diff --git a/menu/internal/controllers/menuItemController.ts b/menu/internal/controllers/menuItemController.ts
index baa412e772c..9449c2f597d 100644
--- a/menu/internal/controllers/menuItemController.ts
+++ b/menu/internal/controllers/menuItemController.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ export interface MenuItemControllerConfig {
    * A function that returns the headline element of the menu item.
    */
   getHeadlineElements: () => HTMLElement[];
+
+  /**
+   * The HTML Element that accepts user interactions like click. Used for
+   * occasions like programmatically clicking anchor tags when `Enter` is
+   * pressed.
+   */
+  getInteractiveElement: () => HTMLElement | null;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -77,6 +84,8 @@ export class MenuItemController implements ReactiveController {
   private internalTypeaheadText: string|null = null;
   private readonly getHeadlineElements:
       MenuItemControllerConfig['getHeadlineElements'];
+  private readonly getInteractiveElement:
+      MenuItemControllerConfig['getInteractiveElement'];
 
   /**
    * @param host The MenuItem in which to attach this controller to.
@@ -87,8 +96,10 @@ export class MenuItemController implements ReactiveController {
       config: MenuItemControllerConfig) {
     const {
       getHeadlineElements,
+      getInteractiveElement,
     } = config;
     this.getHeadlineElements = getHeadlineElements;
+    this.getInteractiveElement = getInteractiveElement;
     this.host.addController(this);
   }
 
@@ -164,6 +175,14 @@ export class MenuItemController implements ReactiveController {
    * menu.
    */
   onKeydown = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+    // Check if the interactive element is an anchor tag. If so, click it.
+    if (this.host.href && event.code === 'Enter') {
+      const interactiveElement = this.getInteractiveElement();
+      if (interactiveElement instanceof HTMLAnchorElement) {
+        interactiveElement.click();
+      }
+    }
+
     if (this.host.keepOpen || event.defaultPrevented) return;
     const keyCode = event.code;
 
diff --git a/menu/internal/menuitem/menu-item.ts b/menu/internal/menuitem/menu-item.ts
index 107f1a3d1e4..6c5e49702d0 100644
--- a/menu/internal/menuitem/menu-item.ts
+++ b/menu/internal/menuitem/menu-item.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ export class MenuItemEl extends LitElement implements MenuItem {
   private readonly menuItemController = new MenuItemController(this, {
     getHeadlineElements: () => {
       return this.headlineElements;
-    }
+    },
+    getInteractiveElement: () => this.listItemRoot,
   });
 
   protected override render() {
diff --git a/select/internal/selectoption/select-option.ts b/select/internal/selectoption/select-option.ts
index 2ee4b316f3f..7a1299b91f3 100644
--- a/select/internal/selectoption/select-option.ts
+++ b/select/internal/selectoption/select-option.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ export class SelectOptionEl extends LitElement implements SelectOption {
   private readonly selectOptionController = new SelectOptionController(this, {
     getHeadlineElements: () => {
       return this.headlineElements;
-    }
+    },
+    getInteractiveElement: () => this.listItemRoot,
   });
 
   protected override render() {