diff --git a/core/src/components/menu-button/test/async/index.html b/core/src/components/menu-button/test/async/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..105b9a3b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/menu-button/test/async/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en" dir="ltr">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
+    <title>Menu - Async</title>
+    <meta
+      name="viewport"
+      content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, viewport-fit=cover"
+    />
+    <link href="../../../../../css/ionic.bundle.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <link href="../../../../../scripts/testing/styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
+    <script src="../../../../../scripts/testing/scripts.js"></script>
+    <script nomodule src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.js"></script>
+    <script type="module" src="../../../../../dist/ionic/ionic.esm.js"></script>
+    <script type="module">
+      import { menuController } from '../../../../dist/ionic/index.esm.js';
+      window.menuController = menuController;
+    </script>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    <ion-app>
+      <div id="menu-container">
+        <ion-menu content-id="main">
+          <ion-content class="ion-padding"> Menu Content </ion-content>
+        </ion-menu>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="ion-page" id="main">
+        <ion-header>
+          <ion-toolbar>
+            <ion-title>Menu - Async</ion-title>
+            <ion-buttons slot="start" id="buttons-container"></ion-buttons>
+          </ion-toolbar>
+        </ion-header>
+        <ion-content class="ion-padding">
+          Main Content
+          <button onclick="trigger()" id="trigger">Add Menu To DOM</button>
+        </ion-content>
+      </div>
+    </ion-app>
+
+    <script>
+      const buttons = document.querySelector('ion-buttons');
+      const menuButton = document.createElement('ion-menu-button');
+      const menu = document.querySelector('ion-menu');
+      const menuContainer = document.querySelector('#menu-container');
+
+      let firstLoad = true;
+
+      // When the menu loads, immediately remove it from the DOM
+      document.body.addEventListener('ionMenuChange', () => {
+        if (firstLoad) {
+          menuContainer.removeChild(menu);
+          buttons.appendChild(menuButton);
+          firstLoad = false;
+        }
+      });
+      const trigger = () => {
+        menuContainer.append(menu);
+      };
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/core/src/components/menu-button/test/async/menu-button.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/menu-button/test/async/menu-button.e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d06238b19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/components/menu-button/test/async/menu-button.e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
+import { configs, test } from '@utils/test/playwright';
+
+/**
+ * This behavior does not vary across modes/directions
+ */
+configs({ modes: ['ios'], directions: ['ltr'] }).forEach(({ title, config }) => {
+  test.describe(title('menu button: async'), () => {
+    test('menu button should be visible if menu is moved', async ({ page }) => {
+      await page.goto(`/src/components/menu-button/test/async`, config);
+
+      const menu = page.locator('ion-menu');
+      const menuButton = page.locator('ion-menu-button');
+      const triggerButton = page.locator('#trigger');
+
+      await expect(menu).not.toBeAttached();
+      await expect(menuButton).toBeHidden();
+
+      await triggerButton.click();
+
+      await expect(menu).toBeAttached();
+      await expect(menuButton).toBeVisible();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx b/core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
index c010e72d2d..5072bb74cd 100644
--- a/core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/menu/menu.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export class Menu implements ComponentInterface, MenuI {
   private lastOnEnd = 0;
   private gesture?: Gesture;
   private blocker = GESTURE_CONTROLLER.createBlocker({ disableScroll: true });
+  private didLoad = false;
 
   isAnimating = false;
   width!: number;
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ export class Menu implements ComponentInterface, MenuI {
 
     // register this menu with the app's menu controller
     menuController._register(this);
+    this.menuChanged();
 
     this.gesture = (await import('../../utils/gesture')).createGesture({
       el: document,
@@ -237,10 +239,22 @@ export class Menu implements ComponentInterface, MenuI {
   }
 
   async componentDidLoad() {
-    this.ionMenuChange.emit({ disabled: this.disabled, open: this._isOpen });
+    this.didLoad = true;
+    this.menuChanged();
     this.updateState();
   }
 
+  private menuChanged() {
+    /**
+     * Inform dependent components such as ion-menu-button
+     * that the menu is ready. Note that we only want to do this
+     * once the menu has been rendered which is why we check for didLoad.
+     */
+    if (this.didLoad) {
+      this.ionMenuChange.emit({ disabled: this.disabled, open: this._isOpen });
+    }
+  }
+
   async disconnectedCallback() {
     /**
      * The menu should be closed when it is
