diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMEventListener-test.js b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMEventListener-test.js
index 81bbeadf32..cbe9bd985c 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMEventListener-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/__tests__/ReactDOMEventListener-test.js
@@ -502,6 +502,39 @@ describe('ReactDOMEventListener', () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it('should delegate dialog events even without a direct listener', () => {
+    const container = document.createElement('div');
+    const ref = React.createRef();
+    const onCancel = jest.fn();
+    const onClose = jest.fn();
+    document.body.appendChild(container);
+    try {
+      ReactDOM.render(
+        <div onCancel={onCancel} onClose={onClose}>
+          {/* Intentionally no handler on the target: */}
+          <dialog ref={ref} />
+        </div>,
+        container,
+      );
+      ref.current.dispatchEvent(
+        new Event('close', {
+          bubbles: false,
+        }),
+      );
+      ref.current.dispatchEvent(
+        new Event('cancel', {
+          bubbles: false,
+        }),
+      );
+      // Regression test: ensure React tree delegation still works
+      // even if the actual DOM element did not have a handler.
+      expect(onCancel).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+      expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    } finally {
+      document.body.removeChild(container);
+    }
+  });
+
   it('should bubble non-native bubbling events', () => {
     const container = document.createElement('div');
     const ref = React.createRef();
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
index bcfe629153..aac854afc1 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMComponent.js
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ import {
   TOP_ERROR,
   TOP_TOGGLE,
   TOP_INVALID,
+  TOP_CANCEL,
+  TOP_CLOSE,
 } from '../events/DOMTopLevelEventTypes';
 
 let didWarnInvalidHydration = false;
@@ -539,6 +541,11 @@ export function setInitialProperties(
   // TODO: Make sure that we check isMounted before firing any of these events.
   let props: Object;
   switch (tag) {
+    case 'dialog':
+      listenToNonDelegatedEvent(TOP_CANCEL, domElement);
+      listenToNonDelegatedEvent(TOP_CLOSE, domElement);
+      props = rawProps;
+      break;
     case 'iframe':
     case 'object':
     case 'embed':
@@ -939,6 +946,10 @@ export function diffHydratedProperties(
 
   // TODO: Make sure that we check isMounted before firing any of these events.
   switch (tag) {
+    case 'dialog':
+      listenToNonDelegatedEvent(TOP_CANCEL, domElement);
+      listenToNonDelegatedEvent(TOP_CLOSE, domElement);
+      break;
     case 'iframe':
     case 'object':
     case 'embed':