diff --git a/core/src/components/segment-button/segment-button.ionic.scss b/core/src/components/segment-button/segment-button.ionic.scss
index c5e45aba653..70ed7dbe468 100644
--- a/core/src/components/segment-button/segment-button.ionic.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/segment-button/segment-button.ionic.scss
@@ -79,6 +79,13 @@
   color: var(--color-disabled);
 }
 
+// Segment Button: Focused
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+:host(.ion-focused) .button-inner {
+  @include globals.focused-state();
+}
+
 // Segment Button: Indicator
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/core/src/components/segment/test/states/segment.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/segment/test/states/segment.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f63b5c68b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/segment/test/states/segment.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { configs, test } from '@utils/test/playwright';
+
+configs({ modes: ['ionic-md'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, screenshot, config }) => {
+  test.describe(title('segment: states'), () => {
+    test('should render focused segment correctly', async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.setContent(
+        `
+        <ion-segment value="2">
+            <ion-segment-button value="1">
+            <ion-label>Bookmarks</ion-label>
+            </ion-segment-button>
+            <ion-segment-button class="ion-focused" value="2">
+            <ion-label>Reading List</ion-label>
+            </ion-segment-button>
+            <ion-segment-button value="3">
+            <ion-label>Shared Links</ion-label>
+            </ion-segment-button>
+        </ion-segment>
+        `,
+        config
+      );
+
+      const segment = page.locator('ion-segment');
+
+      await expect(segment).toHaveScreenshot(screenshot(`segment-focused`));
+    });
+  });
+});
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