diff --git a/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml b/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml
index ba5a91a7..692427da 100644
--- a/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml
+++ b/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!--  Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.  -->
+<!--  Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.  -->
 <Page x:Class="PrimitivesExperiment.Samples.StaggeredLayoutSample"
       xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
       xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@
       xmlns:muxc="using:Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls"
       mc:Ignorable="d">
     <Page.Resources>
-        <DataTemplate x:Key="StaggeredTemplate">
+        <DataTemplate x:Key="StaggeredTemplate"
+                      x:DataType="local:ColorItem">
             <Grid Background="{ThemeResource CardBackgroundFillColorDefaultBrush}"
                   BorderBrush="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultBrush}"
                   BorderThickness="1"
                   CornerRadius="{StaticResource ControlCornerRadius}">
-                <Border Width="{Binding Width}"
-                        Height="{Binding Height}"
+                <Border Height="{x:Bind Height}"
                         Margin="4"
                         CornerRadius="{StaticResource ControlCornerRadius}">
                     <Border.Background>
-                        <SolidColorBrush Color="{Binding Color}" />
+                        <SolidColorBrush Color="{x:Bind Color}" />
                     </Border.Background>
                     <TextBlock Margin="6,4,4,4"
                                FontSize="16"
-                               Text="{Binding Index}" />
+                               Text="{x:Bind Index}" />
                 </Border>
             </Grid>
 
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
                 <muxc:ItemsRepeater.Layout>
                     <controls:StaggeredLayout ColumnSpacing="{x:Bind ColumnSpacing, Mode=OneWay}"
                                               DesiredColumnWidth="{x:Bind DesiredColumnWidth, Mode=OneWay}"
+                                              ItemsStretch="{x:Bind local:StaggeredLayoutSample.ConvertStringToStaggeredLayoutItemsStretch(ItemsStretchProperty), Mode=OneWay}"
                                               RowSpacing="{x:Bind RowSpacing, Mode=OneWay}" />
                 </muxc:ItemsRepeater.Layout>
             </muxc:ItemsRepeater>
diff --git a/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml.cs b/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml.cs
index d4eea6c7..c9580548 100644
--- a/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml.cs
+++ b/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredLayoutSample.xaml.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ namespace PrimitivesExperiment.Samples;
 [ToolkitSampleNumericOption("DesiredColumnWidth", initial: 250, min: 50, max: 400, step: 1, Title = "DesiredColumnWidth")]
 [ToolkitSampleNumericOption("ColumnSpacing", initial: 5, min: 0, max: 50, step: 1, Title = "ColumnSpacing")]
 [ToolkitSampleNumericOption("RowSpacing", initial: 5, min: 0, max: 50, step: 1, Title = "RowSpacing")]
+[ToolkitSampleMultiChoiceOption("ItemsStretchProperty", "None", "Fill", Title = "ItemsStretch")]
 
-[ToolkitSample(id: nameof(StaggeredLayoutSample), "StaggeredPanel", description: $"A sample for showing how to create and use a {nameof(StaggeredLayout)}.")]
+[ToolkitSample(id: nameof(StaggeredLayoutSample), "StaggeredLayout", description: $"A sample for showing how to create and use a {nameof(StaggeredLayout)}.")]
 public sealed partial class StaggeredLayoutSample : Page
 {
     public ObservableCollection<ColorItem> ColorsCollection = new();
@@ -24,10 +25,17 @@ public StaggeredLayoutSample()
         random = new Random(DateTime.Now.Millisecond);
         for (int i = 0; i < random.Next(100, 200); i++)
         {
-            var item = new ColorItem { Index = i, Width = random.Next(50, 250), Height = random.Next(50, 250), Color = Color.FromArgb(255, (byte)random.Next(0, 255), (byte)random.Next(0, 255), (byte)random.Next(0, 255)) };
+            var item = new ColorItem { Index = i, Height = random.Next(50, 250), Color = Color.FromArgb(255, (byte)random.Next(0, 255), (byte)random.Next(0, 255), (byte)random.Next(0, 255)) };
             ColorsCollection.Add(item);
         }
     }
+
+    public static StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch ConvertStringToStaggeredLayoutItemsStretch(string itemStretch) => itemStretch switch
+    {
+        "None" => StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch.None,
+        "Fill" => StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch.Fill,
+        _ => throw new System.NotImplementedException(),
+    };
 }
 
