diff --git a/.changeset/brave-pillows-juggle.md b/.changeset/brave-pillows-juggle.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82820194fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/brave-pillows-juggle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"react-router-dom": patch
+---
+
+Fix `NavLink` `isPending` when a `basename` is used
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dom/__tests__/nav-link-active-test.tsx b/packages/react-router-dom/__tests__/nav-link-active-test.tsx
index f6ba739be1..f437f83f0c 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dom/__tests__/nav-link-active-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router-dom/__tests__/nav-link-active-test.tsx
@@ -942,6 +942,46 @@ describe("NavLink using a data router", () => {
     expect(screen.getByText("Link to Bar").className).toBe("");
     expect(screen.getByText("Link to Baz").className).toBe("active");
   });
+
+  it("applies the default 'active'/'pending' classNames when a basename is used", async () => {
+    let dfd = createDeferred();
+    let router = createBrowserRouter(
+      createRoutesFromElements(
+        <Route path="/" element={<Layout />}>
+          <Route path="foo" element={<p>Foo page</p>} />
+          <Route
+            path="bar"
+            loader={() => dfd.promise}
+            element={<p>Bar page</p>}
+          />
+        </Route>
+      ),
+      {
+        window: getWindow("/base/foo"),
+        basename: "/base",
+      }
+    );
+    render(<RouterProvider router={router} />);
+
+    function Layout() {
+      return (
+        <>
+          <NavLink to="/foo">Link to Foo</NavLink>
+          <NavLink to="/bar">Link to Bar</NavLink>
+          <Outlet />
+        </>
+      );
+    }
+
+    expect(screen.getByText("Link to Bar").className).toBe("");
+
+    fireEvent.click(screen.getByText("Link to Bar"));
+    expect(screen.getByText("Link to Bar").className).toBe("pending");
+
+    dfd.resolve(null);
+    await waitFor(() => screen.getByText("Bar page"));
+    expect(screen.getByText("Link to Bar").className).toBe("active");
+  });
 });
 
 describe("NavLink under a Routes with a basename", () => {
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dom/index.tsx b/packages/react-router-dom/index.tsx
index 9a6ab99f72..532658706e 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dom/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router-dom/index.tsx
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ export const NavLink = React.forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, NavLinkProps>(
     let path = useResolvedPath(to, { relative: rest.relative });
     let location = useLocation();
     let routerState = React.useContext(DataRouterStateContext);
-    let { navigator } = React.useContext(NavigationContext);
+    let { navigator, basename } = React.useContext(NavigationContext);
     let isTransitioning =
       routerState != null &&
       // Conditional usage is OK here because the usage of a data router is static
@@ -1053,6 +1053,11 @@ export const NavLink = React.forwardRef<HTMLAnchorElement, NavLinkProps>(
       toPathname = toPathname.toLowerCase();
     }
 
+    if (nextLocationPathname && basename) {
+      nextLocationPathname =
+        stripBasename(nextLocationPathname, basename) || nextLocationPathname;
+    }
+
     // If the `to` has a trailing slash, look at that exact spot.  Otherwise,
     // we're looking for a slash _after_ what's in `to`.  For example:
     //