diff --git a/material/partials/header.html b/material/partials/header.html
index 66264c00e..89f9513be 100644
--- a/material/partials/header.html
+++ b/material/partials/header.html
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 -#}
 {% set class = "md-header" %}
 {% if "navigation.tabs.sticky" in features %}
-  {% set class = class ~ " md-header--lifted" %}
+  {% set class = class ~ " md-header--shadow md-header--lifted" %}
+{% elif "navigation.tabs" not in features %}
+  {% set class = class ~ " md-header--shadow" %}
 {% endif %}
 <header class="{{ class }}" data-md-component="header">
   <nav class="md-header__inner md-grid" aria-label="{{ lang.t('header') }}">
diff --git a/src/partials/header.html b/src/partials/header.html
index c0e6a6787..d8a6e910a 100644
--- a/src/partials/header.html
+++ b/src/partials/header.html
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 <!-- Determine base classes -->
 {% set class = "md-header" %}
 {% if "navigation.tabs.sticky" in features %}
-  {% set class = class ~ " md-header--lifted" %}
+  {% set class = class ~ " md-header--shadow md-header--lifted" %}
+{% elif "navigation.tabs" not in features %}
+  {% set class = class ~ " md-header--shadow" %}
 {% endif %}
 
 <!-- Header -->