diff --git a/src/lib/checkbox/checkbox.scss b/src/lib/checkbox/checkbox.scss
index 909086924d7a..391df8e4159b 100644
--- a/src/lib/checkbox/checkbox.scss
+++ b/src/lib/checkbox/checkbox.scss
@@ -426,4 +426,5 @@ md-checkbox {
   bottom: -$md-checkbox-ripple-size;
   border-radius: 50%;
   z-index: 1;
+  pointer-events: none;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/core/ripple/_ripple.scss b/src/lib/core/ripple/_ripple.scss
index f1659f2fb355..d5f520d222b9 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/ripple/_ripple.scss
+++ b/src/lib/core/ripple/_ripple.scss
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ $md-ripple-foreground-default-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0588);
   // "relative" so that the ripple divs it creates inside itself are correctly positioned.
   [md-ripple] {
     overflow: hidden;
-    pointer-events: none;
   }
 
   [md-ripple].md-ripple-unbounded {
diff --git a/src/lib/radio/radio.scss b/src/lib/radio/radio.scss
index 6d46997293a4..14cf53a066bf 100644
--- a/src/lib/radio/radio.scss
+++ b/src/lib/radio/radio.scss
@@ -98,4 +98,5 @@ md-radio-button {
   bottom: -$md-radio-ripple-size;
   border-radius: 50%;
   z-index: 1;
+  pointer-events: none;
 }