diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES.md b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
index fe812e785..d3735a76e 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - **Form** - `<select>` now receive error formatting on `form error` **Thanks @davialexandre**
 - **Transition** - Added more reasonable default durations for each animation
 - **Loader** - `inline loader` now has a `centered` variation
+- **Modal** - Modal no longer hides and reshows dimmer when opening a modal with another modal open with `exclusive: true`
 - **Popup** - Added `exclusive` parameter to automatically close other popups on open
 - **Transition** - Added `toggle` behavior and docs for `show` and `hide`
 - **Transition** - transition now has `stop`, `stop all`, and `clear queue` for removing transitions, (undocumented method `stop`, and `start` renamed to `enable` and `disable`)
diff --git a/src/definitions/modules/modal.js b/src/definitions/modules/modal.js
index d88fb69d6..47e08ea00 100644
--- a/src/definitions/modules/modal.js
+++ b/src/definitions/modules/modal.js
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ $.fn.modal = function(parameters) {
             module.set.type();
             module.set.clickaway();
 
-            if( !settings.allowMultiple && $otherModals.filter(':visible').length > 0) {
+            if( !settings.allowMultiple && $otherModals.filter('.' + className.active).length > 0) {
               module.debug('Other modals visible, queueing show animation');
               module.hideOthers(module.showModal);
             }
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ $.fn.modal = function(parameters) {
           }
         },
 
-        hideModal: function(callback) {
+        hideModal: function(callback, keepDimmed) {
           callback = $.isFunction(callback)
             ? callback
             : function(){}
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ $.fn.modal = function(parameters) {
                   duration    : settings.duration,
                   useFailSafe : true,
                   onStart     : function() {
-                    if( !module.othersActive() ) {
+                    if(!module.othersActive() && !keepDimmed) {
                       module.hideDimmer();
                     }
                     module.remove.keyboardShortcuts();
@@ -422,30 +422,34 @@ $.fn.modal = function(parameters) {
         },
 
         hideAll: function(callback) {
+          var
+            $visibleModals = $allModals.filter(':visible')
+          ;
           callback = $.isFunction(callback)
             ? callback
             : function(){}
           ;
-          if( $allModals.is(':visible') ) {
+          if( $visibleModals.length > 0 ) {
             module.debug('Hiding all visible modals');
             module.hideDimmer();
-            $allModals
-              .filter(':visible')
-                .modal('hide modal', callback)
+            $visibleModals
+              .modal('hide modal', callback)
             ;
           }
         },
 
         hideOthers: function(callback) {
+          var
+            $visibleModals = $otherModals.filter(':visible')
+          ;
           callback = $.isFunction(callback)
             ? callback
             : function(){}
           ;
-          if( $otherModals.is(':visible') ) {
+          if( $visibleModals.length > 0 ) {
             module.debug('Hiding other modals', $otherModals);
-            $otherModals
-              .filter(':visible')
-                .modal('hide modal', callback)
+            $visibleModals
+              .modal('hide modal', callback, true)
             ;
           }
         },