diff --git a/addon/components/power-select-multiple/trigger.js b/addon/components/power-select-multiple/trigger.js
index d7e38933d..16080b16d 100644
--- a/addon/components/power-select-multiple/trigger.js
+++ b/addon/components/power-select-multiple/trigger.js
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ export default Component.extend({
       } else if (e.keyCode >= 48 && e.keyCode <= 90 || e.keyCode === 32) { // Keys 0-9, a-z or SPACE
         e.stopPropagation();
       }
+    },
+
+    onMousedown(e) {
+      if (this.input.value) {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+      }
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/addon/templates/components/power-select-multiple/trigger.hbs b/addon/templates/components/power-select-multiple/trigger.hbs
index 153ccf95f..9b3311a42 100644
--- a/addon/templates/components/power-select-multiple/trigger.hbs
+++ b/addon/templates/components/power-select-multiple/trigger.hbs
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@
       onfocus={{onFocus}}
       onblur={{onBlur}}
       tabindex={{tabindex}}
-      onkeydown={{action "onKeydown"}}>
+      onkeydown={{action "onKeydown"}}
+      onmousedown={{action "onMousedown"}}>
+
   {{/if}}
 </ul>
 <span class="ember-power-select-status-icon"></span>