diff --git a/src/textual/widget.py b/src/textual/widget.py
index 818811d07..31344f58c 100644
--- a/src/textual/widget.py
+++ b/src/textual/widget.py
@@ -1227,7 +1227,7 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
         Returns:
             bool: True if this widget may be scrolled.
         """
-        return self.is_container
+        return self.styles.layout is not None or bool(self.children)
 
     @property
     def layer(self) -> str: