diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox.tsx
index 8ae819f263..17761c28ea 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Accessibility, checkboxBehavior } from '@fluentui/accessibility'
+import CheckboxBase from './CheckboxBase'
 import * as customPropTypes from '@fluentui/react-proptypes'
 import * as _ from 'lodash'
 import * as React from 'react'
@@ -149,11 +150,14 @@ class Checkbox extends AutoControlledComponent<WithAsProp<CheckboxProps>, Checkb
     })
 
     return (
-      <ElementType
-        className={classes.root}
+      <CheckboxBase
+        slots={{ root: ElementType }}
+        slotProps={{ input: { style: { visibility: 'hidden', display: 'none' } } }}
+        classes={classes}
         onClick={this.handleClick}
         onChange={this.handleChange}
         onFocus={this.handleFocus}
+        checked={this.state.checked}
         {...accessibility.attributes.root}
         {...unhandledProps}
         {...applyAccessibilityKeyHandlers(accessibility.keyHandlers.root, unhandledProps)}
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ class Checkbox extends AutoControlledComponent<WithAsProp<CheckboxProps>, Checkb
           }),
         })}
         {labelPosition === 'end' && labelElement}
-      </ElementType>
+      </CheckboxBase>
     )
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Checkbox/CheckboxBase.tsx b/packages/react/src/components/Checkbox/CheckboxBase.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1916aa0fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Checkbox/CheckboxBase.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import * as React from 'react'
+
+interface CheckboxBaseProps {
+  checked?: boolean
+  onChange?: React.ChangeEventHandler
+  onClick?: React.MouseEventHandler
+  slots?: {
+    root?: any
+    input?: any
+  }
+  slotProps?: {
+    root?: any
+    input?: any
+  }
+  classes?: any
+}
+
+const Testhelper = (prop?: Function, propName?: string) => {
+  if (!prop) {
+    return {}
+  }
+  return {
+    [propName]: prop,
+  }
+}
+
+const CheckboxBase: React.FunctionComponent<CheckboxBaseProps> = props => {
+  const { checked, onChange, onClick, classes = {}, slots = {}, slotProps = {}, ...rest } = props
+  const { root: RootSlot = 'div', input: InputSlot = 'input' } = slots
+  const { root: rootClass, input: inputClass } = classes
+  const { root: rootProps, input: inputProps } = slotProps
+
+  const [isChecked, setIsChecked] = React.useState(!!checked)
+  const realIsChecked = checked === undefined ? isChecked : !!checked
+
+  const onChangeHandler = React.useCallback(
+    (ev: any) => {
+      if (onClick) {
+        onClick(ev)
+      }
+      if (!ev.defaultPrevented) {
+        if (onChange) {
+          onChange(ev)
+        }
+      }
+      if (!ev.defaultPrevented) {
+        setIsChecked(!realIsChecked)
+      }
+    },
+    [setIsChecked, realIsChecked, onChange],
+  )
+
+  const onKeyDown = React.useCallback(
+    (ev: React.KeyboardEvent) => {
+      console.log(ev.keyCode)
+      switch (ev.keyCode) {
+        case 13:
+        case 32: {
+          setIsChecked(!realIsChecked)
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    [setIsChecked, realIsChecked],
+  )
+
+  return (
+    <RootSlot
+      onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+      onClick={onChangeHandler}
+      className={rootClass}
+      {...rest}
+      {...rootProps}
+      {...Testhelper(onChange, 'onChange')}
+    >
+      <InputSlot checked={realIsChecked} type="checkbox" className={inputClass} {...inputProps} />
+      {props.children}
+    </RootSlot>
+  )
+}
+export default CheckboxBase
diff --git a/packages/react/test/specs/commonTests/isConformant.tsx b/packages/react/test/specs/commonTests/isConformant.tsx
index 2e3c9ea314..3e16599a66 100644
--- a/packages/react/test/specs/commonTests/isConformant.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/test/specs/commonTests/isConformant.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export interface Conformant {
   rendersPortal?: boolean
   /** This component uses wrapper slot to wrap the 'meaningful' element. */
   wrapperComponent?: React.ReactType
+  /** This component uses a base element */
+  baseComponent?: React.ReactType
 }
 
 /**
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ export default function isConformant(
     requiredProps = {},
     rendersPortal = false,
     wrapperComponent = null,
+    baseComponent = null,
   } = options
   const { throwError } = helpers('isConformant', Component)
 
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ export default function isConformant(
   const helperComponentNames = [
     ...[Ref, RefFindNode],
     ...(wrapperComponent ? [wrapperComponent] : []),
+    ...(baseComponent ? [baseComponent] : []),
   ].map(getDisplayName)
 
   const toNextNonTrivialChild = (from: ReactWrapper) => {
diff --git a/packages/react/test/specs/components/Checkbox/Checkbox-test.tsx b/packages/react/test/specs/components/Checkbox/Checkbox-test.tsx
index 1a626d30a1..69a9531302 100644
--- a/packages/react/test/specs/components/Checkbox/Checkbox-test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/test/specs/components/Checkbox/Checkbox-test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from 'react'
 import Checkbox from 'src/components/Checkbox/Checkbox'
+import CheckboxBase from 'src/components/Checkbox/CheckboxBase'
 import {
   isConformant,
   handlesAccessibility,
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from 'test/specs/commonTests'
 
