diff --git a/core/src/components/content/content.scss b/core/src/components/content/content.scss
index 488d4320c3..54ed23e0ad 100644
--- a/core/src/components/content/content.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/content/content.scss
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ ion-content {
 
   margin: 0 !important; // scss-lint:disable all
   padding: 0 !important; // scss-lint:disable all
+
+  > .scroll-inner {
+    min-height: 100%;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/components/content/test/basic/index.html b/core/src/components/content/test/basic/index.html
index 0962435be3..75afbf5203 100644
--- a/core/src/components/content/test/basic/index.html
+++ b/core/src/components/content/test/basic/index.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
       </ion-header>
 
       <div style="display: flex; flex: 1">
-        <ion-content padding style="text-align: center; flex: 2" id="content">
+        <ion-content scroll-enabled="false" padding style="text-align: center; flex: 2" id="content">
           <f></f>
           <ion-button onclick="toggleFullscreen()">Toggle content.fullscreen</ion-button>
           <p>
diff --git a/core/src/components/scroll/scroll.scss b/core/src/components/scroll/scroll.scss
index a0739acd50..11171fec5c 100644
--- a/core/src/components/scroll/scroll.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/scroll/scroll.scss
@@ -48,4 +48,8 @@ ion-scroll {
   &.overscroll::after {
     top: -1px;
   }
+
+  > .scroll-inner {
+    min-height: 100%;
+  }
 }