diff --git a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
index 8efb3fdb2..8684667f3 100755
--- a/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
+++ b/src/components/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         <input v-if="editable" type="text" class="p-dropdown-label p-inputtext" :disabled="disabled" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" :placeholder="placeholder" :value="editableInputValue" @input="onEditableInput"
             aria-haspopup="listbox" :aria-expanded="overlayVisible">
         <span v-if="!editable" :class="labelClass">
-            <slot name="value" :value="modelValue" :placeholder="placeholder">{{label||'empty'}}</slot>
+            <slot name="value" :value="modelValue" :placeholder="placeholder">{{label === 'p-emptylabel' ? '&nbsp;' : label ||'empty'}}</slot>
         </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">