 describe('Checkbox', () => {
-  isConformant(Checkbox)
+  isConformant(Checkbox, { baseComponent: CheckboxBase })
   handlesAccessibility(Checkbox, { defaultRootRole: 'checkbox' })
 
   describe('HTML accessibility rules validation', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react/test/specs/components/Checkbox/CheckboxBase-test.tsx b/packages/react/test/specs/components/Checkbox/CheckboxBase-test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5151e91ad4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react/test/specs/components/Checkbox/CheckboxBase-test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+import * as React from 'react'
+import { mount } from 'enzyme'
+import CheckboxBase from 'src/components/Checkbox/CheckboxBase'
+
+describe("Baby's first test", () => {
+  it('renders something', () => {
+    expect(mount(<CheckboxBase />)).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('has an input', () => {
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase />)
+    const input = control
+      .find('input')
+      .first()
+      .getDOMNode()
+    expect(input).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+
+  it('can be checked', () => {
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase checked={true} />)
+    const inputChecked = control
+      .find('input')
+      .first()
+      .prop('checked')
+    expect(inputChecked).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('can be unchecked', () => {
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase />)
+    const inputChecked = control
+      .find('input')
+      .first()
+      .prop('checked')
+    expect(inputChecked).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('can switch check state', () => {
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase />)
+    const inputChecked = control
+      .find('input')
+      .first()
+      .prop('checked')
+    expect(inputChecked).toBe(false)
+    control.setProps({ checked: true })
+    const inputCheckedAfter = control
+      .find('input')
+      .first()
+      .prop('checked')
+    expect(inputCheckedAfter).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('changes state when clicked', () => {
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase />)
+    expect(
+      control
+        .find('input')
+        .first()
+        .prop('checked'),
+    ).toBe(false)
+    control.simulate('click')
+    expect(
+      control
+        .find('input')
+        .first()
+        .prop('checked'),
+    ).toBe(true)
+    control.simulate('click')
+    expect(
+      control
+        .find('input')
+        .first()
+        .prop('checked'),
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('calls onChange when checked state changes', () => {
+    const change = jest.fn()
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase onChange={change} />) // let, the only constant is change
+    control.simulate('click')
+    expect(change).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('does not change value when onChange prevents default', () => {
+    const change = jest.fn((e: any) => e.preventDefault())
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase onChange={change} />)
+    expect(
+      control
+        .find('input')
+        .first()
+        .prop('checked'),
+    ).toBe(false)
+    control.simulate('click')
+    expect(
+      control
+        .find('input')
+        .first()
+        .prop('checked'),
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('does not call onChange value when onClick prevents default', () => {
+    const click = jest.fn((e: any) => e.preventDefault())
+    const change = jest.fn()
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase onClick={click} onChange={change} />)
+    control.simulate('click')
+    expect(change).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('calls onClick', () => {
+    const click = jest.fn()
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase onClick={click} />)
+    control.simulate('click')
+    expect(click).toHaveBeenCalled()
+  })
+
+  it('renders content', () => {
+    const control = mount(
+      <CheckboxBase>
+        <label>foo</label>
+      </CheckboxBase>,
+    )
+    expect(control.find('label').length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('can render with a different root type', () => {
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase slots={{ root: 'span' }} />)
+    expect(control.find('span').length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('can render with a different input type', () => {
+    const MyInput = () => (
+      <a>
+        <input type="hidden" value="I don't even know why anymore..." />
+      </a>
+    )
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase slots={{ input: MyInput }} />)
+    expect(control.find('a').length).toBe(1)
+  })
+
+  it('changes on enter press', () => {
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase />)
+    control.simulate('keydown', {
+      keyCode: 13,
+      key: 'Enter',
+    })
+    expect(control.find('input').prop('checked')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('changes on space press', () => {
+    const control = mount(<CheckboxBase />)
+    control.simulate('keydown', {
+      keyCode: 32,
+    })
+    expect(control.find('input').prop('checked')).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  describe('class handling', () => {
+    it('renders classes', () => {
+      const control = mount(<CheckboxBase classes={{ root: 'foo' }} />)
+      expect(control.find('div.foo').length).toBe(1)
+    })
+
+    it('renders classes for input', () => {
+      const control = mount(<CheckboxBase classes={{ input: 'foo' }} />)
+      expect(control.find('input.foo').length).toBe(1)
+    })
+  })
+
+  describe('slotProps', () => {
+    it('renders slotProps for input', () => {
+      const control = mount(<CheckboxBase slotProps={{ input: { 'data-foo': 'bar' } }} />)
+      expect(control.find('input[data-foo="bar"]').length).toBe(1)
+    })
+
+    it('renders slotProps for root', () => {
+      const control = mount(<CheckboxBase slotProps={{ root: { 'data-foo': 'bar' } }} />)
+      expect(control.find('div[data-foo="bar"]').length).toBe(1)
+    })
+
+    it('applies unused props to the root element', () => {
+      const control = mount(<CheckboxBase data-foo="bar" />)
+      expect(control.find('div[data-foo="bar"]').length).toBe(1)
+    })
+  })
+})