diff --git a/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Pages/Controls/ImagePage.xaml b/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Pages/Controls/ImagePage.xaml
index b990ac3e2f0a..b6ec710cdee2 100644
--- a/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Pages/Controls/ImagePage.xaml
+++ b/src/Controls/samples/Controls.Sample/Pages/Controls/ImagePage.xaml
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@
                         </FontImageSource>
                     </Image.Source>
                 </Image>
+                <Label
+                    Text="Opacity (0.5)"
+                    Style="{StaticResource Headline}"/>
+                <Image 
+                    Opacity="0.5"
+                    Background="Black"
+                    Source="dotnet_bot.png"
+                   />
             </VerticalStackLayout>
         </ScrollView>
     </views:BasePage.Content>
diff --git a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Image/ImageHandler.Android.cs b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Image/ImageHandler.Android.cs
index 7f0b35cb5cd7..f65ec93ff7df 100644
--- a/src/Core/src/Handlers/Image/ImageHandler.Android.cs
+++ b/src/Core/src/Handlers/Image/ImageHandler.Android.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public static void MapBackground(IImageHandler handler, IImage image)
 			handler.UpdateValue(nameof(IViewHandler.ContainerView));
 
 			handler.ToPlatform().UpdateBackground(image);
+			handler.ToPlatform().UpdateOpacity(image);
 		}
 
 		public static void MapAspect(IImageHandler handler, IImage image) =>