diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/dropdown-title_2018-05-25-01-55.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/dropdown-title_2018-05-25-01-55.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bc9cd32697ced7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/dropdown-title_2018-05-25-01-55.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Dropdown: Allow `title` to be provided as an item property.",
+      "type": "minor"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "dzearing@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.test.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.test.tsx
index 8a7317ae4bb210..93c96c2e5f9ec4 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.test.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { DropdownMenuItemType, IDropdownOption } from './Dropdown.types';
 const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: IDropdownOption[] = [
   { key: 'Header1', text: 'Header 1', itemType: DropdownMenuItemType.Header },
   { key: '1', text: '1' },
-  { key: '2', text: '2' },
+  { key: '2', text: '2', title: 'test' },
   { key: '3', text: '3' },
   { key: 'Divider1', text: '-', itemType: DropdownMenuItemType.Divider },
   { key: 'Header2', text: 'Header 2', itemType: DropdownMenuItemType.Header },
@@ -191,6 +191,9 @@ describe('Dropdown', () => {
         ReactTestUtils.Simulate.click(dropdownRoot);
 
         const secondItemElement = document.querySelector('.ms-Dropdown-item[data-index="2"]') as HTMLElement;
+
+        expect(secondItemElement.getAttribute('title')).toEqual('test');
+
         ReactTestUtils.Simulate.click(secondItemElement);
       }
       finally {
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx
index 1747a460e1e8f3..a279f487b8cf8d 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/Dropdown.tsx
@@ -510,6 +510,7 @@ export class Dropdown extends BaseComponent<IDropdownInternalProps, IDropdownSta
             role='option'
             aria-selected={ isItemSelected ? 'true' : 'false' }
             ariaLabel={ item.ariaLabel || item.text }
+            title={ item.title }
           >
             { onRenderOption(item, this._onRenderOption) }
           </CommandButton>
@@ -527,6 +528,7 @@ export class Dropdown extends BaseComponent<IDropdownInternalProps, IDropdownSta
               onMouseMove: this._onItemMouseMove.bind(this, item)
             } }
             label={ item.text }
+            title={ item.title }
             onRenderLabel={ this._onRenderLabel.bind(this, item) }
             className={ css(
               'ms-ColumnManagementPanel-checkbox',
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/examples/Dropdown.Basic.Example.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/examples/Dropdown.Basic.Example.tsx
index d6ef8866243fee..3111074851893c 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/examples/Dropdown.Basic.Example.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Dropdown/examples/Dropdown.Basic.Example.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export class DropdownBasicExample extends BaseComponent<{}, {
           options={
             [
               { key: 'Header', text: 'Actions', itemType: DropdownMenuItemType.Header },
-              { key: 'A', text: 'Option a' },
+              { key: 'A', text: 'Option a', title: 'I am option a.' },
               { key: 'B', text: 'Option b' },
               { key: 'C', text: 'Option c', disabled: true },
               { key: 'D', text: 'Option d' },
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/utilities/selectableOption/SelectableOption.types.ts b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/utilities/selectableOption/SelectableOption.types.ts
index e7794e4c2d152d..8b8e9e954619e7 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/utilities/selectableOption/SelectableOption.types.ts
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/utilities/selectableOption/SelectableOption.types.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ export interface ISelectableOption {
    */
   text: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Title attribute (built in tooltip) for a given option.
+   */
+  title?: string;
+
   /**
    * Text to render for this option
    */