diff --git a/projects/core/browser/fullscreen/index.test.ts b/projects/core/browser/fullscreen/index.test.ts
index cf6e2f6..f6d17d4 100644
--- a/projects/core/browser/fullscreen/index.test.ts
+++ b/projects/core/browser/fullscreen/index.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, ElementRef, signal, viewChild } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, ElementRef, inject, signal, ViewEncapsulation, viewChild } from '@angular/core';
 import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { fullscreen } from './index';
 
@@ -188,4 +188,120 @@ describe(fullscreen.name, () => {
       expect(component.fs.isActive()).toBe(true);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('shadow dom', () => {
+    // `document.fullscreenElement` is retargeted against the document tree: when the fullscreen
+    // element lives in a shadow tree, the document reports its host instead.
+    // See https://fullscreen.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-documentorshadowroot-fullscreenelement
+    const mockShadowFullscreenElement = (root: ShadowRoot, element: Element | null) => {
+      Object.defineProperty(root, 'fullscreenElement', {
+        get: () => element,
+        configurable: true,
+      });
+    };
+
+    @Component({
+      template: '<div #box></div>{{ fs.isActive() }}',
+      encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.ShadowDom,
+    })
+    class ShadowComponent {
+      readonly box = viewChild.required<ElementRef<HTMLElement>>('box');
+      readonly fs = fullscreen({ target: this.box });
+    }
+
+    const createShadowComponent = () => {
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ShadowComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      const component = fixture.componentInstance;
+
+      return {
+        component,
+        host: fixture.nativeElement as Element,
+        box: component.box().nativeElement,
+      };
+    };
+
+    it('should report a target inside a shadow root as active', () => {
+      const { component, host, box } = createShadowComponent();
+
+      fullscreenElementValue = host;
+      mockShadowFullscreenElement(host.shadowRoot!, box);
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('fullscreenchange'));
+
+      expect(component.fs.isActive()).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('should exit a target inside a shadow root', async () => {
+      const { component, host, box } = createShadowComponent();
+
+      fullscreenElementValue = host;
+      mockShadowFullscreenElement(host.shadowRoot!, box);
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('fullscreenchange'));
+
+      await component.fs.exit();
+
+      expect(exitFullscreenSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should not enter again when the target inside a shadow root is already fullscreen', async () => {
+      const { component, host, box } = createShadowComponent();
+
+      fullscreenElementValue = host;
+      mockShadowFullscreenElement(host.shadowRoot!, box);
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('fullscreenchange'));
+
+      await component.fs.enter();
+
+      expect(requestFullscreenSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('should not report the host as active when a nested element is fullscreen', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: '<div #box></div>{{ fs.isActive() }}',
+        encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.ShadowDom,
+      })
+      class HostTargetComponent {
+        readonly box = viewChild.required<ElementRef<HTMLElement>>('box');
+        readonly host = inject(ElementRef<HTMLElement>);
+        readonly fs = fullscreen({ target: this.host });
+      }
+
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(HostTargetComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      const component = fixture.componentInstance;
+      const host = fixture.nativeElement as Element;
+
+      fullscreenElementValue = host;
+      mockShadowFullscreenElement(host.shadowRoot!, component.box().nativeElement);
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('fullscreenchange'));
+
+      expect(component.fs.isActive()).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should report a shadow host that is fullscreen itself as active', () => {
+      @Component({
+        template: '<div #box></div>{{ fs.isActive() }}',
+        encapsulation: ViewEncapsulation.ShadowDom,
+      })
+      class HostTargetComponent {
+        readonly host = inject(ElementRef<HTMLElement>);
+        readonly fs = fullscreen({ target: this.host });
+      }
+
+      const fixture = TestBed.createComponent(HostTargetComponent);
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      const component = fixture.componentInstance;
+      const host = fixture.nativeElement as Element;
+
+      // The host went fullscreen itself, so its shadow root reports no fullscreen element.
+      fullscreenElementValue = host;
+      mockShadowFullscreenElement(host.shadowRoot!, null);
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('fullscreenchange'));
+
+      expect(component.fs.isActive()).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/projects/core/browser/fullscreen/index.ts b/projects/core/browser/fullscreen/index.ts
index dc9070d..f48a6f5 100644
--- a/projects/core/browser/fullscreen/index.ts
+++ b/projects/core/browser/fullscreen/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { computed, signal, type Signal, untracked } from '@angular/core';
-import { assertElement, constSignal, NOOP_ASYNC_FN, setupContext } from '@signality/core/internal';
+import {
+  assertElement,
+  constSignal,
+  getFullscreenElement,
+  NOOP_ASYNC_FN,
+  setupContext,
+} from '@signality/core/internal';
 import { toElement } from '@signality/core/utilities';
 import type { MaybeElementSignal, WithInjector } from '@signality/core/types';
 import { listener, setupSync } from '@signality/core/browser/listener';
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ export function fullscreen(options?: FullscreenOptions): FullscreenRef {
 
