diff --git a/src/material/bottom-sheet/BUILD.bazel b/src/material/bottom-sheet/BUILD.bazel
index 121c5c24176b..29b3104efa5a 100644
--- a/src/material/bottom-sheet/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/material/bottom-sheet/BUILD.bazel
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ ng_test_library(
         "//src/cdk/bidi",
         "//src/cdk/keycodes",
         "//src/cdk/overlay",
+        "//src/cdk/platform",
         "//src/cdk/scrolling",
         "//src/cdk/testing/private",
         "@npm//@angular/common",
diff --git a/src/material/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet-container.ts b/src/material/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet-container.ts
index 0e60feec302b..c0caf5ce9cf5 100644
--- a/src/material/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet-container.ts
+++ b/src/material/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet-container.ts
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ export class MatBottomSheetContainer extends BasePortalOutlet implements OnDestr
     if (this.bottomSheetConfig.autoFocus) {
       this._focusTrap.focusInitialElementWhenReady();
     } else {
-      const activeElement = this._document.activeElement;
+      const activeElement = this._getActiveElement();
 
       // Otherwise ensure that focus is on the container. It's possible that a different
       // component tried to move focus while the open animation was running. See:
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ export class MatBottomSheetContainer extends BasePortalOutlet implements OnDestr
 
     // We need the extra check, because IE can set the `activeElement` to null in some cases.
     if (this.bottomSheetConfig.restoreFocus && toFocus && typeof toFocus.focus === 'function') {
-      const activeElement = this._document.activeElement;
+      const activeElement = this._getActiveElement();
       const element = this._elementRef.nativeElement;
 
       // Make sure that focus is still inside the bottom sheet or is on the body (usually because a
@@ -246,11 +246,19 @@ export class MatBottomSheetContainer extends BasePortalOutlet implements OnDestr
 
   /** Saves a reference to the element that was focused before the bottom sheet was opened. */
   private _savePreviouslyFocusedElement() {
-    this._elementFocusedBeforeOpened = this._document.activeElement as HTMLElement;
+    this._elementFocusedBeforeOpened = this._getActiveElement();
 
     // The `focus` method isn't available during server-side rendering.
     if (this._elementRef.nativeElement.focus) {
       Promise.resolve().then(() => this._elementRef.nativeElement.focus());
     }
   }
+
+  /** Gets the currently-focused element on the page. */
+  private _getActiveElement(): HTMLElement | null {
+    // If the `activeElement` is inside a shadow root, `document.activeElement` will
+    // point to the shadow root so we have to descend into it ourselves.
+    const activeElement = this._document.activeElement;
+    return activeElement?.shadowRoot?.activeElement as HTMLElement || activeElement;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/material/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.spec.ts b/src/material/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.spec.ts
index 96d648057960..1167f5e734ba 100644
--- a/src/material/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.spec.ts
+++ b/src/material/bottom-sheet/bottom-sheet.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import {Directionality} from '@angular/cdk/bidi';
 import {A, ESCAPE} from '@angular/cdk/keycodes';
 import {OverlayContainer, ScrollStrategy} from '@angular/cdk/overlay';
+import {_supportsShadowDom} from '@angular/cdk/platform';
 import {ViewportRuler} from '@angular/cdk/scrolling';
 import {
   dispatchKeyboardEvent,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   TemplateRef,
   ViewChild,
   ViewContainerRef,
+  ViewEncapsulation,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {
   ComponentFixture,
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ import {
   TestBed,
   tick,
 } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
 import {NoopAnimationsModule} from '@angular/platform-browser/animations';
 
 import {MAT_BOTTOM_SHEET_DEFAULT_OPTIONS, MatBottomSheet} from './bottom-sheet';
@@ -741,6 +744,33 @@ describe('MatBottomSheet', () => {
       body.removeChild(otherButton);
     }));
 
+    it('should re-focus trigger element inside the shadow DOM when the bottom sheet is dismissed',
+      fakeAsync(() => {
+        if (!_supportsShadowDom()) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        viewContainerFixture.destroy();
+        const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ShadowDomComponent);
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        const button = fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button'))!.nativeElement;
+
+        button.focus();
+
+        const ref = bottomSheet.open(PizzaMsg);
+        flushMicrotasks();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        flushMicrotasks();
+
+        const spy = spyOn(button, 'focus').and.callThrough();
+        ref.dismiss();
+        flushMicrotasks();
+        fixture.detectChanges();
+        tick(500);
+
+        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+      }));
+
   });
 
 });
@@ -954,6 +984,12 @@ class BottomSheetWithInjectedData {
   constructor(@Inject(MAT_BOTTOM_SHEET_DATA) public data: any) { }
 }
 
+@Component({
+  template: `<button>I'm a button</button>`,
+  encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.ShadowDom
+})
+class ShadowDomComponent {}
+
 // Create a real (non-test) NgModule as a workaround for
 // https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/10760
 const TEST_DIRECTIVES = [
@@ -963,6 +999,7 @@ const TEST_DIRECTIVES = [
   TacoMsg,
   DirectiveWithViewContainer,
   BottomSheetWithInjectedData,
+  ShadowDomComponent,
 ];
 
 @NgModule({