diff --git a/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.ios.scss b/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.ios.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..026e16b1f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.ios.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@import "./segment-content";
+@import "../segment-button/segment-button.ios.vars";
+
+// iOS Segment Content
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+:host(.segment-content-disabled) {
+  opacity: $segment-button-ios-opacity-disabled;
+}
diff --git a/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.md.scss b/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.md.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1432941bc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.md.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+@import "./segment-content";
+@import "../segment-button/segment-button.md.vars";
+
+// Material Design Segment Content
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+:host(.segment-content-disabled) {
+  opacity: $segment-button-md-opacity-disabled;
+}
diff --git a/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.scss b/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.scss
index 6a1818a8b7..00ca64f304 100644
--- a/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@
 
   width: 100%;
 }
-
-:host(.segment-content-disabled) {
-  display: none;
-}
diff --git a/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.tsx b/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.tsx
index 4566e8ff80..a4db11101e 100644
--- a/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/segment-content/segment-content.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ import { Component, Host, Prop, h } from '@stencil/core';
 
 @Component({
   tag: 'ion-segment-content',
-  styleUrl: 'segment-content.scss',
+  styleUrls: {
+    ios: 'segment-content.ios.scss',
+    md: 'segment-content.md.scss',
+  },
   shadow: true,
 })
 export class SegmentContent implements ComponentInterface {