diff --git a/components/dash-core-components/src/components/Dropdown.react.js b/components/dash-core-components/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
index 37111fc338..28382e83a6 100644
--- a/components/dash-core-components/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
+++ b/components/dash-core-components/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ Dropdown.propTypes = {
      */
     multi: PropTypes.bool,
 
+    /**
+     * If false and multi=true, then selecting a value will leave the menu open
+     * to select more values
+     */
+    close_on_select: PropTypes.bool,
+
     /**
      * Whether or not the dropdown is "clearable", that is, whether or
      * not a small "x" appears on the right of the dropdown that removes
@@ -229,6 +235,7 @@ Dropdown.defaultProps = {
     clearable: true,
     disabled: false,
     multi: false,
+    close_on_select: true,
     searchable: true,
     optionHeight: 35,
     maxHeight: 200,
diff --git a/components/dash-core-components/src/fragments/Dropdown.react.js b/components/dash-core-components/src/fragments/Dropdown.react.js
index 0464fb8ff4..ca9f1982f1 100644
--- a/components/dash-core-components/src/fragments/Dropdown.react.js
+++ b/components/dash-core-components/src/fragments/Dropdown.react.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const TOKENIZER = {
 
 const RDProps = [
     'multi',
+    'close_on_select',
     'clearable',
     'searchable',
     'search_value',
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ const Dropdown = props => {
         clearable,
         searchable,
         multi,
+        close_on_select,
         options,
         setProps,
         style,
@@ -155,6 +157,7 @@ const Dropdown = props => {
                 filterOptions={filterOptions}
                 options={sanitizedOptions}
                 value={value}
+                closeOnSelect={multi ? close_on_select : true}
                 onChange={onChange}
                 onInputChange={onInputChange}
                 backspaceRemoves={clearable}
diff --git a/components/dash-core-components/tests/integration/dropdown/test_close_on_select.py b/components/dash-core-components/tests/integration/dropdown/test_close_on_select.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d24862b6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/dash-core-components/tests/integration/dropdown/test_close_on_select.py
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+import json
+
+from dash import Dash, Input, Output, dcc, html
+from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
+
+
+def test_ddcos001_multi_stay_open(dash_dcc):
+    app = Dash(__name__)
+    app.layout = html.Div(
+        [
+            dcc.Dropdown(
+                id="multi-dropdown",
+                options=[
+                    {"label": "New York City", "value": "NYC"},
+                    {"label": "Montreal", "value": "MTL"},
+                    {"label": "San Francisco", "value": "SF"},
+                ],
+                multi=True,
+                close_on_select=False,
+            ),
+            html.Div(id="dropdown-value", style={"height": "10px", "width": "10px"}),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    @app.callback(
+        Output("dropdown-value", "children"),
+        [Input("multi-dropdown", "value")],
+    )
+    def update_value(val):
+        return json.dumps([v for v in val])
+
+    dash_dcc.start_server(app)
+    dropdown = dash_dcc.find_element("#multi-dropdown")
+    dropdown.click()
+    outer_menu = dash_dcc.find_element("#multi-dropdown .Select-menu-outer")
+    outer_menu.click()
+    dash_dcc.wait_for_contains_class("#multi-dropdown .Select", "is-open")
+    outer_menu.click()
+    dash_dcc.wait_for_contains_class("#multi-dropdown .Select", "is-open")
+    dash_dcc.find_element("body").send_keys(Keys.ESCAPE)
+
+    dash_dcc.wait_for_text_to_equal("#dropdown-value", '["MTL", "SF"]')
+
+
+def test_ddcos002_multi_close(dash_dcc):
+    app = Dash(__name__)
+    app.layout = html.Div(
+        [
+            dcc.Dropdown(
+                id="multi-dropdown",
+                options=[
+                    {"label": "New York City", "value": "NYC"},
+                    {"label": "Montreal", "value": "MTL"},
+                    {"label": "San Francisco", "value": "SF"},
+                ],
+                multi=True,
+                close_on_select=True,
+            ),
+            html.Div(id="dropdown-value", style={"height": "10px", "width": "10px"}),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    @app.callback(
+        Output("dropdown-value", "children"),
+        [Input("multi-dropdown", "value")],
+    )
+    def update_value(val):
+        return json.dumps([v for v in val])
+
+    dash_dcc.start_server(app)
+    dropdown = dash_dcc.find_element("#multi-dropdown")
+    dropdown.click()
+    outer_menu = dash_dcc.find_element("#multi-dropdown .Select-menu-outer")
+    outer_menu.click()
+    dash_dcc.wait_for_no_elements("#multi-dropdown .Select-menu-outer")
+    dash_dcc.find_element("body").send_keys(Keys.ESCAPE)
+
+    dash_dcc.wait_for_text_to_equal("#dropdown-value", '["MTL"]')
+
+
+def test_ddcos003_single_open(dash_dcc):
+    app = Dash(__name__)
+    app.layout = html.Div(
+        [
+            dcc.Dropdown(
+                id="multi-dropdown",
+                options=[
+                    {"label": "New York City", "value": "NYC"},
+                    {"label": "Montreal", "value": "MTL"},
+                    {"label": "San Francisco", "value": "SF"},
+                ],
+                close_on_select=True,
+            ),
+            html.Div(id="dropdown-value", style={"height": "10px", "width": "10px"}),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    @app.callback(
+        Output("dropdown-value", "children"),
+        [Input("multi-dropdown", "value")],
+    )
+    def update_value(val):
+        return json.dumps(val)
+
+    dash_dcc.start_server(app)
+    dropdown = dash_dcc.find_element("#multi-dropdown")
+    dropdown.click()
+    outer_menu = dash_dcc.find_element("#multi-dropdown .Select-menu-outer")
+    outer_menu.click()
+    dash_dcc.wait_for_no_elements("#multi-dropdown .Select-menu-outer")
+    dash_dcc.find_element("body").send_keys(Keys.ESCAPE)
+
+    dash_dcc.wait_for_text_to_equal("#dropdown-value", '"MTL"')