diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dialog.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dialog.dart
index e8049dfdbaf2..09ac978cef96 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dialog.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/material/dialog.dart
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ class AlertDialog extends StatelessWidget {
           style: contentTextStyle ?? dialogTheme.contentTextStyle ?? defaults.contentTextStyle!,
           child: Semantics(
             container: true,
+            explicitChildNodes: true,
             child: content,
           ),
         ),
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/material/dialog_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/material/dialog_test.dart
index 9415e58aae88..ebc1af01fcec 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/material/dialog_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/material/dialog_test.dart
@@ -1700,7 +1700,12 @@ void main() {
         theme: ThemeData(platform: TargetPlatform.iOS),
         home: const AlertDialog(
           title: Text('title'),
-          content: Text('content'),
+          content: Column(
+            children: <Widget>[
+              Text('some content'),
+              Text('more content'),
+            ],
+          ),
           actions: <Widget>[ TextButton(onPressed: null, child: Text('action')) ],
         ),
       ),
@@ -1731,11 +1736,21 @@ void main() {
                         // node 4.
                         TestSemantics(
                           id: 6,
-                          label: 'content',
-                          textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+                          children: <TestSemantics>[
+                            TestSemantics(
+                              id: 7,
+                              label: 'some content',
+                              textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+                            ),
+                            TestSemantics(
+                              id: 8,
+                              label: 'more content',
+                              textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+                            ),
+                          ],
                         ),
                         TestSemantics(
-                          id: 7,
+                          id: 9,
                           flags: <SemanticsFlag>[
                             SemanticsFlag.isButton,
                             SemanticsFlag.hasEnabledState,