diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index 18f91e8eaf6..db95a3006fe 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -291,13 +291,13 @@ export class DropdownItem {
                                         </ng-container>
                                     </ng-template>
 
-                                    <li *ngIf="filterValue && isEmpty()" class="p-dropdown-empty-message" [ngStyle]="{ height: scrollerOptions.itemSize + 'px' }">
+                                    <li *ngIf="filterValue && isEmpty()" class="p-dropdown-empty-message" [ngStyle]="{ height: scrollerOptions.itemSize + 'px' }" role="option">
                                         <ng-container *ngIf="!emptyFilterTemplate && !emptyTemplate; else emptyFilter">
                                             {{ emptyFilterMessageLabel }}
                                         </ng-container>
                                         <ng-container #emptyFilter *ngTemplateOutlet="emptyFilterTemplate || emptyTemplate"></ng-container>
                                     </li>
-                                    <li *ngIf="!filterValue && isEmpty()" class="p-dropdown-empty-message" [ngStyle]="{ height: scrollerOptions.itemSize + 'px' }">
+                                    <li *ngIf="!filterValue && isEmpty()" class="p-dropdown-empty-message" [ngStyle]="{ height: scrollerOptions.itemSize + 'px' }" role="option">
                                         <ng-container *ngIf="!emptyTemplate; else empty">
                                             {{ emptyMessageLabel }}
                                         </ng-container>