diff --git a/packages/angular/common/src/providers/angular-delegate.ts b/packages/angular/common/src/providers/angular-delegate.ts
index bde802ab115..bba50323591 100644
--- a/packages/angular/common/src/providers/angular-delegate.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/common/src/providers/angular-delegate.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,14 @@ export const attachView = (
 
   applicationRef.attachView(componentRef.hostView);
 
+  /**
+   * Run change detection so template bindings (e.g. `<ion-nav [root]="rootPage">`)
+   * apply during this synchronous pass, before the web component runs its load
+   * lifecycle. `createComponent` only runs the creation pass, so without this the
+   * binding lands after the element has loaded, too late for `ion-nav` to read it.
+   */
+  componentRef.changeDetectorRef.detectChanges();
+
   elRefMap.set(hostElement, componentRef);
   elEventsMap.set(hostElement, unbindEvents);
   return hostElement;
diff --git a/packages/angular/test/base/e2e/src/standalone/nav-modal-root.spec.ts b/packages/angular/test/base/e2e/src/standalone/nav-modal-root.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36fa53d2ba3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/test/base/e2e/src/standalone/nav-modal-root.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
+
+test.describe('Nav: root binding inside a modal (standalone)', () => {
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto('/standalone/nav-modal-root');
+  });
+
+  test('should render the nav root when bound from componentProps', async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.locator('#open-nav-modal').click();
+
+    await expect(page.locator('ion-modal')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.locator('ion-modal ion-nav')).toBeVisible();
+    await expect(page.locator('#nav-modal-root-content')).toBeVisible();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/app-standalone/app.routes.ts b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/app-standalone/app.routes.ts
index c365195662d..d09b36f40aa 100644
--- a/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/app-standalone/app.routes.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/app-standalone/app.routes.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export const routes: Routes = [
       { path: 'back-button', loadComponent: () => import('../back-button/back-button.component').then(c => c.BackButtonComponent) },
       { path: 'router-link', loadComponent: () => import('../router-link/router-link.component').then(c => c.RouterLinkComponent) },
       { path: 'nav', loadComponent: () => import('../nav/nav.component').then(c => c.NavComponent) },
+      { path: 'nav-modal-root', loadComponent: () => import('../nav-modal-root/nav-modal-root.component').then(c => c.NavModalRootComponent) },
       { path: 'providers', loadComponent: () => import('../providers/providers.component').then(c => c.ProvidersComponent) },
       { path: 'overlay-controllers', loadComponent: () => import('../overlay-controllers/overlay-controllers.component').then(c => c.OverlayControllersComponent) },
       { path: 'button', loadComponent: () => import('../button/button.component').then(c => c.ButtonComponent) },
diff --git a/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/home-page/home-page.component.html b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/home-page/home-page.component.html
index 3ad10254b30..76d4bc564f7 100644
--- a/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/home-page/home-page.component.html
+++ b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/home-page/home-page.component.html
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
         Nav Test
       </ion-label>
     </ion-item>
+    <ion-item routerLink="/standalone/nav-modal-root">
+      <ion-label>
+        Nav Modal Root Test
+      </ion-label>
+    </ion-item>
     <ion-item routerLink="/standalone/router-link">
       <ion-label>
         Router Link Test
diff --git a/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-modal-root-page.component.ts b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-modal-root-page.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..468580a9a06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-modal-root-page.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { IonContent, IonHeader, IonTitle, IonToolbar } from '@ionic/angular/standalone';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-nav-modal-root-page',
+  template: `
+    <ion-header>
+      <ion-toolbar>
+        <ion-title>Nav Modal Root Page</ion-title>
+      </ion-toolbar>
+    </ion-header>
+    <ion-content class="ion-padding">
+      <div id="nav-modal-root-content">Root page rendered inside nav</div>
+    </ion-content>
+  `,
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [IonContent, IonHeader, IonTitle, IonToolbar],
+})
+export class NavModalRootPageComponent {}
diff --git a/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-modal-root.component.ts b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-modal-root.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb2747e4384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-modal-root.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Component, inject } from '@angular/core';
+import { IonButton, IonContent, IonHeader, IonTitle, IonToolbar, ModalController } from '@ionic/angular/standalone';
+
+import { NavModalRootPageComponent } from './nav-modal-root-page.component';
+import { NavWrapperComponent } from './nav-wrapper.component';
+
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-nav-modal-root',
+  template: `
+    <ion-header>
+      <ion-toolbar>
+        <ion-title>Nav Modal Root</ion-title>
+      </ion-toolbar>
+    </ion-header>
+    <ion-content class="ion-padding">
+      <ion-button id="open-nav-modal" (click)="openModal()">Open Modal</ion-button>
+    </ion-content>
+  `,
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [IonButton, IonContent, IonHeader, IonTitle, IonToolbar],
+})
+export class NavModalRootComponent {
+  private modalController = inject(ModalController);
+
+  async openModal() {
+    const modal = await this.modalController.create({
+      component: NavWrapperComponent,
+      componentProps: {
+        rootPage: NavModalRootPageComponent,
+      },
+    });
+
+    await modal.present();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-wrapper.component.ts b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-wrapper.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e0e6a7919f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/test/base/src/app/standalone/nav-modal-root/nav-wrapper.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { Component, Input } from '@angular/core';
+import { IonNav } from '@ionic/angular/standalone';
+
+/**
+ * Presented as a modal via `ModalController` with the nav root passed through
+ * `componentProps`. Reproduces #31220, where the `[root]` binding used to land
+ * after `ion-nav` had already loaded, leaving the nav empty.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'app-nav-wrapper',
+  template: `<ion-nav [root]="rootPage"></ion-nav>`,
+  standalone: true,
+  imports: [IonNav],
+})
+export class NavWrapperComponent {
+  @Input() rootPage: any;
+}