diff --git a/packages/material-ui/src/Popover/Popover.js b/packages/material-ui/src/Popover/Popover.js
index 24c186276d5e70..751ddc431261a8 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/src/Popover/Popover.js
+++ b/packages/material-ui/src/Popover/Popover.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import debounce from 'debounce'; // < 1kb payload overhead when lodash/debounce
 import EventListener from 'react-event-listener';
 import ownerDocument from '../utils/ownerDocument';
 import ownerWindow from '../utils/ownerWindow';
+import { createChainedFunction } from '../utils/helpers';
 import withStyles from '../styles/withStyles';
 import Modal from '../Modal';
 import Grow from '../Grow';
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ class Popover extends React.Component {
       transformOrigin,
       TransitionComponent,
       transitionDuration: transitionDurationProp,
-      TransitionProps,
+      TransitionProps = {},
       ...other
     } = this.props;
 
@@ -329,13 +330,13 @@ class Popover extends React.Component {
           in={open}
           onEnter={onEnter}
           onEntered={onEntered}
-          onEntering={this.handleEntering}
           onExit={onExit}
           onExited={onExited}
           onExiting={onExiting}
           role={role}
           timeout={transitionDuration}
           {...TransitionProps}
+          onEntering={createChainedFunction(this.handleEntering, TransitionProps.onEntering)}
         >
           <Paper
             className={classes.paper}
diff --git a/packages/material-ui/src/Popover/Popover.test.js b/packages/material-ui/src/Popover/Popover.test.js
index 731e39d5005a45..b9e702ad6b50fb 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/src/Popover/Popover.test.js
+++ b/packages/material-ui/src/Popover/Popover.test.js
@@ -845,4 +845,20 @@ describe('<Popover />', () => {
       assert.strictEqual(wrapper.find(TransitionComponent).props().timeout, undefined);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('prop: TransitionProp', () => {
+    it('should fire Popover transition event callbacks', () => {
+      const handler1 = spy();
+      const handler2 = spy();
+      const wrapper = shallow(
+        <Popover {...defaultProps} TransitionProps={{ onEntering: handler2 }} onEntering={handler1}>
+          <div />
+        </Popover>,
+      );
+
+      wrapper.find(Grow).simulate('entering', { style: {} });
+      assert.strictEqual(handler1.callCount, 1);
+      assert.strictEqual(handler2.callCount, 1);
+    });
+  });
 });