diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/AccessibilityDelegateUtil.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/AccessibilityDelegateUtil.java
index c834c85fd2cd69..4d5918ec85099f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/AccessibilityDelegateUtil.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/AccessibilityDelegateUtil.java
@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@
 
 package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
 
-import android.annotation.TargetApi;
 import android.content.Context;
-import android.os.Build;
 import android.support.v4.view.AccessibilityDelegateCompat;
 import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
 import android.support.v4.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat;
 import android.view.View;
-import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfo;
 import com.facebook.react.R;
-import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
@@ -58,11 +54,11 @@ public String getValue() {
 
     public static AccessibilityRole fromValue(String value) {
       for (AccessibilityRole role : AccessibilityRole.values()) {
-        if (role.getValue() != null && role.getValue().equals(value)) {
+        if (role.name().equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
           return role;
         }
       }
-      return AccessibilityRole.NONE;
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid accessibility role value: " + value);
     }
   }
 
@@ -82,7 +78,10 @@ public void onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(
             View host, AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat info) {
             super.onInitializeAccessibilityNodeInfo(host, info);
             String accessibilityHint = (String) view.getTag(R.id.accessibility_hint);
-            AccessibilityRole accessibilityRole = getAccessibilityRole((String) view.getTag(R.id.accessibility_role));
+            AccessibilityRole accessibilityRole = (AccessibilityRole) view.getTag(R.id.accessibility_role);
+            if (accessibilityRole == null) {
+              accessibilityRole = AccessibilityRole.NONE;
+            }
             setRole(info, accessibilityRole, view.getContext());
             if (!(accessibilityHint == null)) {
               String contentDescription=(String)info.getContentDescription();
@@ -127,14 +126,4 @@ public static void setRole(AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat nodeInfo, final Accessibi
       nodeInfo.setClickable(true);
     }
   }
-
-  /**
-   * Method for setting accessibilityRole on view properties.
-   */
-  public static AccessibilityRole getAccessibilityRole(String role) {
-    if (role == null) {
-      return AccessibilityRole.NONE;
-    }
-    return AccessibilityRole.valueOf(role.toUpperCase());
-  }
 }
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager.java
index fd5b2de97f6355..e05d85dbfa008b 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManager.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import android.view.ViewParent;
 import com.facebook.react.R;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReadableArray;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.AccessibilityDelegateUtil.AccessibilityRole;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.annotations.ReactProp;
 import com.facebook.react.uimanager.util.ReactFindViewUtil;
 import java.util.Locale;
@@ -131,14 +132,8 @@ public void setAccessibilityRole(T view, String accessibilityRole) {
     if (accessibilityRole == null) {
       return;
     }
-    try {
-      AccessibilityDelegateUtil.AccessibilityRole.valueOf(accessibilityRole.toUpperCase(Locale.US));
-    } catch (NullPointerException e) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Role " + accessibilityRole + " Passed In");
-    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid Role " + accessibilityRole + " Passed In");
-    }
-    view.setTag(R.id.accessibility_role, accessibilityRole);
+
+    view.setTag(R.id.accessibility_role, AccessibilityRole.fromValue(accessibilityRole));
   }
 
   @ReactProp(name = PROP_ACCESSIBILITY_STATES)
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BUCK b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BUCK
index c51368c734b266..becfa55ea6b242 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BUCK
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BUCK
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ rn_robolectric_test(
     # TODO Disabled temporarily until Yoga linking is fixed t14964130
     # srcs = glob(['**/*.java']),
     srcs = [
+        "BaseViewManagerTest.java",
         "MatrixMathHelperTest.java",
         "SimpleViewPropertyTest.java",
     ],
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ rn_robolectric_test(
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/annotations:annotations"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/views/text:text"),
         react_native_target("java/com/facebook/react/views/view:view"),
+        react_native_target("res:uimanager"),
         react_native_tests_target("java/com/facebook/react/bridge:testhelpers"),
     ],
 )
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManagerTest.java b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManagerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..58431477175f28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/test/java/com/facebook/react/uimanager/BaseViewManagerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+package com.facebook.react.uimanager;
+
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.support.v4.view.ViewCompat;
+import com.facebook.react.uimanager.AccessibilityDelegateUtil.AccessibilityRole;
+import com.facebook.react.views.view.ReactViewGroup;
+import com.facebook.react.views.view.ReactViewManager;
+import com.facebook.react.R;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+import org.robolectric.RobolectricTestRunner;
+import static org.fest.assertions.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
+public class BaseViewManagerTest {
+
+  private BaseViewManager mViewManager;
+  private ReactViewGroup mView;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() {
+    mViewManager = new ReactViewManager();
+    mView = new ReactViewGroup(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAccessibilityRoleNone() {
+    mViewManager.setAccessibilityRole(mView, "none");
+    assertThat(mView.getTag(R.id.accessibility_role)).isEqualTo(AccessibilityRole.NONE);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAccessibilityRoleTurkish() {
+    Locale.setDefault(Locale.forLanguageTag("tr-TR"));
+    mViewManager.setAccessibilityRole(mView, "image");
+    assertThat(mView.getTag(R.id.accessibility_role)).isEqualTo(AccessibilityRole.IMAGE);
+  }
+}