diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.stories.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.stories.tsx
index c5777c299c..8dd120a7b3 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.stories.tsx
@@ -33,23 +33,22 @@ See the stories below for usage patterns.
 export default meta
 
 export const Introduction: StoryFn = () => {
-  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)
   return (
     <>
-      <Button onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>Open dialog</Button>
-      <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
-        <Dialog.Header>
-          <Dialog.Title>Dialog title</Dialog.Title>
-        </Dialog.Header>
-        <Dialog.Content>
-          This is a short description of the action the user is about to take.
-        </Dialog.Content>
-        <Dialog.Actions>
-          <Button variant="secondary" onClick={() => setOpen(false)}>
-            Cancel
-          </Button>
-          <Button onClick={() => setOpen(false)}>Confirm</Button>
-        </Dialog.Actions>
+      <Dialog>
+        <Dialog.Trigger>Open dialog</Dialog.Trigger>
+        <Dialog.Popup>
+          <Dialog.Header>
+            <Dialog.Title>Dialog title</Dialog.Title>
+          </Dialog.Header>
+          <Dialog.Content>
+            This is a short description of the action the user is about to take.
+          </Dialog.Content>
+          <Dialog.Actions>
+            <Dialog.Close>Close</Dialog.Close>
+            <Button onClick={() => {}}>Confirm</Button>
+          </Dialog.Actions>
+        </Dialog.Popup>
       </Dialog>
     </>
   )
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.tsx b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.tsx
index 1f5d35afb6..9a1d0f9f1b 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.tsx
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.tsx
@@ -11,137 +11,214 @@ import {
   type MouseEvent,
 } from 'react'
 import { close as closeIcon } from '@equinor/eds-icons'
-import { Button } from '../Button'
+import { Button, ButtonProps } from '../Button'
 import { Icon } from '../Icon'
 import type {
   DialogActionsProps,
   DialogContentProps,
   DialogHeaderProps,
+  DialogPopupProps,
   DialogProps,
   DialogTitleProps,
 } from './Dialog.types'
+import { Slot } from '../Slot'
 
 type DialogContextValue = {
   titleId: string | undefined
   registerTitle: (id: string) => () => void
   close: () => void
+  open: boolean
+  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void
+  dialogRef: React.RefObject<HTMLDialogElement | null>
 }
 
 const DialogContext = createContext<DialogContextValue | null>(null)
 
-const DialogRoot = forwardRef<HTMLDialogElement, DialogProps>(function Dialog(
-  {
-    open,
-    onOpenChange,
-    scrim = true,
-    className,
-    children,
-    'aria-labelledby': ariaLabelledBy,
-    'aria-label': ariaLabel,
-    ...rest
-  },
-  ref,
-) {
+const DialogRoot = ({
+  open: openProp,
+  onOpenChange: onOpenChangeProp,
+  children,
+}: DialogProps) => {
   const dialogRef = useRef<HTMLDialogElement | null>(null)
-  // Suppresses the onOpenChange call fired by the native `close` event when
-  // we close the dialog in response to a consumer flipping `open` to false.
-  // Without this, the consumer's setter would be called once externally and
-  // once from handleClose — see review thread on PR #4956.
-  const expectedCloseRef = useRef(false)
-  // Records whether the mousedown that started a click landed on the dialog
-  // element itself. Click fires on the common ancestor of mousedown/up, so a
-  // text-selection drag that overshoots into the backdrop would otherwise be
-  // mistaken for a backdrop click and close the dialog.
-  const mouseDownOnDialogRef = useRef(false)
   const [titleId, setTitleId] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(openProp ?? false)
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const dialog = dialogRef.current
-    if (!dialog) return
-    if (open && !dialog.open) {
-      dialog.showModal()
-    } else if (!open && dialog.open) {
-      expectedCloseRef.current = true
-      dialog.close()
-    }
-  }, [open])
-
-  const setRef = useCallback(
-    (node: HTMLDialogElement | null) => {
-      dialogRef.current = node
-      if (typeof ref === 'function') ref(node)
-      else if (ref) ref.current = node
-    },
-    [ref],
-  )
-
-  const handleClose = () => {
-    if (expectedCloseRef.current) {
-      expectedCloseRef.current = false
-      return
-    }
-    onOpenChange?.(false)
-  }
-
-  const handleMouseDown = (event: MouseEvent<HTMLDialogElement>) => {
-    mouseDownOnDialogRef.current = event.target === dialogRef.current
-  }
-
-  // Native <dialog> reports the dialog itself as the click target when the
-  // backdrop is clicked; children dispatch from their own elements. The
-  // additional mousedown check guards against drag-out from a selection.
-  const handleClick = (event: MouseEvent<HTMLDialogElement>) => {
-    const wasOnBackdrop =
-      event.target === dialogRef.current && mouseDownOnDialogRef.current
-    mouseDownOnDialogRef.current = false
-    if (wasOnBackdrop) dialogRef.current?.close()
-  }
+  const onOpenChange = onOpenChangeProp ?? setOpen
 