     const target = options?.target ?? document.documentElement;
 
-    const fullscreenElement = signal<Element | null>(document.fullscreenElement);
+    const fullscreenElement = signal<Element | null>(getFullscreenElement(document));
 
     const isActive = computed(() => {
       const current = fullscreenElement();
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ export function fullscreen(options?: FullscreenOptions): FullscreenRef {
     const enter = async (): Promise<void> => {
       const el = toElement.untracked(target);
       ngDevMode && assertElement(el, 'fullscreen');
-      if (document.fullscreenElement !== el) {
+      if (getFullscreenElement(document) !== el) {
         await el?.requestFullscreen();
       }
     };
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ export function fullscreen(options?: FullscreenOptions): FullscreenRef {
     const exit = async (): Promise<void> => {
       const el = toElement.untracked(target);
       ngDevMode && assertElement(el, 'fullscreen');
-      if (document.fullscreenElement === el) {
+      if (getFullscreenElement(document) === el) {
         await document.exitFullscreen();
       }
     };
@@ -138,7 +144,7 @@ export function fullscreen(options?: FullscreenOptions): FullscreenRef {
 
     setupSync(() => {
       listener(document, 'fullscreenchange', () =>
-        fullscreenElement.set(document.fullscreenElement)
+        fullscreenElement.set(getFullscreenElement(document))
       );
     });
 
diff --git a/projects/core/internal/utils/dom/get-fullscreen-element.ts b/projects/core/internal/utils/dom/get-fullscreen-element.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b02196b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/core/internal/utils/dom/get-fullscreen-element.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * @internal
+ */
+export function getFullscreenElement(document: Document): Element | null {
+  let fullscreenElement = document.fullscreenElement;
+
+  // `fullscreenElement` is retargeted against the tree it is read from, so a document reports
+  // the shadow host instead of the element that actually went fullscreen.
+  // See https://fullscreen.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-documentorshadowroot-fullscreenelement
+  while (fullscreenElement && fullscreenElement.shadowRoot) {
+    const newFullscreenElement = fullscreenElement.shadowRoot.fullscreenElement;
+    // A host with a shadow root can be the fullscreen element itself, in which case its shadow
+    // root reports `null` and the host is the element we are looking for.
+    if (!newFullscreenElement || newFullscreenElement === fullscreenElement) {
+      break;
+    } else {
+      fullscreenElement = newFullscreenElement;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return fullscreenElement;
+}
diff --git a/projects/core/internal/utils/dom/index.ts b/projects/core/internal/utils/dom/index.ts
index 5b26575..033ef21 100644
--- a/projects/core/internal/utils/dom/index.ts
+++ b/projects/core/internal/utils/dom/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 export * from './get-active-element';
 export * from './get-event-target';
+export * from './get-fullscreen-element';
 export * from './get-pip-element';
 export * from './get-shadow-root';
 export * from './is-document';