diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_widget_LinearLayout.h b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_widget_LinearLayout.h
index f4b472ef..a217314b 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_widget_LinearLayout.h
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_widget_LinearLayout.h
@@ -223,6 +223,14 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_widget_LinearLayout_setOrientation
 JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_android_widget_LinearLayout_getOrientation
   (JNIEnv *, jobject);
 
+/*
+ * Class:     android_widget_LinearLayout
+ * Method:    native_setHomogenousWeight
+ * Signature: (JZ)V
+ */
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_widget_LinearLayout_native_1setHomogenousWeight
+  (JNIEnv *, jobject, jlong, jboolean);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/widgets/android_widget_LinearLayout.c b/src/api-impl-jni/widgets/android_widget_LinearLayout.c
index 511a719a..fc319d42 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/widgets/android_widget_LinearLayout.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/widgets/android_widget_LinearLayout.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ JNIEXPORT jlong JNICALL Java_android_widget_LinearLayout_native_1constructor(JNI
 
 	GtkWidget *wrapper = g_object_ref(wrapper_widget_new());
 	GtkWidget *box = gtk_box_new(orientation ? GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL : GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 0); // spacing of 0
+	gtk_box_set_homogeneous(GTK_BOX(box), TRUE);
 	wrapper_widget_set_child(WRAPPER_WIDGET(wrapper), box);
 	gtk_widget_set_name(GTK_WIDGET(box), "LinearLayout");
 	if (!attrs) {
@@ -50,3 +51,8 @@ JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_android_widget_LinearLayout_getOrientation(JNIEnv *e
 {
 	return gtk_orientable_get_orientation(GTK_ORIENTABLE(_PTR(_GET_LONG_FIELD(this, "widget"))));
 }
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_widget_LinearLayout_native_1setHomogenousWeight(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jlong widget_ptr, jboolean homogeneous)
+{
+	gtk_box_set_homogeneous(_PTR(widget_ptr), homogeneous);
+}
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewGroup.java b/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewGroup.java
index 0fab9f94..8cb22283 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewGroup.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/view/ViewGroup.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class ViewGroup extends View implements ViewParent, ViewManager {
 		addView(child, params);
 	}
 
-	private void addViewInternal(View child, int index, LayoutParams params) {
+	protected void addViewInternal(View child, int index, LayoutParams params) {
 		if (child.parent == this)
 			return;
 		if (!checkLayoutParams(params)) {
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/widget/LinearLayout.java b/src/api-impl/android/widget/LinearLayout.java
index e9316b09..7b32361b 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/widget/LinearLayout.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/widget/LinearLayout.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package android.widget;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 
 public class LinearLayout extends ViewGroup {
@@ -19,8 +20,23 @@ public class LinearLayout extends ViewGroup {
 
 	public native void setOrientation(int orientation);
 	public native int getOrientation();
+	protected native void native_setHomogenousWeight(long widget, boolean homogenous);
 	public void setWeightSum(float weightSum) {}
 
+	@Override
+	protected void addViewInternal(View child, int index, ViewGroup.LayoutParams params) {
+		super.addViewInternal(child, index, params);
+		// check if all children have the same weight and set GtkBox to homogeneous if so
+		float weight = params.weight;
+		for (int i = 0; i < children.size(); i++) {
+			if (children.get(i).getLayoutParams().weight != weight) {
+				weight = 0;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		native_setHomogenousWeight(widget, weight > 0);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public LayoutParams generateLayoutParams(AttributeSet attrs) {
 		return new LayoutParams(getContext(), attrs);