diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index feed7653..bd95227c 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -28,3 +28,33 @@ export function getAlignPopupClassName(builtinPlacements, prefixCls, align, isAl
 export function saveRef(name, component) {
   this[name] = component;
 }
+
+// TestUtils.Simulate.keyDown doesn't work on PhantomJS
+// https://github.com/ariya/phantomjs/issues/11289#issuecomment-278147426
+export function keyboardEvent(eventType, init) {
+  try {
+    return new KeyboardEvent(eventType, init);
+  } catch (error) {
+    const modKeys = [
+      init.ctrlKey ? 'Control' : '',
+      init.shiftKey ? 'Shift' : '',
+      init.altKey ? 'Alt' : '',
+      init.altGrKey ? 'AltGr' : '',
+      init.metaKey ? 'Meta' : '',
+    ].join(' ');
+    const keyEvent = document.createEvent('KeyboardEvent');
+    keyEvent.initKeyboardEvent(
+      eventType, // type
+      false, // canBubble
+      false, // cancelable
+      window, // view
+      init.char || '', // char
+      init.keyCode || 0, // key
+      0, // location
+      modKeys,
+      init.repeat || false,
+    );
+    keyEvent.key = init.key;
+    return keyEvent;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/basic.spec.js b/tests/basic.spec.js
index 955d9d65..fd60b336 100644
--- a/tests/basic.spec.js
+++ b/tests/basic.spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import '../assets/index.less';
 import Trigger from '../index';
 import './basic.less';
 import async from 'async';
-import { saveRef } from '../src/utils';
+import { saveRef, keyboardEvent } from '../src/utils';
 
 const Simulate = TestUtils.Simulate;
 const scryRenderedDOMComponentsWithClass = TestUtils.scryRenderedDOMComponentsWithClass;
@@ -895,4 +895,64 @@ describe('rc-trigger', function main() {
       expect(domNode.className).to.be('target className-in-trigger-1 className-in-trigger-2');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('keyboard', () => {
+    let visible;
+    const onChange = (value) => {
+      visible = value;
+    };
+
+    it('esc key works if keyboard=true ', () => {
+      const trigger = ReactDOM.render(
+        <Trigger
+          keyboard
+          popup={<div />}
+          action={['click']}
+          popupAlign={placementAlignMap.right}
+          onPopupVisibleChange={onChange}
+        >
+          <div>click</div>
+        </Trigger>,
+        div
+      );
+      const domNode = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(trigger);
+
+      // click trigger and show popup
+      Simulate.click(domNode);
+      expect(visible).to.be(true);
+
+      // click escape
+      const event = keyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', keyCode: 27 });
+      document.dispatchEvent(event);
+
+      // assert that popup hidden
+      expect(visible).to.be(false);
+    });
+
+    it('esc key doesn\'t work if keyboard=false ', () => {
+      const trigger = ReactDOM.render(
+        <Trigger
+          popup={<div />}
+          action={['click']}
+          popupAlign={placementAlignMap.right}
+          onPopupVisibleChange={onChange}
+        >
+          <div>click</div>
+        </Trigger>,
+        div
+      );
+      const domNode = ReactDOM.findDOMNode(trigger);
+
+      // click trigger and show popup
+      Simulate.click(domNode);
+      expect(visible).to.be(true);
+
+      // click escape
+      const event = keyboardEvent('keydown', { key: 'Escape', keyCode: 27 });
+      document.dispatchEvent(event);
+
+      // assert that popup still visible
+      expect(visible).to.be(true);
+    });
+  });
 });