diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index c781a3d3f3f..f1e05d372c7 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export class DropdownItem {
                     <ng-template *ngTemplateOutlet="clearIconTemplate"></ng-template>
                 </span>
             </ng-container>
-           
+
 
             <div class="p-dropdown-trigger" role="button" aria-label="dropdown trigger" aria-haspopup="listbox" [attr.aria-expanded]="overlayVisible">
                 <ng-container *ngIf="!dropdownIconTemplate">
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export class DropdownItem {
                     <ng-template *ngTemplateOutlet="dropdownIconTemplate"></ng-template>
                 </span>
             </div>
-            
+
             <p-overlay
                 #overlay
                 [(visible)]="overlayVisible"
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
     @Input() resetFilterOnHide: boolean = false;
 
     @Input() dropdownIcon: string;
+    @Input() allowOpenWhenDisabled: boolean = false;
 
     @Input() optionLabel: string;
 
@@ -837,7 +838,7 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
     }
 
     onMouseclick(event) {
-        if (this.disabled || this.readonly || this.isInputClick(event)) {
+        if (!this.allowOpenWhenDisabled && (this.disabled || this.readonly || this.isInputClick(event))) {
             return;
         }