diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebc4a00..1786f41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ A react-native component from displaying tooltip. Uses UIMenuController.
 
 - `actions`: Array of actions `[{text: 'Copy', onPress: () => Clipboard.set(this.someValue) }]`
 - `longPress`: Boolean indicating if the tooltip should be showing on longPress, false by default.
+- `arrowDirection`: String indicating the direction of the tooltip arrow. Possible values are: `up`, `down`, `left`, and `right`. Default is `down`.
 
 #### Props from TouchableHighlight.propTypes
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ var tooltip = React.createClass({
             ]}
             underlayColor='transparent'
             longPress={true}
+            arrowDirection='down'
             style={styles.textinput}
           >
             <Text>
diff --git a/ToolTip.ios.js b/ToolTip.ios.js
index fc0b460..72269fb 100644
--- a/ToolTip.ios.js
+++ b/ToolTip.ios.js
@@ -16,13 +16,20 @@ var propTypes = {
     text: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     onPress: React.PropTypes.func,
   })),
+  arrowDirection: React.PropTypes.oneOf(['up', 'down', 'left', 'right']),
   longPress: React.PropTypes.bool,
   ...TouchableHighlight.propTypes,
 };
 
 var ViewClass = React.createClass({
+  getDefaultProps: function() {
+    return {
+      arrowDirection: 'down'
+    };
+  },
+
   showMenu: function() {
-    ToolTipMenu.show(findNodeHandle(this.refs.toolTipText), this.getOptionTexts());
+    ToolTipMenu.show(findNodeHandle(this.refs.toolTipText), this.getOptionTexts(), this.props.arrowDirection);
   },
 
   getOptionTexts: function() {
diff --git a/ToolTipMenu/ToolTipMenu.m b/ToolTipMenu/ToolTipMenu.m
index 81be73d..c905703 100644
--- a/ToolTipMenu/ToolTipMenu.m
+++ b/ToolTipMenu/ToolTipMenu.m
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue
 }
 
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(show:(nonnull NSNumber *)reactTag
-                  items: (NSArray *)items)
+                  items: (NSArray *)items
+                  arrowDirection: (NSString *)arrowDirection)
 {
     UIView *view = [self.bridge.uiManager viewForReactTag:reactTag];
     NSArray *buttons = items;
@@ -30,7 +31,16 @@ - (dispatch_queue_t)methodQueue
     [view becomeFirstResponder];
     UIMenuController *menuCont = [UIMenuController sharedMenuController];
     [menuCont setTargetRect:view.frame inView:view.superview];
-    menuCont.arrowDirection = UIMenuControllerArrowDown;
+
+    if([arrowDirection isEqualToString: @"up"]){
+      menuCont.arrowDirection = UIMenuControllerArrowUp;
+    }else if ([arrowDirection isEqualToString: @"right"]){
+      menuCont.arrowDirection = UIMenuControllerArrowRight;
+    }else if ([arrowDirection isEqualToString: @"left"]) {
+      menuCont.arrowDirection = UIMenuControllerArrowLeft;
+    } else {
+      menuCont.arrowDirection = UIMenuControllerArrowDown;
+    }
     menuCont.menuItems = menuItems;
     [menuCont setMenuVisible:YES animated:YES];
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ac52781..133f2c8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-tooltip",
-  "version": "4.1.0",
+  "version": "4.1.1",
   "description": "A react-native wrapper for showing tooltips",
   "main": "ToolTip.ios.js",
   "author": {