diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
index deaed6c11e8bf6bdf4969a9637509d655738fb7d..703128fecb306214c00d406c7baaef06c9974517 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/gl_dropdown.js.coffee
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ class GitLabDropdown
 
       # Toggle the dropdown label
       if @options.toggleLabel
-        @updateLabel()
+        @updateLabel(selectedObject, el, @)
       else
         selectedObject
     else if el.hasClass(INDETERMINATE_CLASS)
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ class GitLabDropdown
 
       # Toggle the dropdown label
       if @options.toggleLabel
-        @updateLabel(selectedObject, el)
+        @updateLabel(selectedObject, el, @)
       if value?
         if !field.length and fieldName
           @addInput(fieldName, value)
@@ -588,8 +588,8 @@ class GitLabDropdown
       # Scroll the dropdown content up
       $dropdownContent.scrollTop(listItemTop - dropdownContentTop)
 
-  updateLabel: (selected = null, el = null) =>
-    $(@el).find(".dropdown-toggle-text").text @options.toggleLabel(selected, el)
+  updateLabel: (selected = null, el = null, instance = null) =>
+    $(@el).find(".dropdown-toggle-text").text @options.toggleLabel(selected, el, instance)
 
 $.fn.glDropdown = (opts) ->
   return @.each ->
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_status_select.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_status_select.js.coffee
index c5740f27ddd5a154a0ef94efa8a69a4b5e9adab5..ed50e2e698ff8cd4842c9bb2505a73b5770b5366 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/issue_status_select.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/issue_status_select.js.coffee
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ class @IssueStatusSelect
       $(el).glDropdown(
         selectable: true
         fieldName: fieldName
+        toggleLabel: (selected, el, instance) =>
+          label = 'Author'
+          $item = instance.dropdown.find('.is-active')
+          label = $item.text() if $item.length
+          label
+        clicked: (item, $el, e)->
+          e.preventDefault()
         id: (obj, el) ->
           $(el).data("id")
       )