diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e78523da..b7d4a8ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -167,6 +167,24 @@ and keyboard navigation logic will break. `styles` will contain
 { top, left, minWidth } which are the coordinates of the top-left corner
 and the width of the dropdown menu.
 
+#### `renderMenuWrapper: Function` (optional)
+Default value:
+```jsx
+function(menu) {
+  return menu;
+}
+```
+
+Arguments: `menu: React element`
+
+Invoked to generate a wrapper around the menu component. Use this if you
+want to create a React Portal around the menu, e.g.:
+```jsx
+function(menu) {
+  return createPortal(menu, document.body);
+}
+```
+
 #### `selectOnBlur: Boolean` (optional)
 Default value: `false`
 
diff --git a/lib/Autocomplete.js b/lib/Autocomplete.js
index 1658c8bb..de2f2224 100644
--- a/lib/Autocomplete.js
+++ b/lib/Autocomplete.js
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ class Autocomplete extends React.Component {
      * and the width of the dropdown menu.
      */
     renderMenu: PropTypes.func,
+    /**
+     * Arguments: `menu: React element`
+     *
+     * Invoked to generate a wrapper around the menu component. Use this if you
+     * want to create a React Portal around the menu, e.g.:
+     * `(menu) => createPortal(menu, document.body)`
+     */
+    renderMenuWrapper: PropTypes.func,
     /**
      * Styles that are applied to the dropdown menu in the default `renderMenu`
      * implementation. If you override `renderMenu` and you want to use
@@ -175,6 +183,9 @@ class Autocomplete extends React.Component {
     renderMenu(items, value, style) {
       return <div style={{ ...style, ...this.menuStyle }} children={items}/>
     },
+    renderMenuWrapper(menu) {
+      return menu
+    },
     menuStyle: {
       borderRadius: '3px',
       boxShadow: '0 2px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)',
@@ -586,7 +597,7 @@ class Autocomplete extends React.Component {
           onClick: this.composeEventHandlers(this.handleInputClick, inputProps.onClick),
           value: this.props.value,
         })}
-        {open && this.renderMenu()}
+        {open && this.props.renderMenuWrapper(this.renderMenu())}
         {this.props.debug && (
           <pre style={{ marginLeft: 300 }}>
             {JSON.stringify(this._debugStates.slice(Math.max(0, this._debugStates.length - 5), this._debugStates.length), null, 2)}
diff --git a/lib/__tests__/Autocomplete-test.js b/lib/__tests__/Autocomplete-test.js
index ed5b79fb..da3643a4 100644
--- a/lib/__tests__/Autocomplete-test.js
+++ b/lib/__tests__/Autocomplete-test.js
@@ -723,6 +723,23 @@ describe('Autocomplete#renderMenu', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('Autocomplete#renderMenuWrapper', () => {
+  it('should be invoked in `render` to create a wrapper around the menu', () => {
+    class MenuWrapper extends React.Component {
+      render() {
+        return this.props.children
+      }
+    }
+    const tree = mount(AutocompleteComponentJSX({
+      renderMenuWrapper(menu) {
+        return <MenuWrapper>{menu}</MenuWrapper>
+      }
+    }))
+    tree.setState({ isOpen: true })
+    expect(tree.find(MenuWrapper).length).toBe(1)
+  })
+})
+
 describe('Autocomplete isItemSelectable', () => {
   const autocompleteWrapper = mount(AutocompleteComponentJSX({
     open: true,