diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
index 1b0d0db89542b8361aaeb3a0905b223b35f7254f..951530e03a507e47f1d6467762fffea50126e2db 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
@@ -250,6 +250,8 @@ class GitLabDropdown
         if self.options.clicked
           self.options.clicked(selected, $el, e)
 
+        $el.trigger('blur')
+
   # Finds an element inside wrapper element
   getElement: (selector) ->
     @dropdown.find selector