diff --git a/docs/docs/topBar-buttons.md b/docs/docs/topBar-buttons.md
index 1120a482321..56b7db18250 100644
--- a/docs/docs/topBar-buttons.md
+++ b/docs/docs/topBar-buttons.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The following options can be used to customise buttons.
     name: 'example.CustomButtonComponent'
   },
   text: 'Button one',
+  systemItem: 'done', // iOS only. Sets a system bar button item as the icon. Matches UIBarButtonSystemItem naming. See below for details.
   enabled: true,
   disableIconTint: false,
   color: 'red',
@@ -18,6 +19,35 @@ The following options can be used to customise buttons.
 }
 ```
 
+## iOS System Items
+On iOS, UIKit supplies some common bar button glyphs for developers to use. The following values can be supplied as values to to `systemItem` to use them as an icon for your button.
+
+* `done`
+* `cancel`
+* `edit`
+* `save`
+* `add`
+* `flexibleSpace`
+* `fixedSpace`
+* `compose`
+* `reply`
+* `action`
+* `organize`
+* `bookmarks`
+* `search`
+* `refresh`
+* `stop`
+* `camera`
+* `trash`
+* `play`
+* `pause`
+* `rewind`
+* `fastForward`
+* `undo`
+* `redo`
+
+More information about these glyphs can be found in [Apple's Human Interface Guidelines](https://developer.apple.com/ios/human-interface-guidelines/icons-and-images/system-icons/).
+
 # Declaring Buttons statically
 
 Buttons can be defined in a screen's options:
diff --git a/lib/ios/RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h b/lib/ios/RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b8b59c99a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ios/RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+#import <React/RCTConvert.h>
+
+@interface RCTConvert (UIBarButtonSystemItem)
+
++ (UIBarButtonSystemItem)UIBarButtonSystemItem:(id)json;
+
+@end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ios/RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m b/lib/ios/RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..09de42ac9d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ios/RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
+#import "RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h"
+
+@implementation RCTConvert (UIBarButtonSystemItem)
+
+RCT_ENUM_CONVERTER(UIBarButtonSystemItem, (@{
+    @"done" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemDone),
+    @"cancel" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemCancel),
+    @"edit" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemEdit),
+    @"save" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemSave),
+    @"add" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd),
+    @"flexibleSpace" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace),
+    @"fixedSpace" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace),
+    @"compose" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemCompose),
+    @"reply" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemReply),
+    @"action" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemAction),
+    @"organize" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemOrganize),
+    @"bookmarks" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemBookmarks),
+    @"search" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemSearch),
+    @"refresh" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemRefresh),
+    @"stop" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemStop),
+    @"camera" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemCamera),
+    @"trash" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemTrash),
+    @"play" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemPlay),
+    @"pause" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemPause),
+    @"rewind" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemRewind),
+    @"fastForward" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemFastForward),
+    @"undo" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemUndo),
+    @"redo" : @(UIBarButtonSystemItemRedo),
+}), UIBarButtonSystemItemDone, integerValue)
+
+@end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNNavigationButtons.m b/lib/ios/RNNNavigationButtons.m
index 3a1d8dd5a91..26e1822c054 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNNavigationButtons.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNNavigationButtons.m
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ -(RNNUIBarButtonItem*)buildButton: (NSDictionary*)dictionary defaultStyle:(RNNBu
 	NSString* buttonId = dictionary[@"id"];
 	NSString* title = [self getValue:dictionary[@"text"] withDefault:[defaultStyle.text getWithDefaultValue:nil]];
 	NSDictionary* component = dictionary[@"component"];
+	NSString* systemItemName = dictionary[@"systemItem"];
 	
 	if (!buttonId) {
 		@throw [NSException exceptionWithName:@"NSInvalidArgumentException" reason:[@"button id is not specified " stringByAppendingString:title] userInfo:nil];
@@ -91,6 +92,8 @@ -(RNNUIBarButtonItem*)buildButton: (NSDictionary*)dictionary defaultStyle:(RNNBu
 		if (buttonTextAttributes.allKeys.count > 0) {
 			[barButtonItem setTitleTextAttributes:buttonTextAttributes forState:UIControlStateNormal];
 		}
+	} else if (systemItemName) {
+		barButtonItem = [[RNNUIBarButtonItem alloc] init:buttonId withSystemItem:systemItemName];
 	} else {
 		return nil;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNUIBarButtonItem.h b/lib/ios/RNNUIBarButtonItem.h
index 9a765d1b244..40269a0aabc 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNUIBarButtonItem.h
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNUIBarButtonItem.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 -(instancetype)init:(NSString*)buttonId withIcon:(UIImage*)iconImage;
 -(instancetype)init:(NSString*)buttonId withTitle:(NSString*)title;
 -(instancetype)init:(NSString*)buttonId withCustomView:(RCTRootView*)reactView;
+-(instancetype)init:(NSString*)buttonId withSystemItem:(NSString*)systemItemName;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/lib/ios/RNNUIBarButtonItem.m b/lib/ios/RNNUIBarButtonItem.m
index eb2778e043d..1f13d68883b 100644
--- a/lib/ios/RNNUIBarButtonItem.m
+++ b/lib/ios/RNNUIBarButtonItem.m
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
 #import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
