diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea186b43a6635792731940aa0d21ff1f85d85094..cecb57df6dff55c610e24ad5c2c2ea4a5f3886e1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Please view this file on the master branch, on stable branches it's out of date.
   - Refactor less readable existance checking code from CoffeeScript !6289 (jlogandavison)
   - Simpler arguments passed to named_route on toggle_award_url helper method
   - Fix typo in framework css class. !7086 (Daniel Voogsgerd)
+  - New issue board list dropdown stays open after adding a new list
   - Fix: Backup restore doesn't clear cache
   - API: Fix project deploy keys 400 and 500 errors when adding an existing key. !6784 (Joshua Welsh)
   - Replace jquery.cookie plugin with js.cookie !7085
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/new_list_dropdown.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/new_list_dropdown.js.es6
index 684f1321a05b51b8c122f2d6008e59c8d2232742..fe1a6dc7ea0494df10062477921163f46f39ccb8 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/new_list_dropdown.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/boards/components/new_list_dropdown.js.es6
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ $(() => {
 			},
 			filterable: true,
       selectable: true,
+      multiSelect: true,
       clicked (label, $el, e) {
         e.preventDefault();
 
diff --git a/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb b/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
index c533ce1d87fde6dfb7262072d55e3a6307484a2f..3234fabe288979f1b7151dd82fcef7eb395c6b7b 100644
--- a/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/boards/boards_spec.rb
@@ -347,6 +347,19 @@ describe 'Issue Boards', feature: true, js: true do
           expect(page).to have_selector('.board', count: 5)
         end
 
+        it 'keeps dropdown open after adding new list' do
+          click_button 'Create new list'
+          wait_for_ajax
+
+          page.within('.dropdown-menu-issues-board-new') do
+            click_link done.title
+          end
+
+          wait_for_vue_resource
+
+          expect(find('.issue-boards-search')).to have_selector('.open')
+        end
+
         it 'moves issues from backlog into new list' do
           wait_for_board_cards(1, 6)