diff --git a/src/app/components/table/table.ts b/src/app/components/table/table.ts
index ff4a8f7530a..bbe6d9090ec 100755
--- a/src/app/components/table/table.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/table/table.ts
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ export class Table implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, Blockable
                             this._selection = null;
                             this.selectionKeys = {};
                             this.selectionChange.emit(this.selection);
-                            this.onRowUnselect.emit({ originalEvent: event.originalEvent, data: rowData, type: 'row' });
+                            this.onRowUnselect.emit({ originalEvent: event.originalEvent, data: rowData, type: 'row', index: event.rowIndex });
                         }
                         else {
                             this._selection = rowData;
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ export class Table implements OnInit, AfterViewInit, AfterContentInit, Blockable
                             let selectionIndex = this.findIndexInSelection(rowData);
                             this._selection = this.selection.filter((val, i) => i != selectionIndex);
                             this.selectionChange.emit(this.selection);
-                            this.onRowUnselect.emit({ originalEvent: event.originalEvent, data: rowData, type: 'row' });
+                            this.onRowUnselect.emit({ originalEvent: event.originalEvent, data: rowData, type: 'row', index: event.rowIndex });
                             if (dataKeyValue) {
                                 delete this.selectionKeys[dataKeyValue];
                             }
diff --git a/src/app/showcase/components/table/tabledemo.html b/src/app/showcase/components/table/tabledemo.html
index 7840d5a96bb..ccdccad0d3d 100755
--- a/src/app/showcase/components/table/tabledemo.html
+++ b/src/app/showcase/components/table/tabledemo.html
@@ -3267,7 +3267,8 @@ <h3>Events</h3>
                             <td>onRowUnselect</td>
                             <td>event.originalEvent: Browser event <br>
                                 event.data: Unselected data <br >
-                                event.type: Type of unselection, valid values are "row" and "checkbox"</td>
+                                event.type: Type of unselection, valid values are "row" and "checkbox"<br>
+                                event.index: Index of the row</td>
                             <td>Callback to invoke when a row is unselected.</td>
                         </tr>
                         <tr>