diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.mdx b/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.mdx
index 48cd73a..18b534b 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.mdx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.mdx
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ You can change this behavior by passing the `closeOnClickOutside` prop.
 
 <Canvas of={Stories.CloseOnClickOutside} story={{inline: false}}/>
 
+## Close on escape
+
+By default, the modal will be closed when you press the `esc` key. You can change this behavior by passing the `closeOnEsc` prop.
+
+<Canvas of={Stories.DontCloseOnEsc} story={{inline: false}}/>
+
 ## Pre Built Modals
 
 As we know that developers love to have handy shortcuts for common use cases, we provide some pre built modals that we
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.spec.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.spec.tsx
index 6c752b3..b28a048 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.spec.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.spec.tsx
@@ -209,6 +209,54 @@ describe("<Modal/>", () => {
     await user.click(modal);
     expect(screen.queryByText("Modal Content")).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
+  it("close on esc by default", async () => {
+    const Wrapper = () => {
+      const modal = useModal();
+      return (
+        <CunninghamProvider>
+          <button onClick={modal.open}>Open Modal</button>
+          <Modal size={ModalSize.SMALL} {...modal}>
+            <div>Modal Content</div>
+          </Modal>
+        </CunninghamProvider>
+      );
+    };
+
+    render(<Wrapper />);
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const button = screen.getByText("Open Modal");
+
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Modal Content")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    await user.click(button);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Modal Content")).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await user.keyboard("{Escape}");
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Modal Content")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+  it("does not close on esc when using closeOnEsc=false", async () => {
+    const Wrapper = () => {
+      const modal = useModal();
+      return (
+        <CunninghamProvider>
+          <button onClick={modal.open}>Open Modal</button>
+          <Modal size={ModalSize.SMALL} closeOnEsc={false} {...modal}>
+            <div>Modal Content</div>
+          </Modal>
+        </CunninghamProvider>
+      );
+    };
+
+    render(<Wrapper />);
+    const user = userEvent.setup();
+    const button = screen.getByText("Open Modal");
+
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Modal Content")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
+    await user.click(button);
+    expect(screen.getByText("Modal Content")).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    await user.keyboard("{Escape}");
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Modal Content")).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 
   /**
    * It should also prevent the modal from closing when pressing the escape key, but it appears
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.stories.tsx
index 90d72b4..405cb57 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.stories.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ export const CloseOnClickOutside: Story = {
     closeOnClickOutside: true,
   },
 };
+export const DontCloseOnEsc: Story = {
+  args: {
+    size: ModalSize.MEDIUM,
+    closeOnEsc: false,
+  },
+};
 export const PreventClose: Story = {
   args: {
     size: ModalSize.MEDIUM,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.tsx
index 7367ab6..ab4650a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Modal/index.tsx
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export type ModalProps = PropsWithChildren & {
   titleIcon?: React.ReactNode;
   hideCloseButton?: boolean;
   closeOnClickOutside?: boolean;
+  closeOnEsc?: boolean;
   preventClose?: boolean;
 };
 
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ export const Modal = (props: ModalProps) => {
   return <ModalInner {...props} />;
 };
 
-export const ModalInner = (props: ModalProps) => {
+export const ModalInner = ({ closeOnEsc = true, ...props }: ModalProps) => {
   const { modalParentSelector } = useModals();
 
   if (!props.isOpen) {
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ export const ModalInner = (props: ModalProps) => {
       overlayClassName="c__modal__backdrop"
       className={classNames(MODAL_CLASS, `${MODAL_CLASS}--${props.size}`)}
       shouldCloseOnOverlayClick={!!props.closeOnClickOutside}
+      shouldCloseOnEsc={closeOnEsc}
       bodyOpenClassName={classNames("c__modals--opened", NOSCROLL_CLASS)}
     >
       {!props.hideCloseButton && !props.preventClose && (