diff --git a/app/actions/actionsTypes.js b/app/actions/actionsTypes.js
index 15718b17..ad896439 100644
--- a/app/actions/actionsTypes.js
+++ b/app/actions/actionsTypes.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const SHARE = createRequestTypes('SHARE', [
 export const USER = createRequestTypes('USER', ['SET']);
 export const ROOMS = createRequestTypes('ROOMS', [
 	...defaultTypes,
+	'REFRESH',
 	'SET_SEARCH',
 	'CLOSE_SERVER_DROPDOWN',
 	'TOGGLE_SERVER_DROPDOWN',
diff --git a/app/actions/rooms.js b/app/actions/rooms.js
index 09823718..a37c17ca 100644
--- a/app/actions/rooms.js
+++ b/app/actions/rooms.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import * as types from './actionsTypes';
 
 
-export function roomsRequest() {
+export function roomsRequest(params = { allData: false }) {
 	return {
-		type: types.ROOMS.REQUEST
+		type: types.ROOMS.REQUEST,
+		params
 	};
 }
 
@@ -20,6 +21,12 @@ export function roomsFailure(err) {
 	};
 }
 
+export function roomsRefresh() {
+	return {
+		type: types.ROOMS.REFRESH
+	};
+}
+
 export function setSearch(searchText) {
 	return {
 		type: types.ROOMS.SET_SEARCH,
diff --git a/app/reducers/rooms.js b/app/reducers/rooms.js
index 5903c089..6b6914fe 100644
--- a/app/reducers/rooms.js
+++ b/app/reducers/rooms.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import * as types from '../actions/actionsTypes';
 
 const initialState = {
 	isFetching: false,
+	refreshing: false,
 	failure: false,
 	errorMessage: {},
 	searchText: '',
@@ -23,15 +24,23 @@ export default function login(state = initialState, action) {
 		case types.ROOMS.SUCCESS:
 			return {
 				...state,
-				isFetching: false
+				isFetching: false,
+				refreshing: false
 			};
 		case types.ROOMS.FAILURE:
 			return {
 				...state,
 				isFetching: false,
+				refreshing: false,
 				failure: true,
 				errorMessage: action.err
 			};
+		case types.ROOMS.REFRESH:
+			return {
+				...state,
+				isFetching: true,
+				refreshing: true
+			};
 		case types.ROOMS.SET_SEARCH:
 			return {
 				...state,
diff --git a/app/sagas/rooms.js b/app/sagas/rooms.js
index 641a75e5..02f989d5 100644
--- a/app/sagas/rooms.js
+++ b/app/sagas/rooms.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Q } from '@nozbe/watermelondb';
 
 import { sanitizedRaw } from '@nozbe/watermelondb/RawRecord';
 import * as types from '../actions/actionsTypes';
-import { roomsSuccess, roomsFailure } from '../actions/rooms';
+import { roomsSuccess, roomsFailure, roomsRefresh } from '../actions/rooms';
 import database from '../lib/database';
 import log from '../utils/log';
 import mergeSubscriptionsRooms from '../lib/methods/helpers/mergeSubscriptionsRooms';
@@ -26,15 +26,20 @@ const updateRooms = function* updateRooms({ server, newRoomsUpdatedAt }) {
 	});
 };
 
-const handleRoomsRequest = function* handleRoomsRequest() {
+const handleRoomsRequest = function* handleRoomsRequest({ params }) {
 	try {
 		const serversDB = database.servers;
-		yield RocketChat.subscribeRooms();
+		RocketChat.subscribeRooms();
 		const newRoomsUpdatedAt = new Date();
+		let roomsUpdatedAt;
 		const server = yield select(state => state.server.server);
-		const serversCollection = serversDB.collections.get('servers');
-		const serverRecord = yield serversCollection.find(server);
-		const { roomsUpdatedAt } = serverRecord;
+		if (params.allData) {
+			yield put(roomsRefresh());
+		} else {
+			const serversCollection = serversDB.collections.get('servers');
+			const serverRecord = yield serversCollection.find(server);
+			({ roomsUpdatedAt } = serverRecord);
+		}
 		const [subscriptionsResult, roomsResult] = yield RocketChat.getRooms(roomsUpdatedAt);
 		const { subscriptions } = mergeSubscriptionsRooms(subscriptionsResult, roomsResult);
 
