diff --git a/core/src/components/segment/segment.tsx b/core/src/components/segment/segment.tsx
index c015d7e617b..b3113c9de7a 100644
--- a/core/src/components/segment/segment.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/segment/segment.tsx
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ export class Segment implements ComponentInterface {
   async componentDidLoad() {
     this.setCheckedClasses();
 
+    /**
+     * If the value changes before watchers
+     * are setup, then the ionSelect watch callback
+     * will not fire. As a result, we manually
+     * fire this event when Select is loaded.
+     */
+    this.ionSelect.emit({ value: this.value });
+
     /**
      * We need to wait for the buttons to all be rendered
      * before we can scroll.