diff --git a/Source/ASDisplayNode+Beta.h b/Source/ASDisplayNode+Beta.h
index da26bb9f3..f735db18c 100644
--- a/Source/ASDisplayNode+Beta.h
+++ b/Source/ASDisplayNode+Beta.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ extern void ASDisplayNodePerformBlockOnEveryYogaChild(ASDisplayNode * _Nullable
 // These methods should not normally be called directly.
 - (void)invalidateCalculatedYogaLayout;
 - (void)calculateLayoutFromYogaRoot:(ASSizeRange)rootConstrainedSize;
+- (void)semanticContentAttributeDidChange:(UISemanticContentAttribute)attribute;
 
 @end
 
diff --git a/Source/ASDisplayNode+Yoga.mm b/Source/ASDisplayNode+Yoga.mm
index 18447b4a6..8fbb5c515 100644
--- a/Source/ASDisplayNode+Yoga.mm
+++ b/Source/ASDisplayNode+Yoga.mm
@@ -328,6 +328,18 @@ - (void)invalidateCalculatedYogaLayout
   }
 }
 
+- (void)semanticContentAttributeDidChange:(UISemanticContentAttribute)attribute;
+{
+  YGDirection effectiveDirection = YGDirectionInherit;
+  if (attribute != UISemanticContentAttributeUnspecified && AS_AT_LEAST_IOS9) {
+    UIUserInterfaceLayoutDirection attributeDirection =
+                                      [UIView userInterfaceLayoutDirectionForSemanticContentAttribute:attribute];
+    effectiveDirection = (attributeDirection == UIUserInterfaceLayoutDirectionLeftToRight
+                          ? YGDirectionLTR : YGDirectionRTL);
+  }
+  self.style.direction = effectiveDirection;
+}
+
 - (void)calculateLayoutFromYogaRoot:(ASSizeRange)rootConstrainedSize
 {
   if (self.yogaParent) {
@@ -357,14 +369,14 @@ - (void)calculateLayoutFromYogaRoot:(ASSizeRange)rootConstrainedSize
     ASLayoutElementStyle *style = node.style;
     YGNodeRef yogaNode = node.yogaNode;
 
-    YGNodeStyleSetDirection     (yogaNode, YGDirectionInherit);
+    YGNodeStyleSetDirection     (yogaNode, style.direction);
 
     YGNodeStyleSetFlexWrap      (yogaNode, style.flexWrap);
     YGNodeStyleSetFlexGrow      (yogaNode, style.flexGrow);
     YGNodeStyleSetFlexShrink    (yogaNode, style.flexShrink);
     YGNODE_STYLE_SET_DIMENSION  (yogaNode, FlexBasis, style.flexBasis);
 
-    YGNodeStyleSetFlexDirection (yogaNode, yogaFlexDirection(style.direction));
+    YGNodeStyleSetFlexDirection (yogaNode, yogaFlexDirection(style.flexDirection));
     YGNodeStyleSetJustifyContent(yogaNode, yogaJustifyContent(style.justifyContent));
     YGNodeStyleSetAlignSelf     (yogaNode, yogaAlignSelf(style.alignSelf));
     ASStackLayoutAlignItems alignItems = style.alignItems;
@@ -379,7 +391,7 @@ - (void)calculateLayoutFromYogaRoot:(ASSizeRange)rootConstrainedSize
     ASEdgeInsets border   = style.border;
 
     YGEdge edge = YGEdgeLeft;
-    for (int i = 0; i < YGEdgeAll + 1; i++) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < YGEdgeAll + 1; ++i) {
       YGNODE_STYLE_SET_DIMENSION_WITH_EDGE(yogaNode, Position, dimensionForEdgeWithEdgeInsets(edge, position), edge);
       YGNODE_STYLE_SET_DIMENSION_WITH_EDGE(yogaNode, Margin, dimensionForEdgeWithEdgeInsets(edge, margin), edge);
       YGNODE_STYLE_SET_DIMENSION_WITH_EDGE(yogaNode, Padding, dimensionForEdgeWithEdgeInsets(edge, padding), edge);
diff --git a/Source/ASDisplayNode.h b/Source/ASDisplayNode.h
index e5d215b8b..b0c215699 100644
--- a/Source/ASDisplayNode.h
+++ b/Source/ASDisplayNode.h
@@ -692,6 +692,7 @@ extern NSInteger const ASDefaultDrawingPriority;
  * contentMode for your content while it's being re-rendered.
  */
 @property (nonatomic, assign)           UIViewContentMode contentMode;         // default=UIViewContentModeScaleToFill
+@property (nonatomic, assign)           UISemanticContentAttribute semanticContentAttribute; // default=Unspecified
 
