diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 30d46e0ce4a..f302f88d1c6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Removed Firefox's focus ring to match other browsers ([#2193](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2193))
 - Added missing `onChange` TS defs for EuiRange ([#2211](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2211))
 - Fixed `EuiBadge` text cursor to default pointer ([#2234](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2234))
+- Fixed `EuiPageContent` className prop to allow the passed-in className to take cascade precedence over classes generated by the component ([#2237](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/2237))
 
 ## [`13.3.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v13.3.0)
 
diff --git a/src/components/page/page_content/page_content.js b/src/components/page/page_content/page_content.js
index 91819108dd4..e8fa94ec286 100644
--- a/src/components/page/page_content/page_content.js
+++ b/src/components/page/page_content/page_content.js
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ export const EuiPageContent = ({
 }) => {
   const classes = classNames(
     'euiPageContent',
-    className,
     verticalPositionToClassNameMap[verticalPosition],
-    horizontalPositionToClassNameMap[horizontalPosition]
+    horizontalPositionToClassNameMap[horizontalPosition],
+    className
   );
 
   return (