diff --git a/src/Tooltip/index.tsx b/src/Tooltip/index.tsx
index 2716ac5caf5..bd92e1317aa 100644
--- a/src/Tooltip/index.tsx
+++ b/src/Tooltip/index.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 import {useSSRSafeId} from '@react-aria/ssr'
 import type {AnchorPosition, AnchorSide, AnchorAlignment} from '@primer/behaviors'
 import Box from '../Box'
-import {useAnchoredPosition} from '../hooks'
+import {useAnchoredPosition, useProvidedRefOrCreate} from '../hooks'
 import {SxProp, merge, BetterSystemStyleObject} from '../sx'
 
 type TooltipDirection = 'nw' | 'n' | 'ne' | 'e' | 'se' | 's' | 'sw' | 'w'
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export type TooltipProps = {
   /** Use aria-describedby or aria-labelledby */
   type?: 'description' | 'label'
   /** Tooltip target */
-  children: React.ReactElement
+  children: React.ReactElement & {ref?: React.RefObject<HTMLElement>}
   /** When set to true, tooltip appears without any delay */
   noDelay?: boolean
   /** @deprecated Always set to true now. */
@@ -55,8 +55,16 @@ export const Tooltip: React.FC<TooltipProps> = ({
   sx = {},
   ...props
 }) => {
+  const tooltipId = useSSRSafeId()
+
+  const childRef = children.ref
+  const anchorElementRef = useProvidedRefOrCreate(childRef)
   const tooltipRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-  const anchorElementRef = React.useRef<HTMLElement>(null)
+
+  const child = React.cloneElement(children, {
+    ref: anchorElementRef,
+    [type === 'description' ? 'aria-describedby' : 'aria-labelledby']: tooltipId
+  })
 
   const {position} = useAnchoredPosition({
     side: directionToPosition[direction].side,
@@ -66,13 +74,6 @@ export const Tooltip: React.FC<TooltipProps> = ({
     anchorElementRef
   })
 
-  const tooltipId = useSSRSafeId()
-
-  const child = React.cloneElement(children, {
-    ref: anchorElementRef,
-    [type === 'description' ? 'aria-describedby' : 'aria-labelledby']: tooltipId
-  })
-
   const tooltipText = text || props['aria-label']
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/__tests__/ActionMenu.test.tsx b/src/__tests__/ActionMenu.test.tsx
index 7aa30c560ec..29fee6e3066 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/ActionMenu.test.tsx
+++ b/src/__tests__/ActionMenu.test.tsx
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ import 'babel-polyfill'
 import {axe, toHaveNoViolations} from 'jest-axe'
 import React from 'react'
 import theme from '../theme'
-import {ActionMenu, ActionList, BaseStyles, ThemeProvider, SSRProvider} from '..'
+import {ActionMenu, ActionList, BaseStyles, ThemeProvider, SSRProvider, IconButton} from '..'
 import {behavesAsComponent, checkExports, checkStoriesForAxeViolations} from '../utils/testing'
 import {SingleSelection, MixedSelection} from '../stories/ActionMenu/examples.stories'
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom'
+import {TriangleDownIcon} from '@primer/octicons-react'
 expect.extend(toHaveNoViolations)
 
 function Example(): JSX.Element {
@@ -136,6 +137,32 @@ describe('ActionMenu', () => {
     cleanup()
   })
 
+  it('should open Menu on MenuAnchor click with IconButton', async () => {
+    const component = HTMLRender(
+      <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
+        <SSRProvider>
+          <BaseStyles>
+            <ActionMenu>
+              <ActionMenu.Anchor>
+                <IconButton aria-label="Toggle Menu" icon={TriangleDownIcon} />
+              </ActionMenu.Anchor>
+              <ActionMenu.Overlay>
+                <ActionList>
+                  <ActionList.Item>New file</ActionList.Item>
+                  <ActionList.Item>Copy link</ActionList.Item>
+                </ActionList>
+              </ActionMenu.Overlay>
+            </ActionMenu>
+          </BaseStyles>
+        </SSRProvider>
+      </ThemeProvider>
+    )
+    const button = component.getByLabelText('Toggle Menu')
+    fireEvent.click(button)
+    expect(component.getByRole('menu')).toBeInTheDocument()
+    cleanup()
+  })
+
   it('should have no axe violations', async () => {
     const {container} = HTMLRender(<Example />)
     const results = await axe(container)