 @property (nonatomic, assign, getter=isUserInteractionEnabled) BOOL userInteractionEnabled; // default=YES (NO for layer-backed nodes)
 #if TARGET_OS_IOS
diff --git a/Source/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.h b/Source/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.h
index 9c918689e..a8a74e2a1 100644
--- a/Source/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.h
+++ b/Source/Details/UIView+ASConvenience.h
@@ -51,15 +51,16 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  */
 @protocol ASDisplayNodeViewProperties
 
-@property (nonatomic, assign)           		BOOL clipsToBounds;
-@property (nonatomic, getter=isHidden)  		BOOL hidden;
-@property (nonatomic, assign)           		BOOL autoresizesSubviews;
-@property (nonatomic, assign)           		UIViewAutoresizing autoresizingMask;
-@property (nonatomic, strong, null_resettable)  UIColor *tintColor;
-@property (nonatomic, assign)           		CGFloat alpha;
-@property (nonatomic, assign)           		CGRect bounds;
-@property (nonatomic, assign)           		CGRect frame;   // Only for use with nodes wrapping synchronous views
-@property (nonatomic, assign)           		UIViewContentMode contentMode;
+@property (nonatomic, assign)          BOOL clipsToBounds;
+@property (nonatomic, getter=isHidden) BOOL hidden;
+@property (nonatomic, assign)          BOOL autoresizesSubviews;
+@property (nonatomic, assign)          UIViewAutoresizing autoresizingMask;
+@property (nonatomic, strong, null_resettable) UIColor *tintColor;
+@property (nonatomic, assign)          CGFloat alpha;
+@property (nonatomic, assign)          CGRect bounds;
+@property (nonatomic, assign)          CGRect frame;   // Only for use with nodes wrapping synchronous views
+@property (nonatomic, assign)          UIViewContentMode contentMode;
+@property (nonatomic, assign)          UISemanticContentAttribute semanticContentAttribute;
 @property (nonatomic, assign, getter=isUserInteractionEnabled) BOOL userInteractionEnabled;
 @property (nonatomic, assign, getter=isExclusiveTouch) BOOL exclusiveTouch;
 @property (nonatomic, assign, getter=asyncdisplaykit_isAsyncTransactionContainer, setter = asyncdisplaykit_setAsyncTransactionContainer:) BOOL asyncdisplaykit_asyncTransactionContainer;
diff --git a/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+FrameworkPrivate.h b/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+FrameworkPrivate.h
index e533b200a..be1aa5079 100644
--- a/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+FrameworkPrivate.h
+++ b/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+FrameworkPrivate.h
@@ -214,6 +214,14 @@ __unused static NSString * _Nonnull NSStringFromASHierarchyState(ASHierarchyStat
  */
 - (BOOL)shouldScheduleDisplayWithNewInterfaceState:(ASInterfaceState)newInterfaceState;
 
+/**
+ * @abstract Informs the root node that the intrinsic size of the receiver is no longer valid.
+ *
+ * @discussion The size of a root node is determined by each subnode. Calling invalidateSize will let the root node know
+ * that the intrinsic size of the receiver node is no longer valid and a resizing of the root node needs to happen.
+ */
+- (void)setNeedsLayoutFromAbove;
+
 /**
  * @abstract Subclass hook for nodes that are acting as root nodes. This method is called if one of the subnodes
  * size is invalidated and may need to result in a different size as the current calculated size.
diff --git a/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+UIViewBridge.mm b/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+UIViewBridge.mm
index a5139e0b7..78012a86e 100644
--- a/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+UIViewBridge.mm
+++ b/Source/Private/ASDisplayNode+UIViewBridge.mm
@@ -773,6 +773,26 @@ - (void)setEdgeAntialiasingMask:(unsigned int)edgeAntialiasingMask
   _setToLayer(edgeAntialiasingMask, edgeAntialiasingMask);
 }
 
