diff --git a/Terminal.Gui/Core/View.cs b/Terminal.Gui/Core/View.cs
index 36ce60d5e..8034047af 100644
--- a/Terminal.Gui/Core/View.cs
+++ b/Terminal.Gui/Core/View.cs
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 				Driver.SetAttribute (HasFocus ? ColorScheme.Focus : ColorScheme.Normal);
 			}
 
-			if (Border != null) {
+			if (!IgnoreBorderPropertyOnRedraw && Border != null) {
 				Border.DrawContent (this);
 			} else if (ustring.IsNullOrEmpty (TextFormatter.Text) &&
 				(GetType ().IsNestedPublic) && !IsOverridden (this, "Redraw") &&
@@ -2663,6 +2663,15 @@ namespace Terminal.Gui {
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Get or sets whether the view will use <see cref="Terminal.Gui.Border"/> (if <see cref="Border"/> is set) to draw 
+		/// a border. If <see langword="false"/> (the default),
+		/// <see cref="View.Redraw(Rect)"/> will call <see cref="Border.DrawContent(View, bool)"/>
+		/// to draw the view's border. If <see langword="true"/> no border is drawn (and the view is expected to draw the border
+		/// itself).
+		/// </summary>
+		public virtual bool IgnoreBorderPropertyOnRedraw { get; set; } = false;
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Pretty prints the View
 		/// </summary>