diff --git a/src/addons/Portal/Portal.js b/src/addons/Portal/Portal.js
index 01cbb2808d..076113b13b 100644
--- a/src/addons/Portal/Portal.js
+++ b/src/addons/Portal/Portal.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import EventStack from '@semantic-ui-react/event-stack'
-import keyboardKey from 'keyboard-key'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import * as React from 'react'
@@ -132,18 +131,6 @@ function Portal(props) {
     }
   }
 
-  const handleEscape = (e) => {
-    if (!closeOnEscape) {
-      return
-    }
-    if (keyboardKey.getCode(e) !== keyboardKey.Escape) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    debug('handleEscape()')
-    closePortal(e)
-  }
-
   // ----------------------------------------
   // Component Event Handlers
   // ----------------------------------------
@@ -277,6 +264,8 @@ function Portal(props) {
             onMount={() => _.invoke(props, 'onMount', null, props)}
             onUnmount={() => _.invoke(props, 'onUnmount', null, props)}
             ref={contentRef}
+            onClose={closePortal}
+            closeOnEscape={closeOnEscape}
           >
             {children}
           </PortalInner>
@@ -295,7 +284,6 @@ function Portal(props) {
           />
           <EventStack name='mousedown' on={handleDocumentMouseDown} pool={eventPool} />
           <EventStack name='click' on={handleDocumentClick} pool={eventPool} />
-          <EventStack name='keydown' on={handleEscape} pool={eventPool} />
         </>
       )}
       {trigger &&
diff --git a/src/addons/Portal/PortalInner.d.ts b/src/addons/Portal/PortalInner.d.ts
index 518b2ffe6a..017c6e92c3 100644
--- a/src/addons/Portal/PortalInner.d.ts
+++ b/src/addons/Portal/PortalInner.d.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ export interface StrictPortalInnerProps {
    * @param {object} data - All props.
    */
   onUnmount?: (nothing: null, data: PortalInnerProps) => void
+
+  /** Callback called when inner component decides that (respecting the configuration) Portal should close */
+  onClose: (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLElement>) => void
+
+  /** Controls whether the onClose callback should be invoked when escape is pressed. */
+  closeOnEscape: boolean
 }
 
 declare const PortalInner: React.FC<PortalInnerProps>
diff --git a/src/addons/Portal/PortalInner.js b/src/addons/Portal/PortalInner.js
index 854818f379..d004b9a75c 100644
--- a/src/addons/Portal/PortalInner.js
+++ b/src/addons/Portal/PortalInner.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import PropTypes from 'prop-types'
 import * as React from 'react'
 import { createPortal } from 'react-dom'
 
+import keyboardKey from 'keyboard-key'
 import { isBrowser, makeDebugger, useEventCallback } from '../../lib'
 import usePortalElement from './usePortalElement'
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ const debug = makeDebugger('PortalInner')
  * An inner component that allows you to render children outside their parent.
  */
 const PortalInner = React.forwardRef(function (props, ref) {
+  const { closeOnEscape, onClose } = props
   const handleMount = useEventCallback(() => _.invoke(props, 'onMount', null, props))
   const handleUnmount = useEventCallback(() => _.invoke(props, 'onUnmount', null, props))
 
@@ -27,6 +29,28 @@ const PortalInner = React.forwardRef(function (props, ref) {
     }
   }, [])
 
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    if (!closeOnEscape) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param {React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLElement>} e
+     */
+    const handleKeyDown = (e) => {
+      if (keyboardKey.getCode(e) !== keyboardKey.Escape) {
+        return
+      }
+      debug('handleEscape()')
+      onClose(e)
+    }
+
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown)
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown)
+    }
+  }, [closeOnEscape, onClose])
+
   if (!isBrowser()) {
     return null
   }
@@ -57,6 +81,12 @@ PortalInner.propTypes = {
    * @param {object} data - All props.
    */
   onUnmount: PropTypes.func,
+
+  /** Callback called when inner component decides that (respecting the configuration) Portal should close */
+  onClose: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+
+  /** Controls whether the portal should close when escape is pressed is displayed. */
+  closeOnEscape: PropTypes.bool.isRequired,
 }
 
 export default PortalInner
diff --git a/test/specs/addons/Portal/PortalInner-test.js b/test/specs/addons/Portal/PortalInner-test.js
index 2eadf22b2f..e9ddd588f2 100644
--- a/test/specs/addons/Portal/PortalInner-test.js
+++ b/test/specs/addons/Portal/PortalInner-test.js
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import { isBrowser } from 'src/lib'
 import * as common from 'test/specs/commonTests'
 import { sandbox } from 'test/utils'
 
+const doNothing = () => {}
+
 describe('PortalInner', () => {
   common.isConformant(PortalInner, {
     rendersChildren: false,
-    requiredProps: { children: <p /> },
+    requiredProps: { children: <p />, closeOnEscape: false, onClose: doNothing },
     forwardsRef: false,
   })
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ describe('PortalInner', () => {
 
     it('renders `null` when during Server-Side Rendering', () => {
       mount(
-        <PortalInner>
+        <PortalInner onClose={doNothing} closeOnEscape>
           <p />
         </PortalInner>,
       ).should.be.blank()
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ describe('PortalInner', () => {
       const elementRef = React.createRef()
 
       const wrapper = mount(
-        <PortalInner ref={portalRef}>
+        <PortalInner ref={portalRef} onClose={doNothing} closeOnEscape>
           <p ref={elementRef} />
         </PortalInner>,
       )
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ describe('PortalInner', () => {
       const elementRef = React.createRef()
 
       const wrapper = mount(
-        <PortalInner ref={portalRef}>
+        <PortalInner ref={portalRef} onClose={doNothing} closeOnEscape>
           <CustomComponent ref={elementRef} />
         </PortalInner>,
       )
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ describe('PortalInner', () => {
 
       const portalRef = React.createRef()
       const wrapper = mount(
-        <PortalInner ref={portalRef}>
+        <PortalInner ref={portalRef} onClose={doNothing} closeOnEscape>
           <CustomComponent />
         </PortalInner>,
       )
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ describe('PortalInner', () => {
     it('called when mounting', () => {
       const onMount = sandbox.spy()
       mount(
-        <PortalInner onMount={onMount}>
+        <PortalInner onMount={onMount} onClose={doNothing} closeOnEscape>
           <p />
         </PortalInner>,
       )
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ describe('PortalInner', () => {
     it('is called only once when unmounting', () => {
       const onUnmount = sandbox.spy()
       const wrapper = mount(
-        <PortalInner onUnmount={onUnmount}>
+        <PortalInner onUnmount={onUnmount} onClose={doNothing} closeOnEscape>
           <p />
         </PortalInner>,
       )