diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index e6227009725..a9978329eb8 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -685,6 +685,11 @@ Without 'dired-hide-details-hide-absolute-location':
 
     /absolute/path/to/my/important/project: (100 GiB available)
 
+---
+*** Clicking on base name of directory reverts buffer.
+When 'dired-make-directory-clickable' is non-nil, clicking on the base
+name of the directory now reverts the Dired buffer.
+
 ** Grep
 
 +++
diff --git a/lisp/dired.el b/lisp/dired.el
index f79a2220bea..9895229694a 100644
--- a/lisp/dired.el
+++ b/lisp/dired.el
@@ -2082,7 +2082,16 @@ mouse-2: visit this file in other window"
                           "<mouse-2>" click
                           "<follow-link>" 'mouse-face
                           "RET" click))))
-          (setq segment-start (point)))))))
+          (setq segment-start (point)))
+        (when (search-forward ":" bound t)
+          (add-text-properties
+           segment-start (1- (point))
+           `(mouse-face highlight
+             help-echo "mouse-1: re-read this buffer's directory"
+             keymap ,(define-keymap
+                       "<mouse-2>" #'revert-buffer
+                       "<follow-link>" 'follow-link
+                       "RET" #'revert-buffer))))))))
 
 (defun dired--get-ellipsis-length ()
   "Return length of ellipsis."