diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dropdown.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dropdown.dart
index a4a22b5455..58f59548d2 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dropdown.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dropdown.dart
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ class _DropdownMenuRouteLayout<T> extends SingleChildLayoutDelegate {
     // with which to dismiss the menu.
     //   -- https://material.google.com/components/menus.html#menus-simple-menus
     final double maxHeight = math.max(0.0, constraints.maxHeight - 2 * _kMenuItemHeight);
-    final double width = buttonRect.width + 8.0;
+    // The width of a menu should be at most the view width. This ensures that
+    // the menu does not extend past the left and right edges of the screen.
+    final double width = math.min(constraints.maxWidth, buttonRect.width + 8.0);
     return new BoxConstraints(
       minWidth: width,
       maxWidth: width,
@@ -225,9 +227,7 @@ class _DropdownMenuRouteLayout<T> extends SingleChildLayoutDelegate {
       }
       return true;
     });
-
-    final double width = buttonRect.width + 8.0;
-    return new Offset(buttonRect.left.clamp(0.0, size.width - width), menuTop);
+    return new Offset(buttonRect.left.clamp(0.0, size.width - childSize.width), menuTop);
   }
 
   @override
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/material/dropdown_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/material/dropdown_test.dart
index fbeac1bda6..22f451943d 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/material/dropdown_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/material/dropdown_test.dart
@@ -164,6 +164,41 @@ void main() {
     expect(value, equals('two'));
   });
 
+  testWidgets('Dropdown in ListView', (WidgetTester tester) async {
+    // Regression test for https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/12053
+    // Positions a DropdownButton at the left and right edges of the screen,
+    // forcing it to be sized down to the viewport width
+    final String value = 'foo';
+    final UniqueKey itemKey = new UniqueKey();
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      new MaterialApp(
+        home: new Material(
+          child: new ListView(
+            children: <Widget>[
+              new DropdownButton<String>(
+                value: value,
+                items: <DropdownMenuItem<String>>[
+                  new DropdownMenuItem<String>(
+                    key: itemKey,
+                    value: value,
+                    child: new Text(value),
+                  ),
+                ],
+                onChanged: (_) {},
+              ),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+    await tester.tap(find.text(value));
+    await tester.pump();
+    final List<RenderBox> itemBoxes = tester.renderObjectList(find.byKey(itemKey)).toList();
+    expect(itemBoxes[0].localToGlobal(Offset.zero).dx, equals(0.0));
+    expect(itemBoxes[1].localToGlobal(Offset.zero).dx, equals(16.0));
+    expect(itemBoxes[1].size.width, equals(800.0 - 16.0 * 2));
+  });
+
   testWidgets('Dropdown screen edges', (WidgetTester tester) async {
     int value = 4;
     final List<DropdownMenuItem<int>> items = <DropdownMenuItem<int>>[];