 public class ColorItem
diff --git a/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredPanelSample.xaml b/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredPanelSample.xaml
index 40eba9cd..f72031fc 100644
--- a/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredPanelSample.xaml
+++ b/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredPanelSample.xaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!--  Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.  -->
+<!--  Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements. The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.  -->
 <Page x:Class="PrimitivesExperiment.Samples.StaggeredPanelSample"
       xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
       xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
@@ -10,24 +10,24 @@
       x:Name="ThisSamplePage">
 
     <Page.Resources>
-        <DataTemplate x:Key="StaggeredTemplate">
+        <DataTemplate x:Key="StaggeredTemplate"
+                      x:DataType="local:ColorItem">
             <Grid Background="{ThemeResource CardBackgroundFillColorDefaultBrush}"
                   BorderBrush="{ThemeResource CardStrokeColorDefaultBrush}"
                   BorderThickness="1"
                   CornerRadius="{StaticResource ControlCornerRadius}">
-                <Border Width="{Binding Width}"
-                        Height="{Binding Height}"
+                <Border Width="{x:Bind Width}"
+                        Height="{x:Bind Height}"
                         Margin="4"
                         CornerRadius="{StaticResource ControlCornerRadius}">
                     <Border.Background>
-                        <SolidColorBrush Color="{Binding Color}" />
+                        <SolidColorBrush Color="{x:Bind Color}" />
                     </Border.Background>
                     <TextBlock Margin="6,4,4,4"
                                FontSize="16"
-                               Text="{Binding Index}" />
+                               Text="{x:Bind Index}" />
                 </Border>
             </Grid>
-
         </DataTemplate>
     </Page.Resources>
 
diff --git a/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredPanelSample.xaml.cs b/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredPanelSample.xaml.cs
index fdbcdd47..dab37fb0 100644
--- a/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredPanelSample.xaml.cs
+++ b/components/Primitives/samples/StaggeredPanelSample.xaml.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace PrimitivesExperiment.Samples;
 [ToolkitSampleNumericOption("ColumnSpacing", initial: 5, min: 0, max: 50, step: 1, Title = "ColumnSpacing")]
 [ToolkitSampleNumericOption("RowSpacing", initial: 5, min: 0, max: 50, step: 1, Title = "RowSpacing")]
 
-[ToolkitSample(id: nameof(StaggeredPanelSample), "WrapPanel", description: $"A sample for showing how to create and use a {nameof(StaggeredPanel)}.")]
+[ToolkitSample(id: nameof(StaggeredPanelSample), "StaggeredPanel", description: $"A sample for showing how to create and use a {nameof(StaggeredPanel)}.")]
 public sealed partial class StaggeredPanelSample : Page
 {
     public ObservableCollection<ColorItem> ColorsCollection = new();
diff --git a/components/Primitives/src/StaggeredLayout/StaggeredLayout.cs b/components/Primitives/src/StaggeredLayout/StaggeredLayout.cs
index 43f316be..9e35fa36 100644
--- a/components/Primitives/src/StaggeredLayout/StaggeredLayout.cs
+++ b/components/Primitives/src/StaggeredLayout/StaggeredLayout.cs
@@ -22,9 +22,25 @@ public StaggeredLayout()
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the desired width for each column.
     /// </summary>
-    /// <remarks>
-    /// The width of columns can exceed the DesiredColumnWidth if the HorizontalAlignment is set to Stretch.
-    /// </remarks>
+    public StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch ItemsStretch
+    {
+        get => (StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch)GetValue(ItemsStretchProperty);
+        set => SetValue(ItemsStretchProperty, value);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Identifies the <see cref="ItemsStretch"/> dependency property.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <returns>The identifier for the <see cref="DesiredColumnWidth"/> dependency property.</returns>
+    public static readonly DependencyProperty ItemsStretchProperty = DependencyProperty.Register(
+        nameof(ItemsStretch),
+        typeof(StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch),
+        typeof(StaggeredLayout),
+        new PropertyMetadata(StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch.None, OnItemsStretchChanged));
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the desired width for each column.
+    /// </summary>
     public double DesiredColumnWidth
     {
         get { return (double)GetValue(DesiredColumnWidthProperty); }
@@ -142,16 +158,35 @@ protected override Size MeasureOverride(VirtualizingLayoutContext context, Size
         double availableHeight = availableSize.Height;
 
