diff --git a/src/demo-app/button-toggle/button-toggle-demo.html b/src/demo-app/button-toggle/button-toggle-demo.html
index fdb4c24fafa..198b57041ac 100644
--- a/src/demo-app/button-toggle/button-toggle-demo.html
+++ b/src/demo-app/button-toggle/button-toggle-demo.html
@@ -10,10 +10,18 @@
 
 <section class="demo-section">
   <mat-button-toggle-group name="alignment" [vertical]="isVertical">
-    <mat-button-toggle value="left"><mat-icon>format_align_left</mat-icon></mat-button-toggle>
-    <mat-button-toggle value="center"><mat-icon>format_align_center</mat-icon></mat-button-toggle>
-    <mat-button-toggle value="right"><mat-icon>format_align_right</mat-icon></mat-button-toggle>
-    <mat-button-toggle value="justify" [disabled]="isDisabled"><mat-icon>format_align_justify</mat-icon></mat-button-toggle>
+    <mat-button-toggle value="left"[disabled]="isDisabled">
+      <mat-icon>format_align_left</mat-icon>
+    </mat-button-toggle>
+    <mat-button-toggle value="center" [disabled]="isDisabled">
+      <mat-icon>format_align_center</mat-icon>
+    </mat-button-toggle>
+    <mat-button-toggle value="right" [disabled]="isDisabled">
+      <mat-icon>format_align_right</mat-icon>
+    </mat-button-toggle>
+    <mat-button-toggle value="justify" [disabled]="isDisabled">
+      <mat-icon>format_align_justify</mat-icon>
+    </mat-button-toggle>
   </mat-button-toggle-group>
 </section>
 
diff --git a/src/lib/button-toggle/_button-toggle-theme.scss b/src/lib/button-toggle/_button-toggle-theme.scss
index f381958472f..42a32a36e79 100644
--- a/src/lib/button-toggle/_button-toggle-theme.scss
+++ b/src/lib/button-toggle/_button-toggle-theme.scss
@@ -2,15 +2,6 @@
 @import '../core/theming/theming';
 @import '../core/typography/typography-utils';
 
-// Applies a focus style to an mat-button-toggle element for each of the supported palettes.
-@mixin _mat-button-toggle-focus-color($theme) {
-  $background: map-get($theme, background);
-
-  .mat-button-toggle-focus-overlay {
-    background-color: mat-color($background, focused-button);
-  }
-}
-
 @mixin mat-button-toggle-theme($theme) {
   $foreground: map-get($theme, foreground);
   $background: map-get($theme, background);
@@ -18,8 +9,8 @@
   .mat-button-toggle {
     color: mat-color($foreground, hint-text);
 
-    &.cdk-focused {
-      @include _mat-button-toggle-focus-color($theme);
+    .mat-button-toggle-focus-overlay {
+      background-color: mat-color($background, focused-button);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle-module.ts b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle-module.ts
index fca49ad1f6f..372c973ede7 100644
--- a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle-module.ts
+++ b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle-module.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@
 
 import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
 import {MatButtonToggleGroup, MatButtonToggleGroupMultiple, MatButtonToggle} from './button-toggle';
-import {MatCommonModule} from '@angular/material/core';
+import {MatCommonModule, MatRippleModule} from '@angular/material/core';
 import {UNIQUE_SELECTION_DISPATCHER_PROVIDER} from '@angular/cdk/collections';
 import {A11yModule} from '@angular/cdk/a11y';
 
 
 @NgModule({
-  imports: [MatCommonModule, A11yModule],
+  imports: [MatCommonModule, MatRippleModule, A11yModule],
   exports: [
     MatButtonToggleGroup,
     MatButtonToggleGroupMultiple,
diff --git a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.html b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.html
index bede6457352..f487d13e4f9 100644
--- a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.html
+++ b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<label [attr.for]="inputId" class="mat-button-toggle-label">
+<label [attr.for]="inputId" class="mat-button-toggle-label" #label>
   <input #input class="mat-button-toggle-input cdk-visually-hidden"
          [type]="_type"
          [id]="inputId"
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@
   </div>
 </label>
 <div class="mat-button-toggle-focus-overlay"></div>
+
+<div class="mat-button-toggle-ripple" matRipple
+     [matRippleTrigger]="label"
+     [matRippleDisabled]="this.disableRipple || this.disabled">
+</div>
diff --git a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.scss b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.scss
index 89c58c62880..935c0ead07e 100644
--- a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.scss
+++ b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.scss
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ $mat-button-toggle-border-radius: 2px !default;
   }
 }
 
