diff --git a/api-generator/components/dropdown.js b/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
index 62e06cdf0..43ca5fbd7 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ const DropdownProps = [
         type: "string",
         default: "null",
         description: "Defines a string value that labels an interactive element."
-    }
+    },
     {
         name: "ariaLabelledby",
         type: "string",
diff --git a/api-generator/components/listbox.js b/api-generator/components/listbox.js
index 75331ea5d..6cfcb858b 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/listbox.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/listbox.js
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ const ListboxProps = [
         type: "string",
         default: "null",
         description: "Defines a string value that labels an interactive element."
-    }
+    },
     {
         name: "ariaLabelledby",
         type: "string",
diff --git a/api-generator/components/multiselect.js b/api-generator/components/multiselect.js
index e168c4444..402b92575 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/multiselect.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/multiselect.js
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ const MultiSelectProps = [
         type: "string",
         default: "null",
         description: "Defines a string value that labels an interactive element."
-    }
+    },
     {
         name: "ariaLabelledby",
         type: "string",
diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
index d1b4b6074..a7d817373 100755
--- a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         </div>
         <Portal :appendTo="appendTo">
             <transition name="p-connected-overlay" @enter="onOverlayEnter" @after-enter="onOverlayAfterEnter" @leave="onOverlayLeave" @after-leave="onOverlayAfterLeave">
-                <div v-if="overlayVisible" :ref="overlayRef" :style="panelStyle" :class="panelStyleClass" @click="onOverlayClick" v-bind="panelProps">
+                <div v-if="overlayVisible" :ref="overlayRef" :style="panelStyle" :class="panelStyleClass" @click="onOverlayClick" @keydown="onOverlayKeyDown" v-bind="panelProps">
                     <a ref="firstHiddenFocusableElementOnOverlay" role="presentation" aria-hidden="true" class="p-hidden-accessible p-hidden-focusable" :tabindex="0" @focus="onFirstHiddenFocus"></a>
                     <slot name="header" :value="modelValue" :options="visibleOptions"></slot>
                     <div v-if="filter" class="p-dropdown-header">
@@ -461,6 +461,16 @@ export default {
                 target: this.$el
             });
         },
+        onOverlayKeyDown(event) {
+            switch (event.code) {
+                case 'Escape':
+                    this.onEscapeKey(event);
+                    break;
+
+                default:
+                    break;
+            }
+        },
         onArrowDownKey(event) {
             const optionIndex = this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.findNextOptionIndex(this.focusedOptionIndex) : this.findFirstFocusedOptionIndex();