         // This ternary prevents the column width from being NaN, which would otherwise cause an exception when measuring item sizes
-        double columnWidth = double.IsNaN(DesiredColumnWidth) ? availableWidth : Math.Min(DesiredColumnWidth, availableWidth);
+        double columnWidth;
+        int numColumns;
+        if (ItemsStretch is StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch.None)
+        {
+            columnWidth = double.IsNaN(DesiredColumnWidth) ? availableWidth : Math.Min(DesiredColumnWidth, availableWidth);
+            numColumns = Math.Max(1, (int)Math.Floor(availableWidth / state.ColumnWidth));
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (double.IsNaN(DesiredColumnWidth) || DesiredColumnWidth > availableWidth)
+            {
+                columnWidth = availableWidth;
+                numColumns = 1;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                var tempAvailableWidth = availableWidth + ColumnSpacing;
+                numColumns = (int)Math.Floor(tempAvailableWidth / DesiredColumnWidth);
+                columnWidth = tempAvailableWidth / numColumns - ColumnSpacing;
+            }
+        }
+        
         if (columnWidth != state.ColumnWidth)
         {
             // The items will need to be remeasured
             state.Clear();
         }
 
-        // This ternary prevents the column width from being NaN, which would otherwise cause an exception when measuring item sizes
-        state.ColumnWidth = double.IsNaN(DesiredColumnWidth) ? availableWidth : Math.Min(DesiredColumnWidth, availableWidth);
-        int numColumns = Math.Max(1, (int)Math.Floor(availableWidth / state.ColumnWidth));
+        state.ColumnWidth = columnWidth;
 
         // adjust for column spacing on all columns expect the first
         double totalWidth = state.ColumnWidth + ((numColumns - 1) * (state.ColumnWidth + ColumnSpacing));
@@ -293,6 +328,12 @@ protected override Size ArrangeOverride(VirtualizingLayoutContext context, Size
         return finalSize;
     }
 
+    private static void OnItemsStretchChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
+    {
+        var panel = (StaggeredLayout)d;
+        panel.InvalidateMeasure();
+    }
+
     private static void OnDesiredColumnWidthChanged(DependencyObject d, DependencyPropertyChangedEventArgs e)
     {
         var panel = (StaggeredLayout)d;
diff --git a/components/Primitives/src/StaggeredLayout/StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch.cs b/components/Primitives/src/StaggeredLayout/StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e03d707d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Primitives/src/StaggeredLayout/StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
+
+namespace CommunityToolkit.WinUI.Controls;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Defines constants that specify how items are sized to fill the available space in a <see cref="StaggeredLayout"/>.
+/// </summary>
+public enum StaggeredLayoutItemsStretch
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The items' width is determined by the <see cref="StaggeredLayout.DesiredColumnWidth"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    None,
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The items' width is determined by the parent's width. The minimum width is determined by the <see cref="StaggeredLayout.DesiredColumnWidth"/>.
+    /// </summary>
+    Fill
+}