diff --git a/src/app/components/api/overlayoptions.ts b/src/app/components/api/overlayoptions.ts
index 8e0dbcda604..476666bd8d6 100644
--- a/src/app/components/api/overlayoptions.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/api/overlayoptions.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ export interface OverlayOnShowEvent {
     mode?: OverlayModeType;
 }
 
+export interface OverlayOnBeforeShowEvent extends OverlayOnShowEvent {}
+
+export interface OverlayOnBeforeHideEvent extends OverlayOnBeforeShowEvent {}
+
 export interface OverlayOnHideEvent extends OverlayOnShowEvent {}
 
 export interface OverlayOptions {
@@ -39,7 +43,9 @@ export interface OverlayOptions {
     hideTransitionOptions?: string;
     listener?: (event: Event, options?: OverlayListenerOptions) => boolean | void;
     responsive?: ResponsiveOverlayOptions | undefined;
+    onBeforeShow?: (event?: OverlayOnBeforeShowEvent) => void;
     onShow?: (event?: OverlayOnShowEvent) => void;
+    onBeforeHide?: (event?: OverlayOnBeforeHideEvent) => void;
     onHide?: (event?: OverlayOnHideEvent) => void;
     onAnimationStart?: (event?: AnimationEvent) => void;
     onAnimationDone?: (event?: AnimationEvent) => void;
diff --git a/src/app/components/overlay/overlay.ts b/src/app/components/overlay/overlay.ts
index 98157581b76..89acf31f30c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/overlay/overlay.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/overlay/overlay.ts
@@ -156,8 +156,12 @@ export class Overlay implements OnDestroy {
         this._options = val;
     }
 
+    @Output() onBeforeShow: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
+
     @Output() onShow: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
 
+    @Output() onBeforeHide: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
+
     @Output() onHide: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
 
     @Output() onAnimationStart: EventEmitter<any> = new EventEmitter();
@@ -277,6 +281,8 @@ export class Overlay implements OnDestroy {
     onOverlayContentAnimationStart(event: AnimationEvent) {
         switch (event.toState) {
             case 'visible':
+                this.handleEvents('onBeforeShow', { overlay: this.overlayEl, target: this.targetEl, mode: this.overlayMode });
+
                 if (this.autoZIndex) {
                     ZIndexUtils.set(this.overlayMode, this.overlayEl, this.baseZIndex + this.config?.zIndex[this.overlayMode]);
                 }
@@ -288,6 +294,8 @@ export class Overlay implements OnDestroy {
                 break;
 
             case 'void':
+                this.handleEvents('onBeforeHide', { overlay: this.overlayEl, target: this.targetEl, mode: this.overlayMode });
+
                 DomHandler.appendOverlay(this.overlayEl, this.targetEl, this.appendTo);
                 this.modal && DomHandler.addClass(this.overlayEl, 'p-component-overlay-leave');
                 this.unbindListeners();