diff --git a/src/Components/Web/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt b/src/Components/Web/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
index 3e6daf94f47d..e0acde65c88d 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
+++ b/src/Components/Web/src/PublicAPI.Unshipped.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.EnvironmentBoundary.Exclude.get -> string?
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.EnvironmentBoundary.Exclude.set -> void
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.EnvironmentBoundary.Include.get -> string?
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Web.EnvironmentBoundary.Include.set -> void
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Routing.NavLink.InactiveClass.get -> string?
+Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Routing.NavLink.InactiveClass.set -> void
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Routing.NavLink.RelativeToCurrentUri.get -> bool
 Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Routing.NavLink.RelativeToCurrentUri.set -> void
 *REMOVED*Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Forms.RemoteBrowserFileStreamOptions
diff --git a/src/Components/Web/src/Routing/NavLink.cs b/src/Components/Web/src/Routing/NavLink.cs
index ef45761f1099..0d92db203173 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web/src/Routing/NavLink.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Web/src/Routing/NavLink.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@ public class NavLink : ComponentBase, IDisposable
     [Parameter]
     public string? ActiveClass { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the CSS class name applied to the NavLink when the
+    /// current route does not match the NavLink href. When <c>null</c>
+    /// (the default), no extra class is added in the inactive state.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Parameter]
+    public string? InactiveClass { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets a collection of additional attributes that will be added to the generated
     /// <c>a</c> element.
@@ -110,7 +118,8 @@ public void Dispose()
 
     private void UpdateCssClass()
     {
-        CssClass = _isActive ? CombineWithSpace(_class, ActiveClass ?? DefaultActiveClass) : _class;
+        var stateClass = _isActive ? (ActiveClass ?? DefaultActiveClass) : InactiveClass;
+        CssClass = stateClass is null ? _class : CombineWithSpace(_class, stateClass);
     }
 
     private void OnLocationChanged(object? sender, LocationChangedEventArgs args)
diff --git a/src/Components/Web/test/Routing/NavLinkTest.cs b/src/Components/Web/test/Routing/NavLinkTest.cs
index a967274717b3..81e66a35306e 100644
--- a/src/Components/Web/test/Routing/NavLinkTest.cs
+++ b/src/Components/Web/test/Routing/NavLinkTest.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,66 @@ public async Task NavLink_WithRelativeToCurrentUri_PreservesActiveClassLogic()
         Assert.Equal("active", classValue);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NavLink_Active_UsesActiveClassAndIgnoresInactiveClass()
+    {
+        var classValue = await RenderNavLinkAndGetClassAsync(
+            currentUri: "https://example.com/page",
+            href: "https://example.com/page",
+            additionalClass: null,
+            inactiveClass: "text-gray");
+
+        Assert.Equal("active", classValue);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NavLink_Inactive_AppliesInactiveClassWhenSet()
+    {
+        var classValue = await RenderNavLinkAndGetClassAsync(
+            currentUri: "https://example.com/other",
+            href: "https://example.com/page",
+            additionalClass: null,
+            inactiveClass: "text-gray");
+
+        Assert.Equal("text-gray", classValue);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NavLink_Inactive_OmitsInactiveClassWhenNotSet()
+    {
+        var classValue = await RenderNavLinkAndGetClassAsync(
+            currentUri: "https://example.com/other",
+            href: "https://example.com/page",
+            additionalClass: "bg-dark-gray",
+            inactiveClass: null);
+
+        Assert.Equal("bg-dark-gray", classValue);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NavLink_Inactive_CombinesUserClassWithInactiveClass()
+    {
+        var classValue = await RenderNavLinkAndGetClassAsync(
+            currentUri: "https://example.com/other",
+            href: "https://example.com/page",
+            additionalClass: "bg-dark-gray",
+            inactiveClass: "text-gray");
+
+        Assert.Equal("bg-dark-gray text-gray", classValue);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task NavLink_Active_CombinesUserClassWithActiveClass_WhenInactiveClassAlsoSet()
+    {
+        var classValue = await RenderNavLinkAndGetClassAsync(
+            currentUri: "https://example.com/page",
+            href: "https://example.com/page",
+            additionalClass: "bg-dark-gray",
+            inactiveClass: "text-gray");
+
+        Assert.Equal("bg-dark-gray active", classValue);
+    }
+
     private async Task<object?> RenderNavLinkAndGetAttributeAsync(
         string baseUri, string currentUri, string href, bool relativeToCurrentUri, string attributeName)
     {
@@ -67,6 +127,37 @@ public async Task NavLink_WithRelativeToCurrentUri_PreservesActiveClassLogic()
         return batch.ReferenceFrames.FirstOrDefault(f => f.AttributeName == attributeName).AttributeValue;
     }
 
+    private async Task<object?> RenderNavLinkAndGetClassAsync(
+        string currentUri, string href, string? additionalClass, string? inactiveClass)
+    {
+        var navigationManager = new TestNavigationManager();
+        navigationManager.Initialize("https://example.com/", currentUri);
+
+        var renderer = new TestRenderer();
+        var component = new NavLink { NavigationManager = navigationManager };
+        var componentId = renderer.AssignRootComponentId(component);
+
+        var additionalAttributes = new Dictionary<string, object> { ["href"] = href };
+        if (additionalClass is not null)
+        {
+            additionalAttributes["class"] = additionalClass;
+        }
+
+        var parametersDict = new Dictionary<string, object?>
+        {
+            [nameof(NavLink.AdditionalAttributes)] = additionalAttributes,
+        };
+        if (inactiveClass is not null)
+        {
+            parametersDict[nameof(NavLink.InactiveClass)] = inactiveClass;
+        }
+
+        await renderer.RenderRootComponentAsync(componentId, ParameterView.FromDictionary(parametersDict));
+
+        var batch = renderer.Batches.Single();
+        return batch.ReferenceFrames.FirstOrDefault(f => f.AttributeName == "class").AttributeValue;
+    }
+
     private class TestNavigationManager : NavigationManager
     {
         public new void Initialize(string baseUri, string uri) => base.Initialize(baseUri, uri);