diff --git a/common/changes/pivot-padding-override_2017-05-03-22-04.json b/common/changes/pivot-padding-override_2017-05-03-22-04.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6d983967cf2137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/pivot-padding-override_2017-05-03-22-04.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Pivot: increased specificty to fix button styles overriding pivo",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "email": "micahgodbolt@gmail.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Pivot/Pivot.scss b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Pivot/Pivot.scss
index 5beeb01778a654..f1383af4662789 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Pivot/Pivot.scss
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Pivot/Pivot.scss
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
   white-space: nowrap;
 }
 
-.link {
+// specificity boost to override button styles. remove when we move to glamor.
+.root .link {
   color: $ms-color-neutralPrimary;
   display: inline-block;
   font-size: $ms-font-size-m;
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@
         background-color: transparent;
         border-bottom: 2px solid $ms-color-white;
       }
-      
+
       @media screen and (-ms-high-contrast: black-on-white) {
         background-color: transparent;
         border-bottom: 2px solid $ms-color-black;