diff --git a/button/demo/stories.ts b/button/demo/stories.ts
index df5150479b..5399255b9c 100644
--- a/button/demo/stories.ts
+++ b/button/demo/stories.ts
@@ -120,11 +120,13 @@ const buttons: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
 const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
   name: 'Links',
   styles,
-  render({label}) {
+  render({label, disabled, softDisabled}) {
     return html`
       <div class="column">
         <div class="row">
           <md-filled-button
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -132,6 +134,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
           </md-filled-button>
 
           <md-outlined-button
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -139,6 +143,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
           </md-outlined-button>
 
           <md-elevated-button
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -146,6 +152,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
           </md-elevated-button>
 
           <md-filled-tonal-button
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -153,6 +161,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
           </md-filled-tonal-button>
 
           <md-text-button
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -162,6 +172,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
         <div class="row">
           <md-filled-button
             aria-label="${label || 'Filled'} link with trailing icon"
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -171,6 +183,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
 
           <md-outlined-button
             aria-label="${label || 'Outlined'} link with trailing icon"
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -180,6 +194,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
 
           <md-elevated-button
             aria-label="${label || 'Elevated'} link with trailing icon"
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -189,6 +205,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
 
           <md-filled-tonal-button
             aria-label="${label || 'Tonal'} link with trailing icon"
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
@@ -198,6 +216,8 @@ const links: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
 
           <md-text-button
             aria-label="${label || 'Text'} link with trailing icon"
+            ?disabled=${disabled}
+            ?soft-disabled=${softDisabled}
             href="https://google.com"
             target="_blank"
             trailing-icon>
diff --git a/button/internal/button.ts b/button/internal/button.ts
index c820c76324..1fd1357667 100644
--- a/button/internal/button.ts
+++ b/button/internal/button.ts
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ export abstract class Button extends buttonBaseClass implements FormSubmitter {
   }
 
   protected override render() {
-    // Link buttons may not be disabled
-    const isRippleDisabled = !this.href && (this.disabled || this.softDisabled);
+    const isRippleDisabled = this.disabled || this.softDisabled;
     const buttonOrLink = this.href ? this.renderLink() : this.renderButton();
     // TODO(b/310046938): due to a limitation in focus ring/ripple, we can't use
     // the same ID for different elements, so we change the ID instead.
@@ -190,6 +189,8 @@ export abstract class Button extends buttonBaseClass implements FormSubmitter {
       aria-label="${ariaLabel || nothing}"
       aria-haspopup="${ariaHasPopup || nothing}"
       aria-expanded="${ariaExpanded || nothing}"
++      aria-disabled=${this.disabled || this.softDisabled || nothing}
++      tabindex="${(this.disabled && !this.softDisabled) ? -1 : nothing}"
       href=${this.href}
       download=${this.download || nothing}
       target=${this.target || nothing}
@@ -211,10 +212,10 @@ export abstract class Button extends buttonBaseClass implements FormSubmitter {
   }
 
   private handleClick(event: MouseEvent) {
-    // If the button is soft-disabled, we need to explicitly prevent the click
-    // from propagating to other event listeners as well as prevent the default
-    // action.
-    if (!this.href && this.softDisabled) {
+    // If the button is soft-disabled or a disabled link, we need to explicitly
+    // prevent the click from propagating to other event listeners as well as
+    // prevent the default action.
+    if (this.softDisabled || (this.disabled && this.href)) {
       event.stopImmediatePropagation();
       event.preventDefault();
       return;