diff --git a/.changeset/forty-crabs-march.md b/.changeset/forty-crabs-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78193059a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/forty-crabs-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@shopify/polaris': minor
+---
+
+Add onMouseEnter prop to the each item on the ActionList component
diff --git a/polaris-react/src/components/ActionList/components/Item/Item.tsx b/polaris-react/src/components/ActionList/components/Item/Item.tsx
index f117c44577d..de4698b5370 100644
--- a/polaris-react/src/components/ActionList/components/Item/Item.tsx
+++ b/polaris-react/src/components/ActionList/components/Item/Item.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export function Item({
   helpText,
   url,
   onAction,
+  onMouseEnter,
   icon,
   image,
   prefix,
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ export function Item({
       onClick={onAction}
       onMouseUp={handleMouseUpByBlurring}
       role={role}
+      onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter}
     >
       {contentElement}
     </button>
diff --git a/polaris-react/src/components/ActionList/components/Item/tests/Item.test.tsx b/polaris-react/src/components/ActionList/components/Item/tests/Item.test.tsx
index bae451b9eb0..5494718b75d 100644
--- a/polaris-react/src/components/ActionList/components/Item/tests/Item.test.tsx
+++ b/polaris-react/src/components/ActionList/components/Item/tests/Item.test.tsx
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ describe('<Item />', () => {
     expect(mockOnAction).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
 
+  it('calls onMouseEnter when the mouse enters button', () => {
+    const onMouseEnterSpy = jest.fn();
+    const button = mountWithApp(<Item onMouseEnter={onMouseEnterSpy} />);
+    button.find('button')!.trigger('onMouseEnter');
+    expect(onMouseEnterSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
+
   it('passes the external prop down to the link', () => {
     const item = mountWithApp(<Item external url="https://www.shopify.com" />);
     expect(item).toContainReactComponent(UnstyledLink, {