diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/breadcrumbFocus_2018-04-12-22-52.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/breadcrumbFocus_2018-04-12-22-52.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d13446f5d7708b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/breadcrumbFocus_2018-04-12-22-52.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Add focus method to Breadcrumb",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "v-hudole@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.base.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.base.tsx
index 64344b43f417ca..fb8784f6f68e5f 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.base.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.base.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ import * as React from 'react';
 import {
   BaseComponent,
   css,
-  getRTL
+  getRTL,
+  createRef
 } from '../../Utilities';
 import { FocusZone, FocusZoneDirection } from '../../FocusZone';
 import { Link } from '../../Link';
@@ -31,10 +32,21 @@ export class Breadcrumb extends BaseComponent<IBreadcrumbProps, any> {
     maxDisplayedItems: 999
   };
 
+  protected focusZone = createRef<FocusZone>();
+
   constructor(props: IBreadcrumbProps) {
     super(props);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Sets focus to the first breadcrumb link.
+   */
+  public focus(): void {
+    if (this.focusZone.value) {
+      this.focusZone.value.focus();
+    }
+  }
+
   public render() {
     const { onReduceData = this._onReduceData, maxDisplayedItems, items } = this.props;
     const breadCrumbData: IBreadCrumbData = {
@@ -93,7 +105,7 @@ export class Breadcrumb extends BaseComponent<IBreadcrumbProps, any> {
         role='navigation'
         aria-label={ ariaLabel }
       >
-        <FocusZone direction={ FocusZoneDirection.horizontal } >
+        <FocusZone componentRef={ this.focusZone } direction={ FocusZoneDirection.horizontal } >
           <ol className={ css('ms-Breadcrumb-list', styles.list) }>
             { renderedOverflowItems && renderedOverflowItems.length !== 0 && (
               <li className={ css('ms-Breadcrumb-overflow', styles.overflow) } key={ OVERFLOW_KEY }>
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.types.ts b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.types.ts
index 0b8db646e06628..05c0cb7225cd14 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.types.ts
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Breadcrumb/Breadcrumb.types.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import { IIconProps } from '../Icon';
 import { IRenderFunction, IComponentAs } from '../../Utilities';
 
 export interface IBreadcrumb {
-
+  /**
+   * Sets focus to the first breadcrumb link.
+   */
+  focus(): void;
 }
 
 export interface IBreadcrumbProps extends React.Props<Breadcrumb> {