diff --git a/api-generator/components/dialog.js b/api-generator/components/dialog.js
index 1810934cf..96efd0501 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/dialog.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/dialog.js
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ const DialogProps = [
         default: 'true',
         description: 'Whether to show the header or not.'
     },
+    {
+        name: 'blockScroll',
+        type: 'boolean',
+        default: 'false',
+        description: 'Whether background scroll should be blocked when dialog is visible.'
+    },
     {
         name: 'baseZIndex',
         type: 'number',
diff --git a/components/lib/dialog/BaseDialog.vue b/components/lib/dialog/BaseDialog.vue
index c6b977115..706b126f3 100644
--- a/components/lib/dialog/BaseDialog.vue
+++ b/components/lib/dialog/BaseDialog.vue
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ export default {
             type: Boolean,
             default: true
         },
+        blockScroll: {
+            type: Boolean,
+            default: false
+        },
         baseZIndex: {
             type: Number,
             default: 0
diff --git a/components/lib/dialog/Dialog.d.ts b/components/lib/dialog/Dialog.d.ts
index 99bbbbfcd..98190f8aa 100755
--- a/components/lib/dialog/Dialog.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/dialog/Dialog.d.ts
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@ export interface DialogProps {
      * @defaultValue true
      */
     showHeader?: boolean | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Whether background scroll should be blocked when dialog is visible.
+     * @defaultValue false
+     */
+    blockScroll?: boolean | undefined;
     /**
      * Base zIndex value to use in layering.
      * @defaultValue 0
diff --git a/components/lib/dialog/Dialog.vue b/components/lib/dialog/Dialog.vue
index 7c0b19faa..e31f85313 100755
--- a/components/lib/dialog/Dialog.vue
+++ b/components/lib/dialog/Dialog.vue
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ export default {
             }
         },
         enableDocumentSettings() {
-            if (this.modal || (this.maximizable && this.maximized)) {
+            if (this.modal || (!this.modal && this.blockScroll) || (this.maximizable && this.maximized)) {
                 DomHandler.addClass(document.body, 'p-overflow-hidden');
             }
         },
         unbindDocumentState() {
-            if (this.modal || (this.maximizable && this.maximized)) {
+            if (this.modal || (!this.modal && this.blockScroll) || (this.maximizable && this.maximized)) {
                 DomHandler.removeClass(document.body, 'p-overflow-hidden');
             }
         },