diff --git a/src/hooks/useActive.ts b/src/hooks/useActive.ts
index dd0d6005..d992fea6 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useActive.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useActive.ts
@@ -25,23 +25,28 @@ export default function useActive(
     active: activeKey === eventKey,
   };
 
-  // Skip when disabled
-  if (!disabled) {
-    ret.onMouseEnter = domEvent => {
-      onMouseEnter?.({
-        key: eventKey,
-        domEvent,
-      });
+  // Disabled item never becomes active, but still notifies the hover callbacks
+  // so that users can attach tooltips or other hover behaviors to it.
+  ret.onMouseEnter = domEvent => {
+    onMouseEnter?.({
+      key: eventKey,
+      domEvent,
+    });
+
+    if (!disabled) {
       onActive(eventKey);
-    };
-    ret.onMouseLeave = domEvent => {
-      onMouseLeave?.({
-        key: eventKey,
-        domEvent,
-      });
+    }
+  };
+  ret.onMouseLeave = domEvent => {
+    onMouseLeave?.({
+      key: eventKey,
+      domEvent,
+    });
+
+    if (!disabled) {
       onInactive(eventKey);
-    };
-  }
+    }
+  };
 
   return ret;
 }
diff --git a/tests/MenuItem.spec.tsx b/tests/MenuItem.spec.tsx
index 87966ef1..612b6550 100644
--- a/tests/MenuItem.spec.tsx
+++ b/tests/MenuItem.spec.tsx
@@ -108,6 +108,32 @@ describe('MenuItem', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('disabled hover', () => {
+    it('still triggers onMouseEnter/onMouseLeave without activating', () => {
+      const onMouseEnter = jest.fn();
+      const onMouseLeave = jest.fn();
+      const { container } = render(
+        <Menu>
+          <MenuItem key="1" disabled onMouseEnter={onMouseEnter} onMouseLeave={onMouseLeave}>
+            1
+          </MenuItem>
+        </Menu>,
+      );
+      const item = container.querySelector('.rc-menu-item');
+
+      fireEvent.mouseEnter(item);
+      expect(onMouseEnter).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({ key: '1', domEvent: expect.anything() }),
+      );
+      expect(item).not.toHaveClass('rc-menu-item-active');
+
+      fireEvent.mouseLeave(item);
+      expect(onMouseLeave).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+        expect.objectContaining({ key: '1', domEvent: expect.anything() }),
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('rest props', () => {
     it('onClick event should only trigger 1 time along the component hierarchy', () => {
       const onClick = jest.fn();