diff --git a/src/Avalonia.Controls/TopLevel.cs b/src/Avalonia.Controls/TopLevel.cs
index 7a92836ddf..90d6fb1f63 100644
--- a/src/Avalonia.Controls/TopLevel.cs
+++ b/src/Avalonia.Controls/TopLevel.cs
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ namespace Avalonia.Controls
         /// </summary>
         static TopLevel()
         {
+            KeyboardNavigation.TabNavigationProperty.OverrideDefaultValue<TopLevel>(KeyboardNavigationMode.Cycle);
             AffectsMeasure<TopLevel>(ClientSizeProperty);
 
             TransparencyLevelHintProperty.Changed.AddClassHandler<TopLevel>(