-
 .mat-button-toggle-disabled .mat-button-toggle-label-content {
   cursor: default;
 }
@@ -39,8 +38,11 @@ $mat-button-toggle-border-radius: 2px !default;
   white-space: nowrap;
   position: relative;
 
-  &.cdk-keyboard-focused,
-  &.cdk-program-focused {
+  // Similar to components like the checkbox, slide-toggle and radio, we cannot show the focus
+  // overlay for `.cdk-program-focused` because mouse clicks on the <label> element would be always
+  // treated as programmatic focus.
+  // TODO(paul): support `program` as well. See https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/9889
+  &.cdk-keyboard-focused {
     .mat-button-toggle-focus-overlay {
       opacity: 1;
     }
@@ -68,3 +70,12 @@ $mat-button-toggle-border-radius: 2px !default;
   opacity: 0;
   @include mat-fill;
 }
+
+.mat-button-toggle-ripple {
+  @include mat-fill;
+
+  // Disable pointer events for the ripple container, because the container will overlay the user
+  // content and we don't want to prevent mouse clicks that should toggle the state.
+  // Pointer events can be safely disabled because the ripple trigger element is the label element.
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.spec.ts b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.spec.ts
index 818a98026f9..f0ad84de907 100644
--- a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.spec.ts
+++ b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.spec.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   ComponentFixture,
   TestBed,
 } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {dispatchMouseEvent} from '@angular/cdk/testing';
 import {NgModel, FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule, FormControl} from '@angular/forms';
 import {Component, DebugElement} from '@angular/core';
 import {By} from '@angular/platform-browser';
@@ -177,8 +178,32 @@ describe('MatButtonToggle with forms', () => {
 
       expect(testComponent.modelValue).toBe('green');
     }));
-  });
 
+    it('should show a ripple on label click', () => {
+      const groupElement = groupDebugElement.nativeElement;
+
+      expect(groupElement.querySelectorAll('.mat-ripple-element').length).toBe(0);
+
+      dispatchMouseEvent(buttonToggleLabels[0], 'mousedown');
+      dispatchMouseEvent(buttonToggleLabels[0], 'mouseup');
+
+      expect(groupElement.querySelectorAll('.mat-ripple-element').length).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it('should allow ripples to be disabled', () => {
+      const groupElement = groupDebugElement.nativeElement;
+
+      testComponent.disableRipple = true;
+      fixture.detectChanges();
+
+      expect(groupElement.querySelectorAll('.mat-ripple-element').length).toBe(0);
+
+      dispatchMouseEvent(buttonToggleLabels[0], 'mousedown');
+      dispatchMouseEvent(buttonToggleLabels[0], 'mouseup');
+
+      expect(groupElement.querySelectorAll('.mat-ripple-element').length).toBe(0);
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 describe('MatButtonToggle without forms', () => {
@@ -647,7 +672,8 @@ class ButtonTogglesInsideButtonToggleGroup {
 @Component({
   template: `
   <mat-button-toggle-group [(ngModel)]="modelValue" (change)="lastEvent = $event">
-    <mat-button-toggle *ngFor="let option of options" [value]="option.value">
+    <mat-button-toggle *ngFor="let option of options" [value]="option.value"
+                       [disableRipple]="disableRipple">
       {{option.label}}
     </mat-button-toggle>
   </mat-button-toggle-group>
@@ -661,6 +687,7 @@ class ButtonToggleGroupWithNgModel {
     {label: 'Blue', value: 'blue'},
   ];
   lastEvent: MatButtonToggleChange;
+  disableRipple = false;
 }
 
 @Component({
diff --git a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.ts b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.ts
index d1a2fb4b8bc..833e751a31a 100644
--- a/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.ts
+++ b/src/lib/button-toggle/button-toggle.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ import {
   ViewEncapsulation,
 } from '@angular/core';
 import {ControlValueAccessor, NG_VALUE_ACCESSOR} from '@angular/forms';
-import {CanDisable, mixinDisabled} from '@angular/material/core';
+import {
+  CanDisable,
+  CanDisableRipple,
+  mixinDisabled,
+  mixinDisableRipple
+} from '@angular/material/core';
 
