diff --git a/.changeset/tall-tooltips-focus.md b/.changeset/tall-tooltips-focus.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0cc8260ce56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tall-tooltips-focus.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@evo-web/marko": patch
+---
+
+Fix `evo-tooltip` not opening on click in Safari and macOS Firefox. The tooltip opens on `focusin`, but those browsers do not give buttons focus on click, so a `noHover` tooltip with a button host could only be opened with the keyboard. The host now focuses itself on click, composing with any consumer-provided `onClick`.
diff --git a/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/index.marko b/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/index.marko
index 3c2362a1c15..ddcbdf5962d 100644
--- a/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/index.marko
+++ b/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/index.marko
@@ -93,12 +93,21 @@ export interface Input extends Marko.HTML.Span {
         open = el.contains(e.relatedTarget as Node | null);
         onFocusOut && onFocusOut(e, el);
     }>
-    <const/{ as: hostAs = "span", class: hostClass, ...htmlHost }=host>
+    <const/{
+        as: hostAs = "span",
+        class: hostClass,
+        onClick: hostOnClick,
+        ...htmlHost
+    }=host>
     <${hostAs}
         ...htmlHost
         id=hostId
         class=["tooltip__host", hostClass]
-        aria-expanded=expander.ariaExpanded/>
+        aria-expanded=expander.ariaExpanded
+        onClick(e: PointerEvent, el: HTMLElement) {
+            el.focus();
+            hostOnClick && hostOnClick(e, el);
+        }/>
     <span
         id=overlayId
         tabindex=(
diff --git a/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/test/fixtures/button-host.marko b/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/test/fixtures/button-host.marko
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9742f43af0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/test/fixtures/button-host.marko
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export interface Input {
+  onHostClick?: Marko.HTML.Span["onClick"];
+}
+
+<evo-tooltip noHover>
+  <@host as="button" onClick=input.onHostClick>
+    Settings
+  </@host>
+  Tooltip content
+</evo-tooltip>
diff --git a/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/test/test.browser.ts b/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/test/test.browser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba0f6fdae08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/evo-marko/src/tags/evo-tooltip/test/test.browser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { afterEach, describe, it, expect, vi } from "vitest";
+import { render, cleanup } from "@marko/testing-library";
+import ButtonHost from "./fixtures/button-host.marko";
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+const settle = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
+
+describe("evo-tooltip", () => {
+  describe("given a noHover tooltip with a button host", () => {
+    it("opens on click even when the browser does not focus on click", async () => {
+      const onHostClick = vi.fn();
+      const { container } = await render(ButtonHost, { onHostClick });
+      const host =
+        container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".tooltip__host")!;
+      expect(host.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
+
+      host.click();
+      await settle();
+      expect(document.activeElement).toBe(host);
+      expect(host.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
+      expect(onHostClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it("closes when focus leaves the host", async () => {
+      const { container } = await render(ButtonHost, {});
+      const host =
+        container.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>(".tooltip__host")!;
+      host.click();
+      await settle();
+      expect(host.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("true");
+
+      host.blur();
+      await settle();
+      expect(host.getAttribute("aria-expanded")).toBe("false");
+    });
+  });
+});