diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06442f68d..2cfc26492 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## [Unreleased]
+## [Unreleased] -
+### Changed
+- [#793](https://github.com/plotly/dash-core-components/pull/793) Added title key (i.e. HTML `title` attribute) to option dicts in `dcc.Dropdown` `options[]` list property.
 ### Fixed
 - [#790](https://github.com/plotly/dash-core-components/pull/790) Fixed bug where the dcc.Dropdown dropdown was hidden by the dash_table.DataTable fixed rows and columns.
 
diff --git a/src/components/Dropdown.react.js b/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
index cb1738a6c..604cebfe7 100644
--- a/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
+++ b/src/components/Dropdown.react.js
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ Dropdown.propTypes = {
              * If true, this option is disabled and cannot be selected.
              */
             disabled: PropTypes.bool,
+
+            /**
+             * The HTML 'title' attribute for the option. Allows for
+             * information on hover. For more information on this attribute,
+             * see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes/title
+             */
+            title: PropTypes.string,
         })
     ),
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/dropdown/test_option_title_prop.py b/tests/integration/dropdown/test_option_title_prop.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6baa1c90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/dropdown/test_option_title_prop.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+
+import pytest
+import dash
+from dash.dependencies import Input, Output
+import dash_core_components as dcc
+import dash_html_components as html
+
+from utils import wait_for
+
+
+@pytest.mark.DCC793
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("multi", [True, False])
+def test_ddot001_option_title(dash_dcc, multi):
+    app = dash.Dash(__name__)
+    app.layout = html.Div([
+        dcc.Input(
+            id="dropdown_title_input",
+            type="text",
+            placeholder="Enter a title for New York City"
+        ),
+        dcc.Dropdown(
+            id="dropdown",
+            options=[
+                {'label': 'New York City', 'value': 'NYC'},
+                {'label': 'Montréal', 'value': 'MTL'},
+                {'label': 'San Francisco', 'value': 'SF'}
+            ],
+            value='NYC',
+            multi=multi
+        )
+    ])
+
+    @app.callback(Output("dropdown", "options"), [Input("dropdown_title_input", "value")])
+    def add_title_to_option(title):
+        return [
+            {'label': 'New York City', 'title': title, 'value': 'NYC'},
+            {'label': 'Montréal', 'value': 'MTL'},
+            {'label': 'San Francisco', 'value': 'SF'}
+        ]
+
+    dash_dcc.start_server(app)
+
+    dropdown_option_element = dash_dcc.wait_for_element("#dropdown .Select-value")
+
+    dropdown_title_input = dash_dcc.wait_for_element("#dropdown_title_input")
+
+    # Empty string title ('') (default for no title)
+    wait_for(
+        lambda: dropdown_option_element.get_attribute("title")
+        == '',
+        lambda: '`title` is {}, expected {}'.format(
+            dropdown_option_element.get_attribute("title"),
+            '',
+        ),
+    )
+
+    dropdown_title_input.send_keys("The Big Apple")
+
+    wait_for(
+        lambda: dropdown_option_element.get_attribute("title")
+        == "The Big Apple",
+        lambda: '`title` is {}, expected {}'.format(
+            dropdown_option_element.get_attribute("title"),
+            "The Big Apple",
+        ),
+    )
+
+    dash_dcc.clear_input(dropdown_title_input)
+
+    dropdown_title_input.send_keys("Gotham City?")
+
+    wait_for(
+        lambda: dropdown_option_element.get_attribute("title")
+        == "Gotham City?",
+        lambda: '`title` is {}, expected {}'.format(
+            dropdown_option_element.get_attribute("title"),
+            "Gotham City?",
+        ),
+    )
+
+    dash_dcc.clear_input(dropdown_title_input)
+
+    wait_for(
+        lambda: dropdown_option_element.get_attribute("title")
+        == '',
+        lambda: '`title` is {}, expected {}'.format(
+            dropdown_option_element.get_attribute("title"),
+            '',
+        ),
+    )