   const close = useCallback(() => dialogRef.current?.close(), [])
+
   const registerTitle = useCallback((id: string) => {
     setTitleId(id)
     return () => setTitleId((current) => (current === id ? undefined : current))
   }, [])
 
   const ctxValue = useMemo<DialogContextValue>(
-    () => ({ titleId, registerTitle, close }),
-    [titleId, registerTitle, close],
+    () => ({
+      titleId,
+      registerTitle,
+      close,
+      open,
+      onOpenChange,
+      dialogRef,
+    }),
+    [titleId, registerTitle, close, open, onOpenChange, dialogRef],
   )
 
-  // aria-labelledby resolves to the registered title id when a Dialog.Title is
-  // present. Explicit aria-labelledby or aria-label on Dialog still wins.
-  const resolvedAriaLabelledBy =
-    ariaLabelledBy ?? (ariaLabel ? undefined : titleId)
-
   return (
-    <DialogContext.Provider value={ctxValue}>
-      {/* Native <dialog> doesn't expose ::backdrop as a separately clickable
+    <DialogContext.Provider value={ctxValue}>{children}</DialogContext.Provider>
+  )
+}
+
+const DialogPopup = forwardRef<HTMLDialogElement, DialogPopupProps>(
+  function DialogPopup(
+    {
+      scrim = true,
+      className,
+      children,
+      'aria-labelledby': ariaLabelledBy,
+      'aria-label': ariaLabel,
+      ...rest
+    },
+    ref,
+  ) {
+    // Records whether the mousedown that started a click landed on the dialog
+    // element itself. Click fires on the common ancestor of mousedown/up, so a
+    // text-selection drag that overshoots into the backdrop would otherwise be
+    // mistaken for a backdrop click and close the dialog.
+    const mouseDownOnDialogRef = useRef(false)
+    const ctx = useDialogContext()
+    const expectedCloseRef = useRef(false)
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const dialog = ctx.dialogRef.current
+      if (!dialog) return
+      if (ctx.open && !dialog.open) {
+        dialog.showModal()
+      } else if (!ctx.open && dialog.open) {
+        expectedCloseRef.current = true
+        dialog.close()
+      }
+    }, [ctx.open, ctx.dialogRef])
+
+    const setRef = useCallback(
+      (node: HTMLDialogElement | null) => {
+        ctx.dialogRef.current = node
+        if (typeof ref === 'function') ref(node)
+        else if (ref) ref.current = node
+      },
+      [ref, ctx],
+    )
+
+    const resolvedAriaLabelledBy =
+      ariaLabelledBy ?? (ariaLabel ? undefined : ctx?.titleId)
+    const handleClose = () => {
+      if (expectedCloseRef.current) {
+        expectedCloseRef.current = false
+        return
+      }
+      ctx?.onOpenChange?.(false)
+    }
+
+    const handleMouseDown = (event: MouseEvent<HTMLDialogElement>) => {
+      mouseDownOnDialogRef.current = event.target === ctx?.dialogRef.current
+    }
+
+    // Native <dialog> reports the dialog itself as the click target when the
+    // backdrop is clicked; children dispatch from their own elements. The
+    // additional mousedown check guards against drag-out from a selection.
+    const handleClick = (event: MouseEvent<HTMLDialogElement>) => {
+      const wasOnBackdrop =
+        event.target === ctx?.dialogRef.current && mouseDownOnDialogRef.current
+      mouseDownOnDialogRef.current = false
+      if (wasOnBackdrop) ctx?.dialogRef.current?.close()
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <>
+        {/* Native <dialog> doesn't expose ::backdrop as a separately clickable
           element; a click whose target is the dialog itself comes from the
           backdrop. Keyboard dismissal (Escape) is handled by the native
           dialog and emits the `close` event we already wire up — no extra
           key handler. */}
-      {/* eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events, jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-interactions */}
-      <dialog
-        ref={setRef}
-        className={['eds-dialog', className].filter(Boolean).join(' ')}
-        data-scrim={scrim || undefined}
-        aria-labelledby={resolvedAriaLabelledBy}
-        aria-label={ariaLabel}
-        onClose={handleClose}
-        onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
-        onClick={handleClick}
-        {...rest}
-      >
+        {/* eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events, jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-interactions */}
+        <dialog
+          ref={setRef}
+          className={['eds-dialog', className].filter(Boolean).join(' ')}
+          data-scrim={scrim || undefined}
+          aria-labelledby={resolvedAriaLabelledBy}
+          aria-label={ariaLabel}
+          onClose={handleClose}
+          onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
+          onClick={handleClick}
+          {...rest}
+        >
+          {children}
+        </dialog>
+      </>
+    )
+  },
+)
+DialogPopup.displayName = 'Dialog.Popup'
+
+const DialogTrigger = forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ButtonProps>(
+  function DialogTrigger(
+    { className, children, asChild, onClick, ...rest },
+    ref,
+  ) {
+    const ctx = useDialogContext()
+    const classes = ['dialog-button', className].filter(Boolean).join(' ')
+    const onClickHandler = (e: MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+      ctx.onOpenChange(true)
+      onClick?.(e)
+    }
+
+    const sharedProps = {
+      ref,
+      className: classes,
+      onClick: onClickHandler,
+      ...rest,
+    }
+    if (asChild) {
+      return <Slot {...sharedProps}>{children}</Slot>
+    }
+    return <Button {...sharedProps}>{children}</Button>
+  },
+)
+DialogTrigger.displayName = 'Dialog.Trigger'
+
+const DialogClose = forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, ButtonProps>(
+  function DialogClose(
+    { className, children, asChild, onClick, ...rest },
+    ref,
+  ) {
+    const ctx = useDialogContext()
+    const classes = ['dialog-button', className].filter(Boolean).join(' ')
+    const onClickHandler = (e: MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => {
+      ctx.close()
+      onClick?.(e)
+    }
+
+    const sharedProps = {
+      ref,
+      className: classes,
+      onClick: onClickHandler,
+      ...rest,
+    }
+    if (asChild) {
+      return <Slot {...sharedProps}>{children}</Slot>
+    }
+
+    return (
+      <Button variant="secondary" {...sharedProps}>
         {children}
-      </dialog>
-    </DialogContext.Provider>
-  )
-})
-DialogRoot.displayName = 'Dialog'
+      </Button>
+    )
+  },
+)
+DialogClose.displayName = 'Dialog.Close'
 
