diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-f596f7cc-faeb-404e-9c21-006e9137848e.json b/change/@fluentui-react-f596f7cc-faeb-404e-9c21-006e9137848e.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..32f12497cfe71c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-f596f7cc-faeb-404e-9c21-006e9137848e.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "minor",
+  "comment": "Allow empty string as valid value for text property of ComboBox",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react",
+  "email": "sebastian.vanik@gmail.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/ComboBox/ComboBox.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/ComboBox/ComboBox.tsx
index 5615682b6a990d..a8e639fb6212b3 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/ComboBox/ComboBox.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/ComboBox/ComboBox.tsx
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ class ComboBoxInternal extends React.Component<IComboBoxInternalProps, IComboBox
     // unless we are open and have a valid current pending index
     if (
       !(isOpen && currentPendingIndexValid) &&
-      text &&
+      (text || text === '') &&
       (currentPendingValue === null || currentPendingValue === undefined)
     ) {
       return text;