diff --git a/api-generator/components/dropdown.js b/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
index f2a894631..eb1045b07 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
@@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ const DividerSlots = [
     {
         name: "loader",
         description: "Custom content for the virtual scroller loader items"
+    },
+    {
+        name: "trigger",
+        description: "Custom content for the component's trigger"
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.d.ts b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.d.ts
index e00dd570e..67d3f1f8a 100755
--- a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.d.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ declare class Dropdown {
         empty: VNode[];
         content: VNode[];
         loader: VNode[];
+        trigger: VNode[];
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
index 6e1b6a87e..326075a7d 100755
--- a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
         </span>
         <i v-if="showClear && modelValue != null" class="p-dropdown-clear-icon pi pi-times" @click="onClearClick($event)"></i>
         <div class="p-dropdown-trigger" role="button" aria-haspopup="listbox" :aria-expanded="overlayVisible">
-            <span :class="dropdownIconClass"></span>
+            <slot name="trigger">
+                <span :class="dropdownIconClass"></span>
+            </slot>
         </div>
         <Teleport :to="appendTarget" :disabled="appendDisabled">
             <transition name="p-connected-overlay" @enter="onOverlayEnter" @leave="onOverlayLeave" @after-leave="onOverlayAfterLeave">
diff --git a/src/views/dropdown/DropdownDoc.vue b/src/views/dropdown/DropdownDoc.vue
index 12ca6554e..901c6bfe6 100755
--- a/src/views/dropdown/DropdownDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/dropdown/DropdownDoc.vue
@@ -438,6 +438,10 @@ export default {
                     <tr>
                         <td>loader</td>
                         <td>options: Options of the loader items for virtualscroller</td>
+                    </tr>
+                    <tr>
+                        <td>trigger</td>
+                        <td>-</td>
                     </tr>
 				</tbody>
 			</table>