 const DialogHeader = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, DialogHeaderProps>(
   function DialogHeader({ children, className, ...rest }, ref) {
-    const ctx = useContext(DialogContext)
+    const ctx = useDialogContext()
     return (
       <div
         ref={ref}
@@ -155,7 +232,7 @@ const DialogHeader = forwardRef<HTMLDivElement, DialogHeaderProps>(
           tone="accent"
           icon
           round
-          onClick={() => ctx?.close()}
+          onClick={() => ctx.close()}
           aria-label="Close"
         >
           <Icon data={closeIcon} />
@@ -168,12 +245,11 @@ DialogHeader.displayName = 'Dialog.Header'
 
 const DialogTitle = forwardRef<HTMLHeadingElement, DialogTitleProps>(
   function DialogTitle({ id, className, children, ...rest }, ref) {
-    const ctx = useContext(DialogContext)
+    const ctx = useDialogContext()
     const generatedId = useId()
     const resolvedId = id ?? generatedId
 
     useEffect(() => {
-      if (!ctx) return
       return ctx.registerTitle(resolvedId)
     }, [ctx, resolvedId])
 
@@ -226,6 +302,9 @@ type CompoundDialog = typeof DialogRoot & {
   Title: typeof DialogTitle
   Content: typeof DialogContent
   Actions: typeof DialogActions
+  Trigger: typeof DialogTrigger
+  Popup: typeof DialogPopup
+  Close: typeof DialogClose
 }
 
 export const Dialog = DialogRoot as CompoundDialog
@@ -233,3 +312,14 @@ Dialog.Header = DialogHeader
 Dialog.Title = DialogTitle
 Dialog.Content = DialogContent
 Dialog.Actions = DialogActions
+Dialog.Trigger = DialogTrigger
+Dialog.Popup = DialogPopup
+Dialog.Close = DialogClose
+
+const useDialogContext = () => {
+  const ctx = useContext(DialogContext)
+  if (!ctx) {
+    throw new Error('Dialog compound components must be wrapped in <Dialog />')
+  }
+  return ctx
+}
diff --git a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.types.ts b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.types.ts
index f32f5c1466..38904063b8 100644
--- a/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.types.ts
+++ b/packages/eds-core-react/src/components/next/Dialog/Dialog.types.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ export type DialogProps = {
    * Controlled open state. When true, the dialog is shown via the native
    * `HTMLDialogElement.showModal()` (modal mode: focus trap + inert background).
    */
-  open: boolean
+  open?: boolean
   /**
    * Called when the dialog requests to close — via Escape key, backdrop click,
    * or the header close button. Update your `open` state in response; the
    * component is fully controlled.
    */
-  onOpenChange: (open: boolean) => void
+  onOpenChange?: (open: boolean) => void
+  children: ReactNode
+}
+
+export type DialogPopupProps = {
   /**
    * Whether to render a visible backdrop (scrim) behind the dialog.
    * Defaults to true. Set to false for transparent backdrops.