diff --git a/app/views/RoomView/List.js b/app/views/RoomView/List.js
index 1d4d8e24..c39e32e6 100644
--- a/app/views/RoomView/List.js
+++ b/app/views/RoomView/List.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react';
-import { FlatList, InteractionManager } from 'react-native';
+import { FlatList, InteractionManager, RefreshControl } from 'react-native';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import orderBy from 'lodash/orderBy';
 import { Q } from '@nozbe/watermelondb';
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { isIOS } from '../../utils/deviceInfo';
 import { animateNextTransition } from '../../utils/layoutAnimation';
 import ActivityIndicator from '../../containers/ActivityIndicator';
 import debounce from '../../utils/debounce';
+import { themes } from '../../constants/colors';
 
 class List extends React.Component {
 	static propTypes = {
@@ -237,8 +238,13 @@ class List extends React.Component {
 					maxToRenderPerBatch={5}
 					windowSize={10}
 					ListFooterComponent={this.renderFooter}
-					onRefresh={this.onRefresh}
-					refreshing={refreshing}
+					refreshControl={(
+						<RefreshControl
+							refreshing={refreshing}
+							onRefresh={this.onRefresh}
+							tintColor={themes[theme].auxiliaryText}
+						/>
+					)}
 					{...scrollPersistTaps}
 				/>
 			</>
diff --git a/app/views/RoomsListView/index.js b/app/views/RoomsListView/index.js
index fb72085a..611c72d8 100644
--- a/app/views/RoomsListView/index.js
+++ b/app/views/RoomsListView/index.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
 	BackHandler,
 	Text,
 	Keyboard,
-	Dimensions
+	Dimensions,
+	RefreshControl
 } from 'react-native';
 import { connect } from 'react-redux';
 import { isEqual, orderBy } from 'lodash';
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ const shouldUpdateProps = [
 	'StoreLastMessage',
 	'appState',
 	'theme',
-	'split'
+	'split',
+	'refreshing'
 ];
 const getItemLayout = (data, index) => ({
 	length: ROW_HEIGHT,
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ class RoomsListView extends React.Component {
 		groupByType: PropTypes.bool,
 		showFavorites: PropTypes.bool,
 		showUnread: PropTypes.bool,
+		refreshing: PropTypes.bool,
 		StoreLastMessage: PropTypes.bool,
 		appState: PropTypes.string,
 		theme: PropTypes.string,
@@ -672,6 +675,11 @@ class RoomsListView extends React.Component {
 		}
 	};
 
+	onRefresh = () => {
+		const { roomsRequest } = this.props;
+		roomsRequest({ allData: true });
+	}
+
 	getScrollRef = ref => (this.scroll = ref);
 
 	renderListHeader = () => {
@@ -757,8 +765,10 @@ class RoomsListView extends React.Component {
 	}
 
 	renderScroll = () => {
-		const { loading, chats, search } = this.state;
-		const { theme } = this.props;
+		const {
+			loading, chats, search
+		} = this.state;
+		const { theme, refreshing } = this.props;
 
 		if (loading) {
 			return <ActivityIndicator theme={theme} />;
@@ -778,6 +788,13 @@ class RoomsListView extends React.Component {
 				removeClippedSubviews={isIOS}
 				keyboardShouldPersistTaps='always'
 				initialNumToRender={INITIAL_NUM_TO_RENDER}
+				refreshControl={(
+					<RefreshControl
+						refreshing={refreshing}
+						onRefresh={this.onRefresh}
+						tintColor={themes[theme].auxiliaryText}
+					/>
+				)}
 				windowSize={9}
 			/>
 		);
@@ -825,6 +842,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
 	loadingServer: state.server.loading,
 	showServerDropdown: state.rooms.showServerDropdown,
 	showSortDropdown: state.rooms.showSortDropdown,
+	refreshing: state.rooms.refreshing,
 	sortBy: state.sortPreferences.sortBy,
 	groupByType: state.sortPreferences.groupByType,
 	showFavorites: state.sortPreferences.showFavorites,
@@ -839,7 +857,7 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
 	openSearchHeader: () => dispatch(openSearchHeaderAction()),
 	closeSearchHeader: () => dispatch(closeSearchHeaderAction()),
 	appStart: () => dispatch(appStartAction()),
-	roomsRequest: () => dispatch(roomsRequestAction()),
+	roomsRequest: params => dispatch(roomsRequestAction(params)),
 	selectServerRequest: server => dispatch(selectServerRequestAction(server)),
 	closeServerDropdown: () => dispatch(closeServerDropdownAction())
 });