diff --git a/.changeset/spotty-moons-battle.md b/.changeset/spotty-moons-battle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c21c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/spotty-moons-battle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@openfun/cunningham-react": minor
+---
+
+add a popover component
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.scss b/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6ccb21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.c__popover {
+  position: absolute;
+  display: flex;
+  width: fit-content;
+  z-index: 1;
+
+  &:not(&--borderless) {
+    box-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+    background-color: var(--c--components--forms-datepicker--menu-background-color);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6998933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import React, { useRef, useState } from "react";
+
+import { Meta } from "@storybook/react";
+import { Button } from ":/components/Button";
+import { Popover } from ":/components/Popover/index";
+
+export default {
+  title: "Components/Popover",
+  component: Popover,
+} as Meta<typeof Popover>;
+
+export const Default = () => {
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
+  const parentRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+  return (
+    <div ref={parentRef} style={{ width: "fit-content" }}>
+      <Button onClick={() => setIsOpen(!isOpen)}>Toggle</Button>
+      {isOpen && (
+        <Popover parentRef={parentRef} onClickOutside={() => setIsOpen(false)}>
+          <div
+            style={{
+              height: "200px",
+              width: "200px",
+              display: "flex",
+              alignItems: "center",
+              justifyContent: "center",
+            }}
+          >
+            I am open
+          </div>
+        </Popover>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db42a4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Popover/index.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import React, { PropsWithChildren, RefObject } from "react";
+import classNames from "classnames";
+import { useHandleClickOutside } from ":/hooks/useHandleClickOutside";
+
+type PopoverProps = PropsWithChildren & {
+  parentRef: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
+  onClickOutside: () => void;
+  borderless?: boolean;
+};
+
+export const Popover = ({
+  parentRef,
+  children,
+  onClickOutside,
+  borderless = false,
+}: PopoverProps) => {
+  useHandleClickOutside(parentRef, onClickOutside);
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={classNames("c__popover", {
+        "c__popover--borderless": borderless,
+      })}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/react/src/hooks/useHandleClickOutside.ts b/packages/react/src/hooks/useHandleClickOutside.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e095be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/hooks/useHandleClickOutside.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import { RefObject, useEffect } from "react";
+
+export const useHandleClickOutside = (
+  ref: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>,
+  onClickOutside: any
+) => {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const outsideListenerEvent = (event: MouseEvent) => {
+      if (!ref.current || ref.current.contains(event.target as Node)) {
+        return;
+      }
+      onClickOutside();
+    };
+    document.addEventListener("click", outsideListenerEvent, true);
+    return () =>
+      document.removeEventListener("click", outsideListenerEvent, true);
+  }, []);
+};
diff --git a/packages/react/src/index.scss b/packages/react/src/index.scss
index 7eb4842..128c26f 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/index.scss
+++ b/packages/react/src/index.scss
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 @import './components/Forms/Switch';
 @import './components/Loader';
 @import './components/Pagination';
+@import './components/Popover';
 
 * {
   font-family: var(--c--theme--font--families--base);