diff --git a/core/src/components/modal/modal.ionic.scss b/core/src/components/modal/modal.ionic.scss
index 80244c5ba68..30306fce969 100644
--- a/core/src/components/modal/modal.ionic.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/modal/modal.ionic.scss
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@
   --border-radius: #{globals.$ion-border-radius-0};
 }
 
+// Default Modal
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+// Modal when inside a select default-modal
+:host(.select-modal.modal-default) {
+  --max-height: 45%;
+  --max-width: calc(100% - (#{globals.$ion-space-400} * 2));
+  --min-height: 340px;
+}
+
 // Sheet Modal
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/core/src/components/select-modal/select-modal.ionic.scss b/core/src/components/select-modal/select-modal.ionic.scss
index cd0df6ce3a9..23d7705b660 100644
--- a/core/src/components/select-modal/select-modal.ionic.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/select-modal/select-modal.ionic.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 // Ionic Select Modal
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
+:host(.in-modal-default) ion-content::part(scroll) {
+  --padding-bottom: #{globals.$ion-space-400};
+}
+
 // Item
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/core/src/components/select-modal/select-modal.tsx b/core/src/components/select-modal/select-modal.tsx
index 1e61c933fdf..8b4ed90193e 100644
--- a/core/src/components/select-modal/select-modal.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/select-modal/select-modal.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { getIonMode } from '@global/ionic-global';
 import type { ComponentInterface } from '@stencil/core';
 import { Component, Element, Host, Prop, forceUpdate, h } from '@stencil/core';
 import { safeCall } from '@utils/overlays';
-import { getClassMap } from '@utils/theme';
+import { getClassMap, hostContext } from '@utils/theme';
 
 import type { CheckboxCustomEvent } from '../checkbox/checkbox-interface';
 import type { RadioGroupCustomEvent } from '../radio-group/radio-group-interface';
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ export class SelectModal implements ComponentInterface {
     }
   }
 
+  private getModalContextClasses() {
+    const el = this.el;
+    return {
+      'in-modal-default': hostContext('ion-modal.modal-default', el),
+      'in-modal-sheet': hostContext('ion-modal.modal-sheet', el),
+    };
+  }
+
   private renderRadioOptions() {
     const checked = this.options.filter((o) => o.checked).map((o) => o.value)[0];
 
@@ -143,7 +151,12 @@ export class SelectModal implements ComponentInterface {
 
   render() {
     return (
-      <Host class={getIonMode(this)}>
+      <Host
+        class={{
+          [getIonMode(this)]: true,
+          ...this.getModalContextClasses(),
+        }}
+      >
         <ion-header>
           <ion-toolbar>
             {this.header !== undefined && <ion-title>{this.header}</ion-title>}