diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/rating-type_2018-02-21-04-05.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/rating-type_2018-02-21-04-05.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d2bbaf994f0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/rating-type_2018-02-21-04-05.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Rating: Adding `type=button` to Rating buttons.",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "dzearing@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Rating/Rating.base.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Rating/Rating.base.tsx
index d9ab8a8b3b480..8344da7140f43 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Rating/Rating.base.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Rating/Rating.base.tsx
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export class RatingBase extends BaseComponent<IRatingProps, IRatingState> {
           onFocus={ this._onFocus.bind(this, i) }
           disabled={ disabled || readOnly ? true : false }
           role='presentation'
+          type='button'
         >
           { this._getLabel(i) }
           <RatingStar key={ i + 'rating' }  {...ratingStarProps} />
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Rating/__snapshots__/Rating.test.tsx.snap b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Rating/__snapshots__/Rating.test.tsx.snap
index fc292a8d5840e..18c3c11fa90a0 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Rating/__snapshots__/Rating.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/Rating/__snapshots__/Rating.test.tsx.snap
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ exports[`Rating Renders Rating correctly 1`] = `
       id="Rating0-star-0"
       onFocus={[Function]}
       role="presentation"
+      type="button"
     >
       <span
         className=
@@ -196,6 +197,7 @@ exports[`Rating Renders Rating correctly 1`] = `
       id="Rating0-star-1"
       onFocus={[Function]}
       role="presentation"
+      type="button"
     >
       <span
         className=
@@ -320,6 +322,7 @@ exports[`Rating Renders Rating correctly 1`] = `
       id="Rating0-star-2"
       onFocus={[Function]}
       role="presentation"
+      type="button"
     >
       <span
         className=
@@ -444,6 +447,7 @@ exports[`Rating Renders Rating correctly 1`] = `
       id="Rating0-star-3"
       onFocus={[Function]}
       role="presentation"
+      type="button"
     >
       <span
         className=
@@ -568,6 +572,7 @@ exports[`Rating Renders Rating correctly 1`] = `
       id="Rating0-star-4"
       onFocus={[Function]}
       role="presentation"
+      type="button"
     >
       <span
         className=