diff --git a/packages/directives/__tests__/click-outside.spec.ts b/packages/directives/__tests__/click-outside.spec.ts
index 7b9c80982d..c7247d47f3 100644
--- a/packages/directives/__tests__/click-outside.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/directives/__tests__/click-outside.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import { withDirectives, h } from 'vue'
 import ClickOutside from '../click-outside'
 
 const AXIOM = 'Rem is the best girl'
@@ -35,6 +36,16 @@ const _mount = () => mount(Component, {
   },
 })
 
+const triggerDocumentClickEvent = () => {
+  const mousedown = document.createEvent('MouseEvents')
+  mousedown.initMouseEvent('mousedown', true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null)
+  document.dispatchEvent(mousedown)
+
+  const mouseup = document.createEvent('MouseEvents')
+  mouseup.initMouseEvent('mouseup', true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null)
+  document.dispatchEvent(mouseup)
+}
+
 describe('Directives.vue', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     // clear the previously assigned event object
@@ -57,13 +68,7 @@ describe('Directives.vue', () => {
     await wrapper.find(`.${TRIGGER}`).trigger('mouseup')
     expect(handler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
 
-    const mousedown = document.createEvent('MouseEvents')
-    mousedown.initMouseEvent('mousedown', true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null)
-    document.dispatchEvent(mousedown)
-
-    const mouseup = document.createEvent('MouseEvents')
-    mouseup.initMouseEvent('mouseup', true, true, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, false, false, false, false, 0, null)
-    document.dispatchEvent(mouseup)
+    triggerDocumentClickEvent()
 
     // here is the different part
     // we test the existence of the local variable.
@@ -71,3 +76,51 @@ describe('Directives.vue', () => {
     expect(mouseupObject).toBeDefined()
   })
 })
+
+describe('Multiple click-outside directives', () => {
+  const firstHandler = jest.fn()
+  const InnerComponent = {
+    template: `<div class="${TRIGGER}" v-click-outside="handler">${AXIOM}</div>`,
+    setup() {
+      return { handler: firstHandler }
+    },
+  }
+
+  const secondHandler = jest.fn()
+  const OuterComponent = {
+    setup() {
+      return () => {
+        const triggerNode = withDirectives(h(InnerComponent), [[ClickOutside, secondHandler]])
+        return h('div', { class: OTHER_CLASS }, triggerNode)
+      }
+    },
+  }
+
+
+  it('should support for multiple directives', async () => {
+    const wrapper = mount(OuterComponent, {
+      global: {
+        directives: {
+          ClickOutside,
+        },
+      },
+    })
+
+    // click inside trigger element
+    await wrapper.find(`.${TRIGGER}`).trigger('mousedown')
+    await wrapper.find(`.${TRIGGER}`).trigger('mouseup')
+    expect(firstHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
+    expect(secondHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0)
+
+    // click outside trigger element
+    triggerDocumentClickEvent()
+    expect(firstHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(secondHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+
+    // update the component instance
+    wrapper.vm.$forceUpdate()
+    triggerDocumentClickEvent()
+    expect(firstHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+    expect(secondHandler).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/directives/click-outside/index.ts b/packages/directives/click-outside/index.ts
index 9c3ec13d11..1bd293f68b 100644
--- a/packages/directives/click-outside/index.ts
+++ b/packages/directives/click-outside/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ type FlushList = Map<
   {
     documentHandler: DocumentHandler
     bindingFn: (...args: unknown[]) => unknown
-  }
+  }[]
 >;
 
 const nodeList: FlushList = new Map()
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ let startClick: MouseEvent
 if (!isServer) {
   on(document, 'mousedown', (e: MouseEvent) => (startClick = e))
   on(document, 'mouseup', (e: MouseEvent) => {
-    for (const { documentHandler } of nodeList.values()) {
-      documentHandler(e, startClick)
+    for (const handlers of nodeList.values()) {
+      for (const { documentHandler } of handlers) {
+        documentHandler(e, startClick)
+      }
     }
   })
 }
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ function createDocumentHandler(
   let excludes: HTMLElement[] = []
   if (Array.isArray(binding.arg)) {
     excludes = binding.arg
-  } else {
+  } else if (binding.arg as unknown instanceof HTMLElement) {
     // due to current implementation on binding type is wrong the type casting is necessary here
     excludes.push(binding.arg as unknown as HTMLElement)
   }
@@ -77,18 +79,37 @@ function createDocumentHandler(
 
 const ClickOutside: ObjectDirective = {
   beforeMount(el, binding) {
-    nodeList.set(el, {
+    // there could be multiple handlers on the element
+    if (!nodeList.has(el)) {
+      nodeList.set(el, [])
+    }
+
+    nodeList.get(el).push({
       documentHandler: createDocumentHandler(el, binding),
       bindingFn: binding.value,
     })
   },
   updated(el, binding) {
-    nodeList.set(el, {
+    if (!nodeList.has(el)) {
+      nodeList.set(el, [])
+    }
+
+    const handlers = nodeList.get(el)
+    const oldHandlerIndex = handlers.findIndex(item => (item.bindingFn === binding.oldValue))
+    const newHandler = {
       documentHandler: createDocumentHandler(el, binding),
       bindingFn: binding.value,
-    })
+    }
+
+    if (oldHandlerIndex >= 0) {
+      // replace the old handler to the new handler
+      handlers.splice(oldHandlerIndex, 1, newHandler)
+    } else {
+      handlers.push(newHandler)
+    }
   },
   unmounted(el) {
+    // remove all listeners when a component unmounted
     nodeList.delete(el)
   },
 }