diff --git a/packages/material-ui/src/Select/Select.test.js b/packages/material-ui/src/Select/Select.test.js
index f654cfc36ff384..c357f8478839f8 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/src/Select/Select.test.js
+++ b/packages/material-ui/src/Select/Select.test.js
@@ -971,4 +971,20 @@ describe('<Select />', () => {
     expect(keyUpSpy.callCount).to.equal(1);
     expect(keyUpSpy.returnValues[0]).to.equal(true);
   });
+
+  it('should pass onClick prop to MenuItem', () => {
+    const onClick = spy();
+    const { getAllByRole } = render(
+      <Select open value="30">
+        <MenuItem onClick={onClick} value={30}>
+          Thirty
+        </MenuItem>
+      </Select>,
+    );
+
+    const options = getAllByRole('option');
+    fireEvent.click(options[0]);
+
+    expect(onClick.callCount).to.equal(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/material-ui/src/Select/SelectInput.js b/packages/material-ui/src/Select/SelectInput.js
index c6c6e3d1a4d5b0..4d17eb618cdeb5 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/src/Select/SelectInput.js
+++ b/packages/material-ui/src/Select/SelectInput.js
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ const SelectInput = React.forwardRef(function SelectInput(props, ref) {
       newValue = child.props.value;
     }
 
+    if (child.props.onClick) {
+      child.props.onClick(event);
+    }
+
     if (value === newValue) {
       return;
     }
@@ -252,9 +256,9 @@ const SelectInput = React.forwardRef(function SelectInput(props, ref) {
           // the select to close immediately since we open on space keydown
           event.preventDefault();
         }
-        const { onKeyUp } = child.props;
-        if (typeof onKeyUp === 'function') {
-          onKeyUp(event);
+
+        if (child.props.onKeyUp) {
+          child.props.onKeyUp(event);
         }
       },
       role: 'option',