diff --git a/src/main/java/org/commcare/suite/model/DetailField.java b/src/main/java/org/commcare/suite/model/DetailField.java
index ea812612d..807059971 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/commcare/suite/model/DetailField.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/commcare/suite/model/DetailField.java
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public class DetailField implements Externalizable {
     @Nullable
     private EndpointAction endpointAction;
 
+    private boolean showBorder;
+
     /**
      * Optional hint which provides a hint for whether rich media should be
      * displayed based on <text> returning a URI.  May be either 'image' or
@@ -207,6 +209,7 @@ public void readExternal(DataInputStream in, PrototypeFactory pf) throws IOExcep
         verticalAlign = ExtUtil.nullIfEmpty(ExtUtil.readString(in));
         cssID = ExtUtil.nullIfEmpty(ExtUtil.readString(in));
         endpointAction = (EndpointAction)ExtUtil.read(in, new ExtWrapNullable(EndpointAction.class), pf);
+        showBorder = ExtUtil.readBool(in);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -237,6 +240,7 @@ public void writeExternal(DataOutputStream out) throws IOException {
         ExtUtil.writeString(out, ExtUtil.emptyIfNull(verticalAlign));
         ExtUtil.writeString(out, ExtUtil.emptyIfNull(cssID));
         ExtUtil.write(out, new ExtWrapNullable(endpointAction));
+        ExtUtil.writeBool(out, showBorder);
     }
 
     public int getGridX() {
@@ -276,6 +280,10 @@ public String getCssId() {
         return cssID;
     }
 
+    public boolean getShowBorder() {
+        return showBorder;
+    }
+
     public static class Builder {
         final DetailField field;
 
@@ -398,5 +406,9 @@ public void setCssID(String id) {
         public void setEndpointAction(EndpointAction endpointAction) {
             field.endpointAction = endpointAction;
         }
+
+        public void setShowBorder(boolean showBorder) {
+            field.showBorder = showBorder;
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/commcare/suite/model/Style.java b/src/main/java/org/commcare/suite/model/Style.java
index a53eb67c4..529558c58 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/commcare/suite/model/Style.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/commcare/suite/model/Style.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ public class Style {
     private String horizontalAlign;
     private String verticalAlign;
 
+    private boolean showBorder;
+
     public Style(){}
 
     public Style(DetailField detail){
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ public Style(DetailField detail){
 
         verticalAlign = detail.getVerticalAlign();
         horizontalAlign = detail.getHorizontalAlign();
+        showBorder = detail.getShowBorder();
     }
 
     enum DisplayFormat {
@@ -118,4 +121,8 @@ public String getHorizontalAlign() {
     public String getVerticalAlign() {
         return verticalAlign;
     }
+
+    public boolean getShowBorder() {
+        return showBorder;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/commcare/xml/StyleParser.java b/src/main/java/org/commcare/xml/StyleParser.java
index b04c4fbcc..c915e5ed6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/commcare/xml/StyleParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/commcare/xml/StyleParser.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public Integer parse() throws InvalidStructureException, IOException, XmlPullPar
         String cssID = parser.getAttributeValue(null, "css-id");
         builder.setCssID(cssID);
 
+        String showBorder = parser.getAttributeValue(null, "show-border");
+        builder.setShowBorder(Boolean.parseBoolean(showBorder));
+
         parser.nextTag();
 
         return Integer.valueOf(1);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/commcare/backend/suite/model/test/AppStructureTests.java b/src/test/java/org/commcare/backend/suite/model/test/AppStructureTests.java
index f228147bc..46ab8193d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/commcare/backend/suite/model/test/AppStructureTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/commcare/backend/suite/model/test/AppStructureTests.java
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ public void testDetailWithFieldAction() {
         assertFalse(endpoint.isRespectRelevancy());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDetailWithBorder() {
+        Detail detail = mApp.getSession().getPlatform().getDetail("m0_case_short");
+        DetailField field1 = detail.getFields()[0];
+        assertTrue(field1.getShowBorder());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testDefaultEndpointRelevancy_shouldBeTrue() {
         Endpoint endpoint = mApp.getSession().getPlatform().getEndpoint("endpoint_with_no_relevancy");
diff --git a/src/test/resources/app_structure/suite.xml b/src/test/resources/app_structure/suite.xml
index eadc29fd9..8134c36e3 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/app_structure/suite.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/app_structure/suite.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
       </field>
     </lookup>
     <field>
+      <style horz-align="left" vert-align="center" font-size="small" show-border="true">
+        <grid grid-height="2" grid-width="3" grid-x="3" grid-y="5"/>
+      </style>
       <header>
         <text>Name</text>
       </header>