diff --git a/core/js/share.js b/core/js/share.js
index 5cabc6145634e94b32c6ea6ae60135ebcc71aa03..8210dd5d45fe39ae9eb1b1ea2d4cccb2616be100 100644
--- a/core/js/share.js
+++ b/core/js/share.js
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ OC.Share={
 				}
 			});
 
+			html += '<p align="right"><button class="icon-close share-dropdown-close" /></p>';
 			html += '<input id="shareWith" type="text" placeholder="'+t('core', 'Share with user or group …')+'" />';
 			html += '<ul id="shareWithList">';
 			html += '</ul>';
@@ -552,6 +553,10 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 		}
 	});
 
+	$(document).on('click', '.share-dropdown-close', function(event) {
+		OC.Share.hideDropDown();
+	});
+
 	$(this).click(function(event) {
 		var target = $(event.target);
 		var isMatched = !target.is('.drop, .ui-datepicker-next, .ui-datepicker-prev, .ui-icon')