diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/TreeViewItem.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/TreeViewItem.cs
index cd586f7701..4942d4d313 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/TreeViewItem.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/TreeViewItem.cs
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         static TreeViewItem()
         {
             SelectableMixin.Attach<TreeViewItem>(IsSelectedProperty);
+            PressedMixin.Attach<TreeViewItem>();
             FocusableProperty.OverrideDefaultValue<TreeViewItem>(true);
             ItemsPanelProperty.OverrideDefaultValue<TreeViewItem>(DefaultPanel);
             ParentProperty.Changed.AddClassHandler<TreeViewItem>((o, e) => o.OnParentChanged(e));