diff --git a/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.js b/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.js
index ebc6a5663a6d21..ff1d82577ac58f 100644
--- a/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.js
+++ b/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.js
@@ -231,6 +231,15 @@ const TabsScrollbarSize = styled(ScrollbarSize)({
 
 const defaultIndicatorStyle = {};
 
+// scroll-padding computes to 'auto', a <length>, or a <percentage> of the scrollport
+function resolveScrollPadding(value, scrollportSize) {
+  const number = parseFloat(value);
+  if (Number.isNaN(number)) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return value.endsWith('%') ? (number / 100) * scrollportSize : number;
+}
+
 // Dev-only: tracks per-`Tabs` instance (keyed by its ref) whether the invalid-value warning was
 // already logged, so it isn't repeated across the several effects that call `getTabsMeta`.
 // Only referenced from `process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production'` blocks; the `@__PURE__` annotation
@@ -582,13 +591,26 @@ const Tabs = React.forwardRef(function Tabs(inProps, ref) {
       return;
     }
 
-    if (tabMeta[start] < tabsMeta[start]) {
+    const scrollerComputedStyle = ownerWindow(tabsRef.current).getComputedStyle(tabsRef.current);
+    const scrollportSize = tabsRef.current[clientSize];
+    const scrollPaddingStart = resolveScrollPadding(
+      scrollerComputedStyle[vertical ? 'scrollPaddingTop' : 'scrollPaddingLeft'],
+      scrollportSize,
+    );
+    const scrollPaddingEnd = resolveScrollPadding(
+      scrollerComputedStyle[vertical ? 'scrollPaddingBottom' : 'scrollPaddingRight'],
+      scrollportSize,
+    );
+
+    if (tabMeta[start] - scrollPaddingStart < tabsMeta[start]) {
       // left side of button is out of view
-      const nextScrollStart = tabsMeta[scrollStart] + (tabMeta[start] - tabsMeta[start]);
+      const nextScrollStart =
+        tabsMeta[scrollStart] + (tabMeta[start] - scrollPaddingStart - tabsMeta[start]);
       scroll(nextScrollStart, { animation });
-    } else if (tabMeta[end] > tabsMeta[end]) {
+    } else if (tabMeta[end] + scrollPaddingEnd > tabsMeta[end]) {
       // right side of button is out of view
-      const nextScrollStart = tabsMeta[scrollStart] + (tabMeta[end] - tabsMeta[end]);
+      const nextScrollStart =
+        tabsMeta[scrollStart] + (tabMeta[end] + scrollPaddingEnd - tabsMeta[end]);
       scroll(nextScrollStart, { animation });
     }
   });
diff --git a/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.test.js b/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.test.js
index e7ba3244755fbc..b41741f23557e7 100644
--- a/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.test.js
+++ b/packages/mui-material/src/Tabs/Tabs.test.js
@@ -950,6 +950,137 @@ describe.skipIf(isSafari)('<Tabs />', () => {
       clock.tick(1000);
       expect(tablistContainer.scrollLeft).to.equal(0);
     });
+
+    // Firefox reports fractional `scrollLeft`/`scrollTop` in Vitest browser mode, so the exact
+    // integer assertions in the scroll-padding tests fail there.
+    // See https://github.com/vitest-dev/vitest/issues/9223
+    it.skipIf(isFirefox)(
+      'should account for scroll-padding-left when scrolling a tab into view on the left',
+      function test() {
+        const { forceUpdate } = render(
+          <Tabs value={0} variant="scrollable" style={{ width: 200 }}>
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+          </Tabs>,
+        );
+        const tablist = screen.getByRole('tablist');
+        const tablistContainer = tablist.parentElement;
+        const tab = tablist.children[0];
+
+        tablistContainer.style.scrollPaddingLeft = '15px';
+        Object.defineProperty(tablistContainer, 'clientWidth', { value: 100 });
+        tablistContainer.scrollLeft = 100;
+        tablistContainer.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+          left: 0,
+          right: 100,
+        });
+        tab.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+          left: 10,
+          width: 50,
+          right: 60,
+        });
+        forceUpdate();
+        clock.tick(1000);
+        expect(tablistContainer.scrollLeft).to.equal(95);
+      },
+    );
+
+    it.skipIf(isFirefox)(
+      'should account for scroll-padding-right when scrolling a tab into view on the right',
+      function test() {
+        const { forceUpdate } = render(
+          <Tabs value={0} variant="scrollable" style={{ width: 200 }}>
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+          </Tabs>,
+        );
+        const tablist = screen.getByRole('tablist');
+        const tablistContainer = tablist.parentElement;
+        const tab = tablist.children[0];
+
+        tablistContainer.style.scrollPaddingRight = '20px';
+        Object.defineProperty(tablistContainer, 'clientWidth', { value: 200 });
+        tablistContainer.scrollLeft = 0;
+        tablistContainer.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+          left: 0,
+          right: 100,
+        });
+        tab.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+          left: 100,
+          width: 50,
+          right: 150,
+        });
+        forceUpdate();
+        clock.tick(1000);
+        expect(tablistContainer.scrollLeft).to.equal(70);
+      },
+    );
+
+    it.skipIf(isFirefox)(
+      'should resolve a percentage scroll-padding against the scroller clientWidth',
+      function test() {
+        const { forceUpdate } = render(
+          <Tabs value={0} variant="scrollable" style={{ width: 200 }}>
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+            <Tab style={{ width: 120, minWidth: 'auto' }} />
+          </Tabs>,
+        );
+        const tablist = screen.getByRole('tablist');
+        const tablistContainer = tablist.parentElement;
+        const tab = tablist.children[0];
+
+        tablistContainer.style.scrollPaddingRight = '10%';
+        Object.defineProperty(tablistContainer, 'clientWidth', { value: 200 });
+        tablistContainer.scrollLeft = 0;
+        tablistContainer.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+          left: 0,
+          right: 100,
+        });
+        tab.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+          left: 100,
+          width: 50,
+          right: 150,
+        });
+        forceUpdate();
+        clock.tick(1000);
+        expect(tablistContainer.scrollLeft).to.equal(70);
+      },
+    );
+
+    it.skipIf(isFirefox)(
+      'should account for scroll-padding-bottom when scrolling a vertical tab into view',
+      function test() {
+        const { forceUpdate } = render(
+          <Tabs value={0} variant="scrollable" orientation="vertical" style={{ height: 200 }}>
+            <Tab style={{ height: 120 }} />
+            <Tab style={{ height: 120 }} />
+            <Tab style={{ height: 120 }} />
+          </Tabs>,
+        );
+        const tablist = screen.getByRole('tablist');
+        const tablistContainer = tablist.parentElement;
+        const tab = tablist.children[0];
+
+        tablistContainer.style.scrollPaddingBottom = '20px';
+        Object.defineProperty(tablistContainer, 'clientHeight', { value: 200 });
+        tablistContainer.scrollTop = 0;
+        tablistContainer.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+          top: 0,
+          bottom: 100,
+        });
+        tab.getBoundingClientRect = () => ({
+          top: 100,
+          height: 50,
+          bottom: 150,
+        });
+        forceUpdate();
+        clock.tick(1000);
+        expect(tablistContainer.scrollTop).to.equal(70);
+      },
+    );
   });
 
   describe('slotProps: indicator', () => {