diff --git a/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html b/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
index 04bc6067ac..171530ecde 100644
--- a/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
+++ b/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.html
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <div class="nav-item dropdown expandable-navbar-section"
     *ngVar="(active | async) as isActive"
     (keyup.enter)="isActive ? deactivateSection($event) : activateSection($event)"
+    (keyup.space)="isActive ? deactivateSection($event) : activateSection($event)"
     (mouseenter)="activateSection($event)"
     (mouseleave)="deactivateSection($event)">
     <a href="#" class="nav-link dropdown-toggle" routerLinkActive="active"
diff --git a/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.spec.ts b/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.spec.ts
index 6b7c3d4bfc..488c9ab251 100644
--- a/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/navbar/expandable-navbar-section/expandable-navbar-section.component.spec.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,42 @@ describe('ExpandableNavbarSectionComponent', () => {
       });
     });
 
+    describe('when spacebar is pressed on section header (while inactive)', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(menuService, 'activateSection');
+        // Make sure section is 'inactive'. Requires calling ngOnInit() to update component 'active' property.
+        spyOn(menuService, 'isSectionActive').and.returnValue(observableOf(false));
+        component.ngOnInit();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const sidebarToggler = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.nav-item.dropdown'));
+        // dispatch the (keyup.space) action used in our component HTML
+        sidebarToggler.nativeElement.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keyup', { key: ' ' }));
+      });
+
+      it('should call activateSection on the menuService', () => {
+        expect(menuService.activateSection).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('when spacebar is pressed on section header (while active)', () => {
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        spyOn(menuService, 'deactivateSection');
+        // Make sure section is 'active'. Requires calling ngOnInit() to update component 'active' property.
+        spyOn(menuService, 'isSectionActive').and.returnValue(observableOf(true));
+        component.ngOnInit();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        const sidebarToggler = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('div.nav-item.dropdown'));
+        // dispatch the (keyup.space) action used in our component HTML
+        sidebarToggler.nativeElement.dispatchEvent(new KeyboardEvent('keyup', { key: ' ' }));
+      });
+
+      it('should call deactivateSection on the menuService', () => {
+        expect(menuService.deactivateSection).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      });
+    });
+
     describe('when a click occurs on the section header', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         spyOn(menuService, 'toggleActiveSection');