 #import "RNNUIBarButtonItem.h"
+#import "RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h"
 
 @implementation RNNUIBarButtonItem
 
@@ -25,6 +26,13 @@ -(instancetype)init:(NSString*)buttonId withCustomView:(RCTRootView *)reactView
 	self.buttonId = buttonId;
 	return self;
 }
+	
+-(instancetype)init:(NSString*)buttonId withSystemItem:(NSString *)systemItemName {
+	UIBarButtonSystemItem systemItem = [RCTConvert UIBarButtonSystemItem:systemItemName];
+	self = [super initWithBarButtonSystemItem:systemItem target:nil action:nil];
+	self.buttonId = buttonId;
+	return self;
+}
 
 - (void)rootViewDidChangeIntrinsicSize:(RCTRootView *)rootView {
 	CGSize size = rootView.intrinsicContentSize;
diff --git a/lib/ios/ReactNativeNavigation.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/lib/ios/ReactNativeNavigation.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index ebe1de68908..8cd500ceeee 100644
--- a/lib/ios/ReactNativeNavigation.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/lib/ios/ReactNativeNavigation.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@
 		50F5DFC21F407A8C001A00BC /* RNNTabBarController.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 50F5DFC01F407A8C001A00BC /* RNNTabBarController.m */; };
 		50F5DFC51F407AA0001A00BC /* RNNNavigationController.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 50F5DFC31F407AA0001A00BC /* RNNNavigationController.h */; };
 		50F5DFC61F407AA0001A00BC /* RNNNavigationController.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 50F5DFC41F407AA0001A00BC /* RNNNavigationController.m */; };
+		7365071121E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 7365070F21E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h */; };
+		7365071221E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 7365071021E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m */; };
 		7B1126A01E2D263F00F9B03B /* RNNEventEmitter.m in Sources */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 7B11269F1E2D263F00F9B03B /* RNNEventEmitter.m */; };
 		7B1126A31E2D2B6C00F9B03B /* RNNSplashScreen.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 7BA500761E254908001B9E1B /* RNNSplashScreen.h */; };
 		7B1126A61E2D2B6C00F9B03B /* RNNBridgeModule.h in Headers */ = {isa = PBXBuildFile; fileRef = 7BBFE5421E25330E002A6182 /* RNNBridgeModule.h */; };
@@ -558,6 +560,8 @@
 		50F5DFC01F407A8C001A00BC /* RNNTabBarController.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = RNNTabBarController.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		50F5DFC31F407AA0001A00BC /* RNNNavigationController.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = RNNNavigationController.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		50F5DFC41F407AA0001A00BC /* RNNNavigationController.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = RNNNavigationController.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		7365070F21E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = "RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
+		7365071021E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = "RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m"; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		7B11269E1E2D263F00F9B03B /* RNNEventEmitter.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = RNNEventEmitter.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		7B11269F1E2D263F00F9B03B /* RNNEventEmitter.m */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.objc; path = RNNEventEmitter.m; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
 		7B4928061E70415400555040 /* RNNCommandsHandler.h */ = {isa = PBXFileReference; fileEncoding = 4; lastKnownFileType = sourcecode.c.h; path = RNNCommandsHandler.h; sourceTree = "<group>"; };
@@ -693,6 +697,8 @@
 				5038A3C0216E1E66009280BC /* RNNFontAttributesCreator.m */,
 				505EDD48214FDA800071C7DE /* RCTConvert+Modal.h */,
 				50E02BD521A6E54B00A43942 /* RCTConvert+SideMenuOpenGestureMode.h */,
+				7365070F21E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h */,
+				7365071021E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m */,
 				5038A3BB216E1490009280BC /* RNNTabBarItemCreator.h */,
 				5038A3BC216E1490009280BC /* RNNTabBarItemCreator.m */,
 				5053CE7D2175FB1900D0386B /* RNNDefaultOptionsHelper.h */,
@@ -1186,6 +1192,7 @@
 				50495942216F5E5D006D2B81 /* NullBool.h in Headers */,
 				263905AE1E4C6F440023D7D3 /* MMDrawerBarButtonItem.h in Headers */,
 				5012241621736667000F5F98 /* Color.h in Headers */,
+				7365071121E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.h in Headers */,
 				5064495D20DC62B90026709C /* RNNSideMenuSideOptions.h in Headers */,
 				50F5DFC11F407A8C001A00BC /* RNNTabBarController.h in Headers */,
 				50395587217480C900B0A663 /* IntNumber.h in Headers */,
@@ -1418,6 +1425,7 @@
 				263905B41E4C6F440023D7D3 /* MMDrawerVisualState.m in Sources */,
 				5012240B21735959000F5F98 /* RNNSideMenuPresenter.m in Sources */,
 				502CB46F20CD1DDA0019B2FE /* RNNBackButtonOptions.m in Sources */,
+				7365071221E4B16F004E020F /* RCTConvert+UIBarButtonSystemItem.m in Sources */,
 				5012241B21736678000F5F98 /* Image.m in Sources */,
 				50495943216F5E5D006D2B81 /* NullBool.m in Sources */,
 				5038A3C7216E2D93009280BC /* Number.m in Sources */,
diff --git a/lib/src/interfaces/Options.ts b/lib/src/interfaces/Options.ts
index 724cd595883..d05c8ceab4a 100644
--- a/lib/src/interfaces/Options.ts
+++ b/lib/src/interfaces/Options.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ type Color = string;
 type FontFamily = string;
 type LayoutOrientation = 'portrait' | 'landscape';
 type AndroidDensityNumber = number;
+type SystemItemIcon = 'done' | 'cancel' | 'edit' | 'save' | 'add' | 'flexibleSpace' | 'fixedSpace' | 'compose' | 'reply' | 'action' | 'organize' | 'bookmarks' | 'search' | 'refresh' | 'stop' | 'camera' | 'trash' | 'play' | 'pause' | 'rewind' | 'fastForward' | 'undo' | 'redo';
 
 export interface OptionsSplitView {
   /**
@@ -256,6 +257,10 @@ export interface OptionsTopBarButton {
      */
     passProps?: object;
   };
+  /**
+   * (iOS only) Set the button as an iOS system icon
+   */
+  systemItem?: SystemItemIcon;
   /**
    * Set the button text
    */