diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/jspurlin-FocusZoneAddStopFocusPropagation_2018-05-09-12-17.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/jspurlin-FocusZoneAddStopFocusPropagation_2018-05-09-12-17.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6fe4736b0960e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/jspurlin-FocusZoneAddStopFocusPropagation_2018-05-09-12-17.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "FocusZone: Add a prop to allow a FocusZone to not let focus events propagate outside of the FocusZone",
+      "type": "minor"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "jspurlin@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/FocusZone/FocusZone.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/FocusZone/FocusZone.tsx
index ede76728ed76be..56a515e974b11c 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/FocusZone/FocusZone.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/FocusZone/FocusZone.tsx
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export class FocusZone extends BaseComponent<IFocusZoneProps, {}> implements IFo
   }
 
   private _onFocus = (ev: React.FocusEvent<HTMLElement>): void => {
-    const { onActiveElementChanged } = this.props;
+    const { onActiveElementChanged, doNotAllowFocusEventToPropagate } = this.props;
 
     if (this._isImmediateDescendantOfZone(ev.target as HTMLElement)) {
       this._activeElement = ev.target as HTMLElement;
@@ -226,9 +226,14 @@ export class FocusZone extends BaseComponent<IFocusZoneProps, {}> implements IFo
         parentElement = getParent(parentElement, ALLOW_VIRTUAL_ELEMENTS) as HTMLElement;
       }
     }
+
     if (onActiveElementChanged) {
       onActiveElementChanged(this._activeElement as HTMLElement, ev);
     }
+
+    if (doNotAllowFocusEventToPropagate) {
+      ev.stopPropagation();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/FocusZone/FocusZone.types.ts b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/FocusZone/FocusZone.types.ts
index 0dc97c0307d821..06839a8481c883 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/FocusZone/FocusZone.types.ts
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/FocusZone/FocusZone.types.ts
@@ -133,6 +133,11 @@ export interface IFocusZoneProps extends React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLElement | Focu
    * @default false
    */
   checkForNoWrap?: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the FocusZone should allow focus events to propagate past the FocusZone
+   */
+  doNotAllowFocusEventToPropagate?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const enum FocusZoneTabbableElements {