diff --git a/scss/mixins/_table-variants.scss b/scss/mixins/_table-variants.scss
index 2c5791e535..5ac842a3d4 100644
--- a/scss/mixins/_table-variants.scss
+++ b/scss/mixins/_table-variants.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // scss-docs-start table-variant
 @mixin table-variant($state, $background) {
-  .table-#{$state} {
+  .table-#{$state},
+  .table .table-#{$state} {
     $color: color-contrast(opaque($body-bg, $background));
     $hover-bg: mix($color, $background, percentage($table-hover-bg-factor));
     $striped-bg: mix($color, $background, percentage($table-striped-bg-factor));