diff --git a/extensions/amp-story/1.0/amp-story-share-menu.js b/extensions/amp-story/1.0/amp-story-share-menu.js
index e763d4f3731e..b2dc71e08996 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-story/1.0/amp-story-share-menu.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-story/1.0/amp-story-share-menu.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import {
   getStoreService,
 } from './amp-story-store-service';
 import {CSS} from '../../../build/amp-story-share-menu-1.0.css';
+import {Keys} from '../../../src/utils/key-codes';
 import {Services} from '../../../src/services';
 import {ShareWidget} from './amp-story-share';
 import {closest} from '../../../src/dom';
@@ -190,6 +191,13 @@ export class ShareMenu {
       this.element_.addEventListener('click', event =>
         this.onShareMenuClick_(event)
       );
+
+      this.win_.addEventListener('keyup', event => {
+        if (event.key == Keys.ESCAPE) {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          this.close_();
+        }
+      });
     }
   }
 
@@ -221,13 +229,12 @@ export class ShareMenu {
   /**
    * Handles click events and maybe closes the menu for the fallback UI.
    * @param  {!Event} event
-   * @return {*} TODO(#23582): Specify return type
    */
   onShareMenuClick_(event) {
     const el = dev().assertElement(event.target);
 
     if (el.classList.contains('i-amphtml-story-share-menu-close-button')) {
-      return this.close_();
+      this.close_();
     }
 
     // Closes the menu if click happened outside of the menu main container.
diff --git a/extensions/amp-story/1.0/test/test-amp-story-share-menu.js b/extensions/amp-story/1.0/test/test-amp-story-share-menu.js
index 47adbb90822b..b99fc6896286 100644
--- a/extensions/amp-story/1.0/test/test-amp-story-share-menu.js
+++ b/extensions/amp-story/1.0/test/test-amp-story-share-menu.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   AmpStoryStoreService,
   StateProperty,
 } from '../amp-story-store-service';
+import {Keys} from '../../../../src/utils/key-codes';
 import {LocalizationService} from '../../../../src/service/localization';
 import {Services} from '../../../../src/services';
 import {ShareMenu, VISIBLE_CLASS} from '../amp-story-share-menu';
@@ -130,6 +131,21 @@ describes.realWin('amp-story-share-menu', {amp: true}, env => {
     expect(shareMenu.element_).to.have.class(VISIBLE_CLASS);
   });
 
+  it('should hide the share menu on escape key press', () => {
+    shareMenu.build();
+
+    const clickCallbackSpy = sandbox.spy();
+    win.addEventListener('keyup', clickCallbackSpy);
+
+    storeService.dispatch(Action.TOGGLE_SHARE_MENU, true);
+    // Create escape keyup event.
+    const keyupEvent = new Event('keyup');
+    keyupEvent.keyCode = Keys.ESCAPE;
+    win.dispatchEvent(keyupEvent);
+
+    expect(clickCallbackSpy).to.have.been.calledOnce;
+  });
+
   it('should render the amp-social-share button if system share', () => {
     isSystemShareSupported = true;