diff --git a/api-generator/components/dropdown.js b/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
index 1a4f63222a..36b5e1a5fa 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/dropdown.js
@@ -185,6 +185,12 @@ const DropdownProps = [
         default: 'false',
         description: 'Clears the filter value when hiding the dropdown.'
     },
+    {
+        name: 'resetFilterOnClear',
+        type: 'boolean',
+        default: 'false',
+        description: 'Clears the filter value when clicking on the clear icon.'
+    },
     {
         name: 'virtualScrollerOptions',
         type: 'object',
diff --git a/components/lib/dropdown/BaseDropdown.vue b/components/lib/dropdown/BaseDropdown.vue
index 755a63ccb4..bd4168458f 100644
--- a/components/lib/dropdown/BaseDropdown.vue
+++ b/components/lib/dropdown/BaseDropdown.vue
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@ export default {
             type: Boolean,
             default: false
         },
+        resetFilterOnClear: {
+            type: Boolean,
+            default: false
+        },
         virtualScrollerOptions: {
             type: Object,
             default: null
diff --git a/components/lib/dropdown/Dropdown.d.ts b/components/lib/dropdown/Dropdown.d.ts
index 3e86a0347b..e301e1b14b 100755
--- a/components/lib/dropdown/Dropdown.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/dropdown/Dropdown.d.ts
@@ -389,6 +389,11 @@ export interface DropdownProps {
      * @defaultValue false
      */
     resetFilterOnHide?: boolean;
+    /**
+     * Clears the filter value when clicking on the clear icon.
+     * @defaultValue false
+     */
+    resetFilterOnClear?: boolean;
     /**
      * Whether to use the virtualScroller feature. The properties of VirtualScroller component can be used like an object in it.
      */
diff --git a/components/lib/dropdown/Dropdown.vue b/components/lib/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
index 9f5727777b..ec072002cd 100755
--- a/components/lib/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
+++ b/components/lib/dropdown/Dropdown.vue
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@ export default {
         },
         onClearClick(event) {
             this.updateModel(event, null);
+            this.resetFilterOnClear && (this.filterValue = null);
         },
         onFirstHiddenFocus(event) {
             const focusableEl = event.relatedTarget === this.$refs.focusInput ? DomHandler.getFirstFocusableElement(this.overlay, ':not([data-p-hidden-focusable="true"])') : this.$refs.focusInput;
diff --git a/doc/common/apidoc/index.json b/doc/common/apidoc/index.json
index 46068b4df4..6fe93ac46c 100644
--- a/doc/common/apidoc/index.json
+++ b/doc/common/apidoc/index.json
@@ -24170,6 +24170,14 @@
                             "default": "false",
                             "description": "Clears the filter value when hiding the dropdown."
                         },
+                        {
+                            "name": "resetFilterOnClear",
+                            "optional": true,
+                            "readonly": false,
+                            "type": "boolean",
+                            "default": "false",
+                            "description": "Clears the filter value when clicking on the dropdown."
+                        },
                         {
                             "name": "virtualScrollerOptions",
                             "optional": true,
diff --git a/doc/dropdown/FilterDoc.vue b/doc/dropdown/FilterDoc.vue
index dd7df8d72c..6723d73b89 100644
--- a/doc/dropdown/FilterDoc.vue
+++ b/doc/dropdown/FilterDoc.vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
         <p>Dropdown provides built-in filtering that is enabled by adding the <i>filter</i> property.</p>
     </DocSectionText>
     <div class="card flex justify-content-center">
-        <Dropdown v-model="selectedCountry" :options="countries" filter optionLabel="name" placeholder="Select a Country" class="w-full md:w-14rem">
+        <Dropdown v-model="selectedCountry" :options="countries" filter optionLabel="name" placeholder="Select a Country" class="w-full md:w-14rem" showClear>
             <template #value="slotProps">
                 <div v-if="slotProps.value" class="flex align-items-center">
                     <img :alt="slotProps.value.label" src="https://primefaces.org/cdn/primevue/images/flag/flag_placeholder.png" :class="`mr-2 flag flag-${slotProps.value.code.toLowerCase()}`" style="width: 18px" />