diff --git a/core/src/components/badge/test/hint/index.html b/core/src/components/badge/test/hint/index.html
index fba0d6e73f..0a2ce00d08 100644
--- a/core/src/components/badge/test/hint/index.html
+++ b/core/src/components/badge/test/hint/index.html
@@ -366,6 +366,38 @@
           </div>
         </ion-list>
 
+        <ion-list id="tab-button-icon-bottom">
+          <ion-list-header>
+            <ion-label> Inside Tab Button - Only Icon </ion-label>
+          </ion-list-header>
+
+          <div class="ion-display-flex ion-align-items-center ion-justify-content-around ion-margin">
+            <ion-tab-bar>
+              <ion-tab-button href="" tab="tab-one" layout="label-hide">
+                <ion-icon name="home"></ion-icon>
+                <ion-badge size="small" vertical="top" color="danger"></ion-badge>
+              </ion-tab-button>
+
+              <ion-tab-button tab="schedule" class="e2eTabTwoButton" layout="label-hide">
+                <ion-icon name="globe"></ion-icon>
+                <ion-badge size="small" vertical="top" color="primary">
+                  <ion-icon name="star"></ion-icon>
+                </ion-badge>
+              </ion-tab-button>
+
+              <ion-tab-button tab="tab-three" layout="label-hide">
+                <ion-icon name="logo-facebook"></ion-icon>
+                <ion-badge size="small" vertical="top" color="warning">999</ion-badge>
+              </ion-tab-button>
+
+              <ion-tab-button tab="tab-four" class="e2eTabFourButton" layout="label-hide">
+                <ion-icon name="chatbox"></ion-icon>
+                <ion-badge vertical="top" color="success" size="small"></ion-badge>
+              </ion-tab-button>
+            </ion-tab-bar>
+          </div>
+        </ion-list>
+
         <ion-list id="button-top">
           <ion-list-header>
             <ion-label> Inside Button - Top Placement </ion-label>
diff --git a/core/src/components/tab-button/tab-button.ionic.scss b/core/src/components/tab-button/tab-button.ionic.scss
index d3751e5862..e04b75d9c1 100644
--- a/core/src/components/tab-button/tab-button.ionic.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/tab-button/tab-button.ionic.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 :host {
   --focus-ring-color: #{globals.$ion-border-focus-default};
   --focus-ring-width: #{globals.$ion-border-radius-025};
+  --padding-top: #{globals.$ion-space-100};
+  --padding-end: #{globals.$ion-space-400};
+  --padding-bottom: #{globals.$ion-space-100};
+  --padding-start: #{globals.$ion-space-400};
+
 
   @include globals.typography(globals.$ion-body-action-xs);
 
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@
 
 .button-native {
   min-width: globals.$ion-scale-1200;
+  min-height: globals.$ion-scale-1200;
 
   overflow: visible;
 
@@ -108,10 +114,6 @@
   @include globals.position(-2px);
 }
 
-:host ::slotted(ion-badge.badge-vertical-top:empty) {
-  @include globals.position(calc(globals.$ion-scale-100 * -1));
-}
-
 :host ::slotted(ion-badge.badge-vertical-bottom) {
   @include globals.position(calc(50% - globals.$ion-scale-200));
 }