 /** Acceptable types for a button toggle. */
 export type ToggleType = 'checkbox' | 'radio';
@@ -225,6 +230,11 @@ export class MatButtonToggleGroupMultiple extends _MatButtonToggleGroupMixinBase
   private _vertical: boolean = false;
 }
 
+// Boilerplate for applying mixins to the MatButtonToggle class.
+/** @docs-private */
+export class MatButtonToggleBase {}
+export const _MatButtonToggleMixinBase = mixinDisableRipple(MatButtonToggleBase);
+
 /** Single button inside of a toggle group. */
 @Component({
   moduleId: module.id,
@@ -235,6 +245,7 @@ export class MatButtonToggleGroupMultiple extends _MatButtonToggleGroupMixinBase
   preserveWhitespaces: false,
   exportAs: 'matButtonToggle',
   changeDetection: ChangeDetectionStrategy.OnPush,
+  inputs: ['disableRipple'],
   host: {
     '[class.mat-button-toggle-standalone]': '!buttonToggleGroup && !buttonToggleGroupMultiple',
     '[class.mat-button-toggle-checked]': 'checked',
@@ -243,7 +254,9 @@ export class MatButtonToggleGroupMultiple extends _MatButtonToggleGroupMixinBase
     '[attr.id]': 'id',
   }
 })
-export class MatButtonToggle implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
+export class MatButtonToggle extends _MatButtonToggleMixinBase
+    implements OnInit, OnDestroy, CanDisableRipple {
+
   /**
    * Attached to the aria-label attribute of the host element. In most cases, arial-labelledby will
    * take precedence so this may be omitted.
@@ -331,6 +344,7 @@ export class MatButtonToggle implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
               private _buttonToggleDispatcher: UniqueSelectionDispatcher,
               private _elementRef: ElementRef,
               private _focusMonitor: FocusMonitor) {
+    super();
 
     this.buttonToggleGroup = toggleGroup;
     this.buttonToggleGroupMultiple = toggleGroupMultiple;
diff --git a/src/lib/checkbox/checkbox.ts b/src/lib/checkbox/checkbox.ts
index 39ce7283424..cb261ec98a9 100644
--- a/src/lib/checkbox/checkbox.ts
+++ b/src/lib/checkbox/checkbox.ts
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ export class MatCheckbox extends _MatCheckboxMixinBase implements ControlValueAc
 
   /** Function is called whenever the focus changes for the input element. */
   private _onInputFocusChange(focusOrigin: FocusOrigin) {
+    // TODO(paul): support `program`. See https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/9889
     if (!this._focusRipple && focusOrigin === 'keyboard') {
       this._focusRipple = this.ripple.launch(0, 0, {persistent: true});
     } else if (!focusOrigin) {
diff --git a/src/lib/radio/radio.ts b/src/lib/radio/radio.ts
index 71dc9f16266..c6a33c9f577 100644
--- a/src/lib/radio/radio.ts
+++ b/src/lib/radio/radio.ts
@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ export class MatRadioButton extends _MatRadioButtonMixinBase
 
   /** Function is called whenever the focus changes for the input element. */
   private _onInputFocusChange(focusOrigin: FocusOrigin) {
+    // TODO(paul): support `program`. See https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/9889
     if (!this._focusRipple && focusOrigin === 'keyboard') {
       this._focusRipple = this._ripple.launch(0, 0, {persistent: true});
     } else if (!focusOrigin) {
diff --git a/src/lib/slide-toggle/slide-toggle.ts b/src/lib/slide-toggle/slide-toggle.ts
index 36265e2b347..42d5e11b689 100644
--- a/src/lib/slide-toggle/slide-toggle.ts
+++ b/src/lib/slide-toggle/slide-toggle.ts
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ export class MatSlideToggle extends _MatSlideToggleMixinBase implements OnDestro
 
   /** Function is called whenever the focus changes for the input element. */
   private _onInputFocusChange(focusOrigin: FocusOrigin) {
+    // TODO(paul): support `program`. See https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/9889
     if (!this._focusRipple && focusOrigin === 'keyboard') {
       // For keyboard focus show a persistent ripple as focus indicator.
       this._focusRipple = this._ripple.launch(0, 0, {persistent: true});