 The village was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1537, and was included into the Sanjak of Smederevo.It was granted a waqf status by the sanjak-bey Mehmet-pasha, for the mosque and imaret (public kitchen) of Belgrade's Dorćol district.In the mid-18th century the village was evacuated because of the plague outbreak and Ovča sentry outpost was built instead.