diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
index 8392de527a..340654d358 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/nav-controller.ts
@@ -1656,6 +1656,6 @@ const STATE_TRANS_LEAVE = 'trans_leave';
 const STATE_REMOVE = 'remove';
 const STATE_REMOVE_AFTER_TRANS = 'remove_after_trans';
 const STATE_FORCE_ACTIVE = 'force_active';
-const INIT_ZINDEX = 10;
+const INIT_ZINDEX = 100;
 
 let ctrlIds = -1;
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/nav-controller.spec.ts b/ionic/components/nav/test/nav-controller.spec.ts
index 0e34b7be05..7bffb87a06 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/nav-controller.spec.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/nav-controller.spec.ts
@@ -370,9 +370,9 @@ export function run() {
         nav._views = [view1, view2, view3];
         nav._cleanup();
 
-        expect(view1.zIndex).toEqual(10);
-        expect(view2.zIndex).toEqual(11);
-        expect(view3.zIndex).toEqual(12);
+        expect(view1.zIndex).toEqual(100);
+        expect(view2.zIndex).toEqual(101);
+        expect(view3.zIndex).toEqual(102);
       });
     });
 
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ export function run() {
         let enteringView = new ViewController();
         enteringView.setPageRef({});
         nav._setZIndex(enteringView, null, 'forward');
-        expect(enteringView.zIndex).toEqual(10);
+        expect(enteringView.zIndex).toEqual(100);
       });
 
       it('should set zIndex 1 on second entering view', () => {