diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/header.stories.mdx b/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/header.stories.mdx
index d546e5c5e..bffd410b7 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/header.stories.mdx
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/header.stories.mdx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Meta, Story, Preview } from '@storybook/addon-docs/blocks';
 import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
 import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
-import { text, boolean } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';
+import { text, boolean, select } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';
 
 <Meta title="Rose|Header" component="Header" />
 
@@ -24,12 +24,14 @@ A header component that allows three distinct sections to be configured: brand,
   </header.nav>
 
   <header.utilities as |utilities|>
-    <utilities.dropdown as |dropdown|>
-      <dropdown.trigger>Click me</dropdown.trigger>
-      <dropdown.content as |content|>
-        <content.link @route="about">link</content.link>
-        <content.button>button</content.button>
-      </dropdown.content>
+    <utilities.dropdown
+      @text="user@example.net"
+      @iconOnly={{true}}
+      @icon="user-square-fill" as |dropdown|
+    >
+      <dropdown.link @route="index">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+      <dropdown.link @route="about">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+      <dropdown.button>Button menu item</dropdown.button>
     </utilities.dropdown>
   </header.utilities>
 </Rose::Header>
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ A header component that allows three distinct sections to be configured: brand,
   <Story name="Basic">{{
     template: hbs`
     <Rose::Header as |header|>
-      <header.brand @logo="logo" @text="Product Name" />
+      <header.brand @logo="logo" @text={{brandName}} />
       <header.nav as |nav|>
         <nav.dropdown @text="org-name" as |dropdown|>
           <dropdown.link @route="index">Menu item</dropdown.link>
@@ -50,21 +52,31 @@ A header component that allows three distinct sections to be configured: brand,
         <nav.link @route="about">Section</nav.link>
       </header.nav>
       <header.utilities as |utilities|>
-        <utilities.dropdown @alignRight={{true}} as |dropdown|>
-          <dropdown.trigger><Rose::Icon @name="user-square-outline" /></dropdown.trigger>
-          <dropdown.content as |content|>
-            <content.link @route="about">link</content.link>
-            <content.button>button</content.button>
-          </dropdown.content>
+        <utilities.dropdown
+          @text="user@example.net"
+          @iconOnly={{true}}
+          @icon={{dropdownIcon}} as |dropdown|
+        >
+          <dropdown.link @route="index">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+          <dropdown.link @route="about">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+          <dropdown.button>Button menu item</dropdown.button>
         </utilities.dropdown>
       </header.utilities>
     </Rose::Header>
     `,
     context: {
-      'nav-dropdown-label': text('nav-dropdown-label', 'org-name'),
-      'nav-dropdown-link-label': text('nav-dropdown-link-label', 'Menu Item'),
-      'nav-dropdown-button-label': text('nav-dropdown-button-label', 'Menu Item'),
-      'nav-link-label': text('nav-link-label', 'Section'),
+      brandName: text('brandName', 'Brand Name'),
+      dropdownIcon: select(
+        'dropdownIcon',
+        {
+          'user-square-fill': 'user-square-fill',
+          'check-circle-outline': 'check-circle-outline',
+          'copy-action': 'copy-action',
+          'unfold-more': 'unfold-more',
+          'unfold-less': 'unfold-less',
+        },
+        'user-square-fill'
+      ),
     },
   }}</Story>
 </Preview>
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_catchall.scss b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_catchall.scss
index 0d01e8090..dddb4761a 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_catchall.scss
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_catchall.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 .rose-header-nav,
 .rose-header-utilities {
   .rose-header-dropdown {
-
     .rose-header-dropdown-content {
       position: absolute;
       background-color: var(--white);
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@
       &.rose-header-dropdown-content-right {
         right: sizing.rems(s);
       }
-
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_dropdown.scss b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_dropdown.scss
index 3584c3126..bf6ab366d 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_dropdown.scss
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_dropdown.scss
@@ -12,10 +12,30 @@ $dropdown-chevron: (
 
   .rose-header-dropdown-trigger {
     cursor: default;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    display: flex;
+    align-items: center;
     color: var(--white);
     background: url(map.get($dropdown-chevron, default)) no-repeat right center;
+    background-size: sizing.rems(m);
     margin-right: sizing.rems(s);
-    padding-right: sizing.rems(l);
+    padding-right: sizing.rems(l) - sizing.rems(xxs);
+    $lineHeight: 48 / 16;
+    line-height: $lineHeight;
+
+    &.icon-only {
+      padding-right: sizing.rems(m);
+
+      .rose-header-dropdown-trigger-text {
+        // TODO: factor out into visually-hidden mixin utility
+        position: absolute;
+        left: -1000px;
+        top: -1000px;
+        width: 1px;
+        height: 1px;
+        opacity: 0;
+      }
+    }
 
