diff --git a/ionic/components/button/button.scss b/ionic/components/button/button.scss
index 02297c4072..1de2ba7a9c 100644
--- a/ionic/components/button/button.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/button/button.scss
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ $button-round-border-radius:      64px !default;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
   transition: background-color, opacity 100ms linear;
+  z-index: 0;
 
   white-space: nowrap;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;