diff --git a/src/popupmenu.c b/src/popupmenu.c
index d713ed4..36d3b99 100644
--- a/src/popupmenu.c
+++ b/src/popupmenu.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 static int pum_first = 0;		// index of top item
 
 static int call_update_screen = FALSE;
+static int pum_in_cmdline = FALSE;
 
 static int pum_height;			// nr of displayed pum items
 static int pum_width;			// width of displayed pum items
@@ -1067,6 +1068,11 @@
     pum_array = NULL;
     redraw_all_later(UPD_NOT_VALID);
     redraw_tabline = TRUE;
+    if (pum_in_cmdline)
+    {
+	clear_cmdline = TRUE;
+	pum_in_cmdline = FALSE;
+    }
     status_redraw_all();
 #if defined(FEAT_PROP_POPUP) && defined(FEAT_QUICKFIX)
     // hide any popup info window
@@ -1193,6 +1199,8 @@
 	pum_row = mouse_row + 1;
 	if (pum_height > Rows - pum_row)
 	    pum_height = Rows - pum_row;
+	if (pum_row + pum_height > cmdline_row)
+	    pum_in_cmdline = TRUE;
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/src/testdir/dumps/Test_popupmenu_cmdline_1.dump b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_popupmenu_cmdline_1.dump
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ffcc46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testdir/dumps/Test_popupmenu_cmdline_1.dump
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
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+|a|b|c|d|e| @69
+|a|b|c|d|e| @69
+@57|1|,|1| @10|T|o|p| 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_menu.vim b/src/testdir/test_menu.vim
index 9929dd5..2229228 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_menu.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_menu.vim
@@ -594,4 +594,25 @@
   call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
 endfunc
 
+" Test for opening a menu drawn in the cmdline area
+func Test_popupmenu_cmdline()
+  CheckRunVimInTerminal
+
+  let lines =<< trim END
+    set mousemodel=popup
+    menu PopUp.Test1 :<CR>
+    menu PopUp.Test2 :<CR>
+    menu PopUp.Test3 :<CR>
+    call setline(1, repeat(['abcde'], 5))
+  END
+  call writefile(lines, 'Xpopupcmdline', 'D')
+  let buf = RunVimInTerminal('-S Xpopupcmdline', {'rows': 4})
+
+  " cmdline area should be cleared when popupmenu that covered it is closed
+  call term_sendkeys(buf, "\<RightMouse>\<RightRelease>\<Esc>")
+  call VerifyScreenDump(buf, 'Test_popupmenu_cmdline_1', {})
+
+  call StopVimInTerminal(buf)
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index b8cc4d9..c17109c 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -696,6 +696,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1480,
+/**/
     1479,
 /**/
     1478,