diff --git a/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.d.ts b/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.d.ts
index 3ddd24c1d8..0c8f977e7e 100755
--- a/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.d.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ export interface MultiSelectPassThroughOptions {
      * @see {@link BaseComponent.ComponentHooks}
      */
     hooks?: ComponentHooks;
+    /**
+     * Used to control Vue Transition API.
+     */
+    transition?: any;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.vue b/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.vue
index e8976e187c..f4c61f9ec1 100755
--- a/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.vue
+++ b/components/lib/multiselect/MultiSelect.vue
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
             </slot>
         </div>
         <Portal :appendTo="appendTo">
-            <transition name="p-connected-overlay" @enter="onOverlayEnter" @after-enter="onOverlayAfterEnter" @leave="onOverlayLeave" @after-leave="onOverlayAfterLeave">
+            <transition name="p-connected-overlay" @enter="onOverlayEnter" @after-enter="onOverlayAfterEnter" @leave="onOverlayLeave" @after-leave="onOverlayAfterLeave" v-bind="ptm('transition')">
                 <div v-if="overlayVisible" :ref="overlayRef" :style="panelStyle" :class="[cx('panel'), panelClass]" @click="onOverlayClick" @keydown="onOverlayKeyDown" v-bind="{ ...panelProps, ...ptm('panel') }">
                     <span
                         ref="firstHiddenFocusableElementOnOverlay"