diff --git a/internal/driver/glfw/testdata/menu_bar_hovered_content.png b/internal/driver/glfw/testdata/menu_bar_hovered_content.png
index 0569411355..fc5c0c3a9b 100644
Binary files a/internal/driver/glfw/testdata/menu_bar_hovered_content.png and b/internal/driver/glfw/testdata/menu_bar_hovered_content.png differ
diff --git a/widget/button.go b/widget/button.go
index 5c2ecbcc37..07e390287e 100644
--- a/widget/button.go
+++ b/widget/button.go
@@ -312,10 +312,25 @@ func (r *buttonRenderer) buttonColor() color.Color {
 	switch {
 	case r.button.Disabled():
 		return theme.DisabledButtonColor()
+	case r.button.hovered:
+		bg := theme.ButtonColor()
+		if r.button.Importance == HighImportance {
+			bg = theme.PrimaryColor()
+		}
+
+		dstR, dstG, dstB, dstA := bg.RGBA()
+		srcR, srcG, srcB, srcA := theme.HoverColor().RGBA()
+		srcAlpha := float32(srcA) / 0xFFFF
+		dstAlpha := float32(dstA) / 0xFFFF
+		targetAlpha := 1 - srcAlpha*dstAlpha
+
+		outAlpha := srcAlpha + targetAlpha
+		outR := (srcAlpha*float32(srcR) + targetAlpha*float32(dstR)) / outAlpha
+		outG := (srcAlpha*float32(srcG) + targetAlpha*float32(dstG)) / outAlpha
+		outB := (srcAlpha*float32(srcB) + targetAlpha*float32(dstB)) / outAlpha
+		return color.RGBA{R: uint8(uint32(outR) >> 8), G: uint8(uint32(outG) >> 8), B: uint8(uint32(outB) >> 8), A: uint8(outAlpha * 0xFF)}
 	case r.button.Importance == HighImportance:
 		return theme.PrimaryColor()
-	case r.button.hovered:
-		return theme.HoverColor()
 	default:
 		return theme.ButtonColor()
 	}
diff --git a/widget/button_test.go b/widget/button_test.go
index d2818ffbf6..f9478dd361 100644
--- a/widget/button_test.go
+++ b/widget/button_test.go
@@ -121,6 +121,31 @@ func TestButton_Disabled(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, button.Disabled())
 }
 
+func TestButton_Hover(t *testing.T) {
+	app := test.NewApp()
+	defer test.NewApp()
+	app.Settings().SetTheme(theme.LightTheme())
+
+	b := widget.NewButtonWithIcon("Test", theme.HomeIcon(), func() {})
+	w := test.NewWindow(b)
+	defer w.Close()
+
+	test.MoveMouse(w.Canvas(), fyne.NewPos(5, 5))
+	test.AssertImageMatches(t, "button/hovered.png", w.Canvas().Capture())
+
+	b.Importance = widget.HighImportance
+	b.Refresh()
+	test.AssertImageMatches(t, "button/high_importance_hovered.png", w.Canvas().Capture())
+
+	test.MoveMouse(w.Canvas(), fyne.NewPos(0, 0))
+	b.Refresh()
+	test.AssertImageMatches(t, "button/high_importance.png", w.Canvas().Capture())
+
+	b.Importance = widget.MediumImportance
+	b.Refresh()
+	test.AssertImageMatches(t, "button/initial.png", w.Canvas().Capture())
+}
+
 func TestButton_Layout(t *testing.T) {
 	test.NewApp()
 	defer test.NewApp()
diff --git a/widget/testdata/button/high_importance.png b/widget/testdata/button/high_importance.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1339bd9cac
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diff --git a/widget/testdata/button/high_importance_hovered.png b/widget/testdata/button/high_importance_hovered.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef5bf89f80
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diff --git a/widget/testdata/button/hovered.png b/widget/testdata/button/hovered.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a0effa81e
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