+- (UISemanticContentAttribute)semanticContentAttribute
+{
+  _bridge_prologue_read;
+  if (AS_AT_LEAST_IOS9) {
+    return _getFromViewOnly(semanticContentAttribute);
+  }
+  return UISemanticContentAttributeUnspecified;
+}
+
+- (void)setSemanticContentAttribute:(UISemanticContentAttribute)semanticContentAttribute
+{
+  _bridge_prologue_write;
+  if (AS_AT_LEAST_IOS9) {
+#if YOGA
+    [self semanticContentAttributeDidChange:semanticContentAttribute];
+#endif
+    _setToViewOnly(semanticContentAttribute, semanticContentAttribute);
+  }
+}
+
 @end
 
 
diff --git a/Source/Private/_ASPendingState.mm b/Source/Private/_ASPendingState.mm
index 0baad1129..666325aa6 100644
--- a/Source/Private/_ASPendingState.mm
+++ b/Source/Private/_ASPendingState.mm
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   int setAccessibilityHeaderElements:1;
   int setAccessibilityActivationPoint:1;
   int setAccessibilityPath:1;
+  int setSemanticContentAttribute:1;
 } ASPendingStateFlags;
 
 @implementation _ASPendingState
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ @implementation _ASPendingState
   NSArray *accessibilityHeaderElements;
   CGPoint accessibilityActivationPoint;
   UIBezierPath *accessibilityPath;
+  UISemanticContentAttribute semanticContentAttribute;
 
   ASPendingStateFlags _flags;
 }
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ ASDISPLAYNODE_INLINE void ASPendingStateApplyMetricsToLayer(_ASPendingState *sta
 @synthesize borderWidth=borderWidth;
 @synthesize borderColor=borderColor;
 @synthesize asyncdisplaykit_asyncTransactionContainer=asyncTransactionContainer;
+@synthesize semanticContentAttribute=semanticContentAttribute;
 
 
 static CGColorRef blackColorRef = NULL;
@@ -259,6 +262,7 @@ - (instancetype)init
   accessibilityActivationPoint = CGPointZero;
   accessibilityPath = nil;
   edgeAntialiasingMask = (kCALayerLeftEdge | kCALayerRightEdge | kCALayerTopEdge | kCALayerBottomEdge);
+  semanticContentAttribute = UISemanticContentAttributeUnspecified;
 
   return self;
 }
@@ -512,6 +516,12 @@ - (void)asyncdisplaykit_setAsyncTransactionContainer:(BOOL)flag
   _flags.setAsyncTransactionContainer = YES;
 }
 
+- (void)setSemanticContentAttribute:(UISemanticContentAttribute)attribute
+{
+  semanticContentAttribute = attribute;
+  _flags.setSemanticContentAttribute = YES;
+}
+
 - (BOOL)isAccessibilityElement
 {
   return isAccessibilityElement;
@@ -904,6 +914,10 @@ - (void)applyToView:(UIView *)view withSpecialPropertiesHandling:(BOOL)specialPr
   if (flags.setOpaque)
     ASDisplayNodeAssert(view.layer.opaque == opaque, @"Didn't set opaque as desired");
 
+  if (flags.setSemanticContentAttribute) {
+    view.semanticContentAttribute = semanticContentAttribute;
+  }
+
   if (flags.setIsAccessibilityElement)
     view.isAccessibilityElement = isAccessibilityElement;
 
@@ -1045,6 +1059,7 @@ + (_ASPendingState *)pendingViewStateFromView:(UIView *)view
   pendingState.allowsGroupOpacity = layer.allowsGroupOpacity;
   pendingState.allowsEdgeAntialiasing = layer.allowsEdgeAntialiasing;
   pendingState.edgeAntialiasingMask = layer.edgeAntialiasingMask;
+  pendingState.semanticContentAttribute = view.semanticContentAttribute;
   pendingState.isAccessibilityElement = view.isAccessibilityElement;
   pendingState.accessibilityLabel = view.accessibilityLabel;
   pendingState.accessibilityHint = view.accessibilityHint;
@@ -1119,6 +1134,7 @@ - (BOOL)hasChanges
   || flags.needsLayout
   || flags.setAsyncTransactionContainer
   || flags.setOpaque
+  || flags.setSemanticContentAttribute
   || flags.setIsAccessibilityElement
   || flags.setAccessibilityLabel
   || flags.setAccessibilityHint