diff --git a/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-search/xwiki-platform-search-ui/src/main/resources/XWiki/QuickSearchUIX.xml b/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-search/xwiki-platform-search-ui/src/main/resources/XWiki/QuickSearchUIX.xml
index eaf8ed9d4e7b4c71c7c3480420aacd08128b5aad..9c0f6183018f21ff93bc6614195d25db1e205c7a 100644
--- a/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-search/xwiki-platform-search-ui/src/main/resources/XWiki/QuickSearchUIX.xml
+++ b/xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-search/xwiki-platform-search-ui/src/main/resources/XWiki/QuickSearchUIX.xml
@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@
         }
       }, 1);
     });
+    
+    // Close dropdown menus when the search button is clicked
+    globalSearchButton.click(function(event) {
+      $('[data-toggle="dropdown"][aria-expanded="true"]').dropdown('toggle');
+    });
 
   });
 });</code>