't add" +
+                "the @ReactProp annotation to the property in the subclass", propertyInfo);
       }
 
       mProperties.add(propertyInfo);
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/drawer/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/drawer/BUCK
index 6698d3393e54af..8aea7907e06fe7 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/drawer/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/drawer/BUCK
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ android_library(
     react_native_target('java/com/facebook/react/uimanager:uimanager'),
     react_native_target('java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/annotations:annotations'),
     react_native_target('java/com/facebook/react/views/scroll:scroll'),
+    react_native_dep('libraries/fbcore/src/main/java/com/facebook/common/logging:logging'),
     react_native_dep('third-party/java/jsr-305:jsr-305'),
     react_native_dep('third-party/android/support/v4:lib-support-v4'),
   ],
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/drawer/ReactDrawerLayoutManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/drawer/ReactDrawerLayoutManager.java
index 1926c110abcd5b..0595d0fd07627c 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/drawer/ReactDrawerLayoutManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/drawer/ReactDrawerLayoutManager.java
@@ -11,15 +11,21 @@
 
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import android.os.Build;
 import android.support.v4.widget.DrawerLayout;
 import android.view.Gravity;
 import android.view.View;
 
+import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
+
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import com.facebook.react.common.MapBuilder;
+import com.facebook.react.common.ReactConstants;
 import com.facebook.react.common.SystemClock;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.PixelUtil;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.ThemedReactContext;
@@ -89,6 +95,24 @@ public void setDrawerLockMode(ReactDrawerLayout view, @Nullable String drawerLoc
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setElevation(ReactDrawerLayout view, float elevation) {
+    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
+      // Facebook is using an older version of the support lib internally that doesn't support
+      // setDrawerElevation so we invoke it using reflection.
+      // TODO: Call the method directly when this is no longer needed.
+      try {
+        Method method = ReactDrawerLayout.class.getMethod("setDrawerElevation", float.class);
+        method.invoke(view, PixelUtil.toPixelFromDIP(elevation));
+      } catch (Exception ex) {
+        FLog.w(
+            ReactConstants.TAG,
+            "setDrawerElevation is not available in this version of the support lib.",
+            ex);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   @Override
   public boolean needsCustomLayoutForChildren() {
     // Return true, since DrawerLayout will lay out it's own children.