diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.js
index 57cea883c75c..5a0807dc6595 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/index.js
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 
 		this.onSetup = this.onSetup.bind( this );
 		this.onFocus = this.onFocus.bind( this );
+		this.onBlur = this.onBlur.bind( this );
 		this.onChange = this.onChange.bind( this );
 		this.onDeleteKeyDown = this.onDeleteKeyDown.bind( this );
 		this.onKeyDown = this.onKeyDown.bind( this );
@@ -129,14 +130,6 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		this.lastHistoryValue = value;
 	}
 
-	componentDidMount() {
-		document.addEventListener( 'selectionchange', this.onSelectionChange );
-	}
-
-	componentWillUnmount() {
-		document.removeEventListener( 'selectionchange', this.onSelectionChange );
-	}
-
 	setRef( node ) {
 		this.editableRef = node;
 	}
@@ -354,6 +347,12 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 		if ( unstableOnFocus ) {
 			unstableOnFocus();
 		}
+
+		document.addEventListener( 'selectionchange', this.onSelectionChange );
+	}
+
+	onBlur() {
+		document.removeEventListener( 'selectionchange', this.onSelectionChange );
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -891,6 +890,7 @@ export class RichText extends Component {
 								onCompositionEnd={ this.onCompositionEnd }
 								onKeyDown={ this.onKeyDown }
 								onFocus={ this.onFocus }
+								onBlur={ this.onBlur }
 								multilineTag={ this.multilineTag }
 								multilineWrapperTags={ this.multilineWrapperTags }
 								setRef={ this.setRef }
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/tinymce.js b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/tinymce.js
index 3a825fb995af..a29117bdce24 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/tinymce.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/tinymce.js
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ export default class TinyMCE extends Component {
 			onInput,
 			onKeyDown,
 			onCompositionEnd,
+			onBlur,
 		} = this.props;
 
 		/*
@@ -377,6 +378,7 @@ export default class TinyMCE extends Component {
 			onPaste,
 			onInput,
 			onFocus: this.onFocus,
+			onBlur,
 			onKeyDown,
 			onCompositionEnd,
 		} );