diff --git a/src/Modal.js b/src/Modal.js
index 91e5ca566..b521c2508 100644
--- a/src/Modal.js
+++ b/src/Modal.js
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class Modal extends React.Component {
 
     this._element = null;
     this._originalBodyPadding = null;
+    this._originalBodyOverflow = null;
     this.getFocusableChildren = this.getFocusableChildren.bind(this);
     this.handleBackdropClick = this.handleBackdropClick.bind(this);
     this.handleBackdropMouseDown = this.handleBackdropMouseDown.bind(this);
@@ -339,6 +340,7 @@ class Modal extends React.Component {
     }
 
     this._originalBodyPadding = getOriginalBodyPadding();
+    this._originalBodyOverflow = window.getComputedStyle(document.body).overflow;
     conditionallyUpdateScrollbar();
 
     if (Modal.openCount === 0) {
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ class Modal extends React.Component {
         document.body.className,
         mapToCssModules('modal-open', this.props.cssModule)
       );
+      document.body.style.overflow = 'hidden';
     }
 
     this.modalIndex = Modal.openCount;
@@ -375,6 +378,7 @@ class Modal extends React.Component {
       // Use regex to prevent matching `modal-open` as part of a different class, e.g. `my-modal-opened`
       const modalOpenClassNameRegex = new RegExp(`(^| )${modalOpenClassName}( |$)`);
       document.body.className = document.body.className.replace(modalOpenClassNameRegex, ' ').trim();
+      document.body.style.overflow = this._originalBodyOverflow;
     }
     this.manageFocusAfterClose();
     Modal.openCount = Math.max(0, Modal.openCount - 1);