     // Hide default twistie triangle
     // Webkit / Chromium
@@ -27,6 +47,15 @@ $dropdown-chevron: (
     &::marker {
       display: none;
     }
+
+    .rose-icon {
+      display: inline-block;
+      height: var(--size);
+
+      > svg {
+        vertical-align: top;
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   .rose-header-dropdown-content {
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_index.scss b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_index.scss
index fd0595fe6..6ba8aba30 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_index.scss
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_index.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 @import 'brand';
 @import 'nav';
+@import 'utilities';
 @import 'link';
 @import 'dropdown';
 
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_utilities.scss b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_utilities.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad28137ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/header/_utilities.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@use '../../variables/sizing';
+
+.rose-header-utilities {
+  grid-area: utilities;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  flex-direction: row-reverse;
+  align-items: center;
+}
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header.hbs b/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header.hbs
index 0d3efc51a..2d355f398 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header.hbs
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header.hbs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-<header ...attributes
- class="rose-header" >
+<header
+  ...attributes
+  class="rose-header"
+>
   {{yield (hash
     brand=(component 'rose/header/brand')
     utilities=(component 'rose/header/utilities')
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header/dropdown.hbs b/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header/dropdown.hbs
index f9376ddfe..86406b2d9 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header/dropdown.hbs
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header/dropdown.hbs
@@ -4,8 +4,22 @@
   {{on-click-outside this.close}}
 >
 
-  <summary class="rose-header-dropdown-trigger">
-    {{@text}}
+  <summary
+    class="rose-header-dropdown-trigger{{if @iconOnly " icon-only"}}"
+    title={{@text}}
+  >
+
+    {{#if @icon}}
+      <Rose::Icon
+        @name={{@icon}}
+        @size="large"
+      />
+    {{/if}}
+
+    <span class="rose-header-dropdown-trigger-text">
+      {{@text}}
+    </span>
+
   </summary>
 
   <div class="rose-header-dropdown-content">
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header/utilities.hbs b/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header/utilities.hbs
index eefb15e8d..6ee49e33f 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header/utilities.hbs
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/header/utilities.hbs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-<span class="rose-header-utilities">
-  <span class="rose-header-utilities-flex">
-    {{yield (hash
-      dropdown=(component 'rose/header/dropdown' position="true")
-    )}}
-  </span>
-</span>
+<div class="rose-header-utilities">
+  {{yield (hash
+    dropdown=(component 'rose/header/dropdown' alignRight=true)
+  )}}
+</div>
diff --git a/addons/rose/tests/dummy/app/templates/index.hbs b/addons/rose/tests/dummy/app/templates/index.hbs
index aaa68d9be..400f1d6f1 100644
--- a/addons/rose/tests/dummy/app/templates/index.hbs
+++ b/addons/rose/tests/dummy/app/templates/index.hbs
@@ -12,17 +12,19 @@
     <nav.link @route="about">Section</nav.link>
   </header.nav>
 
-  {{!--
+
   <header.utilities as |utilities|>
-    <utilities.dropdown @alignRight={{true}} as |dropdown|>
-      <dropdown.trigger><Rose::Icon @name="user-square-outline" /></dropdown.trigger>
-      <dropdown.content as |content|>
-        <content.link @route="about">link</content.link>
-        <content.button>button</content.button>
-      </dropdown.content>
+    <utilities.dropdown
+      @text="user@example.net"
+      @iconOnly={{true}}
+      @icon="user-square-fill" as |dropdown|
+    >
+      <dropdown.link @route="index">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+      <dropdown.link @route="about">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+      <dropdown.button>Button menu item</dropdown.button>
     </utilities.dropdown>
   </header.utilities>
-  --}}
+
 </Rose::Header>
 
 
diff --git a/addons/rose/tests/integration/components/rose/header/dropdown-test.js b/addons/rose/tests/integration/components/rose/header/dropdown-test.js
index fcb355cf1..96806b98b 100644
--- a/addons/rose/tests/integration/components/rose/header/dropdown-test.js
+++ b/addons/rose/tests/integration/components/rose/header/dropdown-test.js
@@ -27,6 +27,21 @@ module('Integration | Component | rose/header/dropdown', function (hooks) {
     );
   });
 
+  test('it supports an icon', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<Rose::Header::Dropdown @icon="user-square-fill" />`);
+    assert.ok(find('svg'));
+  });
+
+  test('it supports icon-only display', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<Rose::Header::Dropdown @iconOnly={{true}} />`);
+    assert.ok(find('.icon-only'));
+  });
+
+  test('it supports right-aligned content', async function (assert) {
+    await render(hbs`<Rose::Header::Dropdown @alignRight={{true}} />`);
+    assert.ok(find('.dropdown-right'));
+  });
+
   test('it renders with content', async function (assert) {
     await render(hbs`<Rose::Header::Dropdown @text="Click me" as |dropdown|>
       <dropdown.link @route="about"/>