diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index a984c4c7b..d2febe2f3 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 - **Menu** - Added `flex: 0 0 auto` to menu item to make sure menu do not collapse text content to reduce space
 - **Menu** - Fix text align on `dropdown item` inside `icon menu`
 - **Menu** - Fixed issue with `labeled input` text inside menu not appearing vertically centered
+- **Menu** - Fixed hybrid initialization not creating `menu` correctly. Fixed docs example of hybrid `<select>` initialization
 
 **[Merged PR](https://github.com/Semantic-Org/Semantic-UI/issues?q=is%3Aissue+milestone%3A2.1.0+is%3Aclosed)**
 
diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js b/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
index ebcd718e4..4d255b045 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/dropdown.js
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
               });
             }
           },
+          menu: function() {
+            $menu = $('<div />')
+              .addClass(className.menu)
+              .appendTo($module)
+            ;
+          }
         },
 
         search: function(query) {
@@ -268,6 +274,9 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
               module.setup.select();
               module.setup.returnedObject();
             }
+            if( !module.has.menu() ) {
+              module.create.menu();
+            }
             if( module.is.search() && !module.has.search() ) {
               module.verbose('Adding search input');
               $search = $('<input />')
@@ -278,12 +287,6 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
             if(settings.allowTab) {
               module.set.tabbable();
             }
-            if($menu.length === 0) {
-              $menu = $('<div />')
-                .addClass(className.menu)
-                .appendTo($module)
-              ;
-            }
           },
           select: function() {
             var
@@ -297,7 +300,10 @@ $.fn.dropdown = function(parameters) {
             if($input.parent(selector.dropdown).length > 0) {
               module.debug('UI dropdown already exists. Creating dropdown menu only');
               $module = $input.closest(selector.dropdown);
-              $menu   = $module.children(selector.menu);
+              if( !module.has.menu() ) {
+                module.create.menu();
+              }
+              $menu = $module.children(selector.menu);
               module.setup.menu(selectValues);
             }
             else {