diff --git a/src/material/datepicker/datepicker-base.ts b/src/material/datepicker/datepicker-base.ts
index d09208929e90..04bbfcd7c59b 100644
--- a/src/material/datepicker/datepicker-base.ts
+++ b/src/material/datepicker/datepicker-base.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@
 
 import {Directionality} from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
 import {BooleanInput, coerceBooleanProperty, coerceStringArray} from '@angular/cdk/coercion';
-import {ESCAPE, hasModifierKey, UP_ARROW} from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
+import {
+  DOWN_ARROW,
+  ESCAPE,
+  hasModifierKey,
+  LEFT_ARROW,
+  PAGE_DOWN,
+  PAGE_UP,
+  RIGHT_ARROW,
+  UP_ARROW,
+} from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
 import {
   Overlay,
   OverlayConfig,
@@ -657,6 +666,25 @@ export abstract class MatDatepickerBase<
       this.close();
     });
 
+    // The `preventDefault` call happens inside the calendar as well, however focus moves into
+    // it inside a timeout which can give browsers a chance to fire off a keyboard event in-between
+    // that can scroll the page (see #24969). Always block default actions of arrow keys for the
+    // entire overlay so the page doesn't get scrolled by accident.
+    overlayRef.keydownEvents().subscribe(event => {
+      const keyCode = event.keyCode;
+
+      if (
+        keyCode === UP_ARROW ||
+        keyCode === DOWN_ARROW ||
+        keyCode === LEFT_ARROW ||
+        keyCode === RIGHT_ARROW ||
+        keyCode === PAGE_UP ||
+        keyCode === PAGE_DOWN
+      ) {
+        event.preventDefault();
+      }
+    });
+
     this._componentRef = overlayRef.attach(portal);
     this._forwardContentValues(this._componentRef.instance);
 
diff --git a/src/material/datepicker/datepicker.spec.ts b/src/material/datepicker/datepicker.spec.ts
index accef0d8ee6d..035cc5d45171 100644
--- a/src/material/datepicker/datepicker.spec.ts
+++ b/src/material/datepicker/datepicker.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 import {Directionality} from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
-import {DOWN_ARROW, ENTER, ESCAPE, RIGHT_ARROW, UP_ARROW} from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
+import {
+  DOWN_ARROW,
+  ENTER,
+  ESCAPE,
+  LEFT_ARROW,
+  PAGE_DOWN,
+  PAGE_UP,
+  RIGHT_ARROW,
+  UP_ARROW,
+} from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
 import {Overlay} from '@angular/cdk/overlay';
 import {ScrollDispatcher} from '@angular/cdk/scrolling';
 import {
@@ -605,6 +614,24 @@ describe('MatDatepicker', () => {
 
         expect(document.querySelector('.mat-datepicker-content')).toBeNull();
       }));
+
+      it('should prevent the default action of navigation keys before the focus timeout has elapsed', fakeAsync(() => {
+        testComponent.datepicker.open();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+
+        // Do the assertions before flushing the delays since we want
+        // to check specifically what happens before they have fired.
+        [UP_ARROW, DOWN_ARROW, LEFT_ARROW, RIGHT_ARROW, PAGE_UP, PAGE_DOWN].forEach(keyCode => {
+          const event = dispatchKeyboardEvent(document.body, 'keydown', keyCode);
+          fixture.detectChanges();
+          expect(event.defaultPrevented)
+            .withContext(`Expected default action to be prevented for key code ${keyCode}`)
+            .toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        tick();
+        flush();
+      }));
     });
 
     describe('datepicker with too many inputs', () => {