diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index e54d814f6bf..ffedb786adc 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ export class DropdownItem {
                 [attr.required]="required"
             >
                 <ng-container *ngIf="!selectedItemTemplate; else defaultPlaceholder">{{ label() === 'p-emptylabel' ? '&nbsp;' : label() }}</ng-container>
-                <ng-container *ngIf="selectedItemTemplate && (selectedOption || selectedOption === 0)" [ngTemplateOutlet]="selectedItemTemplate" [ngTemplateOutletContext]="{ $implicit: selectedOption }"></ng-container>
+                <ng-container *ngIf="selectedItemTemplate && !isSelectedOptionEmpty()" [ngTemplateOutlet]="selectedItemTemplate" [ngTemplateOutletContext]="{ $implicit: selectedOption }"></ng-container>
                 <ng-template #defaultPlaceholder>
-                    <span *ngIf="selectedOption === undefined">{{ label() === 'p-emptylabel' ? '&nbsp;' : label() }}</span>
+                    <span *ngIf="isSelectedOptionEmpty()">{{ label() === 'p-emptylabel' ? '&nbsp;' : label() }}</span>
                 </ng-template>
             </span>
             <input
@@ -1205,6 +1205,10 @@ export class Dropdown implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, AfterV
         return this.autoDisplayFirst && !this.placeholder() && (this.modelValue() === undefined || this.modelValue() === null) && !this.editable && this.options && this.options.length;
     }
 
+    isSelectedOptionEmpty() {
+        return ObjectUtils.isEmpty(this.selectedOption);
+    }
+
     isSelected(option) {
         return this.isValidOption(option) && this.isOptionValueEqualsModelValue(option);
     }