diff --git a/api-generator/components/tabmenu.js b/api-generator/components/tabmenu.js
index c586f2fdd..3c94c8961 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/tabmenu.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/tabmenu.js
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ const TabMenuProps = [
         type: 'number',
         default: '0',
         description: 'Active index of menuitem.'
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'pt',
+        type: 'any',
+        default: 'null',
+        description: 'Uses to pass attributes to DOM elements inside the component.'
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/components/lib/tabmenu/TabMenu.d.ts b/components/lib/tabmenu/TabMenu.d.ts
index 351197ec2..956c8c46a 100755
--- a/components/lib/tabmenu/TabMenu.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/tabmenu/TabMenu.d.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,69 @@ import { VNode } from 'vue';
 import { MenuItem } from '../menuitem';
 import { ClassComponent, GlobalComponentConstructor } from '../ts-helpers';
 
+export declare type TabMenuPassThroughOptionType = TabMenuPassThroughAttributes | ((options: TabMenuPassThroughMethodOptions) => TabMenuPassThroughAttributes) | null | undefined;
+
+/**
+ * Custom passthrough(pt) option method.
+ */
+export interface TabMenuPassThroughMethodOptions {
+    props: TabMenuProps;
+    state: TabMenuState;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Custom passthrough(pt) options.
+ * @see {@link TabMenuProps.pt}
+ */
+export interface TabMenuPassThroughOptions {
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to the root's DOM element.
+     */
+    root?: TabMenuPassThroughOptionType;
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to the list's DOM element.
+     */
+    menu?: TabMenuPassThroughOptionType;
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to the list item's DOM element.
+     */
+    menuitem?: TabMenuPassThroughOptionType;
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to the action's DOM element.
+     */
+    action?: TabMenuPassThroughOptionType;
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to the icon's DOM element.
+     */
+    icon?: TabMenuPassThroughOptionType;
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to the label's DOM element.
+     */
+    label?: TabMenuPassThroughOptionType;
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to the inkbar's DOM element.
+     */
+    inkbar?: TabMenuPassThroughOptionType;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Custom passthrough attributes for each DOM elements
+ */
+export interface TabMenuPassThroughAttributes {
+    [key: string]: any;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Defines current inline state in TabMenu component.
+ */
+export interface TabMenuState {
+    /**
+     * Current active index state as a number.
+     * @defaulValue 0
+     */
+    d_activeIndex: number;
+}
+
 /**
  * Custom change event.
  * @see {@link TabMenuEmits['tab-change']}
@@ -52,6 +115,11 @@ export interface TabMenuProps {
      * Identifier of the underlying input element.
      */
     'aria-labelledby'?: string | undefined;
+    /**
+     * Uses to pass attributes to DOM elements inside the component.
+     * @type {TabMenuPassThroughOptions}
+     */
+    pt?: TabMenuPassThroughOptions;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/components/lib/tabmenu/TabMenu.vue b/components/lib/tabmenu/TabMenu.vue
index 3d43ab68a..4e4d6cee7 100755
--- a/components/lib/tabmenu/TabMenu.vue
+++ b/components/lib/tabmenu/TabMenu.vue
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <template>
-    <div class="p-tabmenu p-component">
-        <ul ref="nav" class="p-tabmenu-nav p-reset" role="menubar" :aria-labelledby="ariaLabelledby" :aria-label="ariaLabel">
+    <div class="p-tabmenu p-component" v-bind="ptm('root')">
+        <ul ref="nav" class="p-tabmenu-nav p-reset" role="menubar" :aria-labelledby="ariaLabelledby" :aria-label="ariaLabel" v-bind="ptm('menu')">
             <template v-for="(item, i) of model" :key="label(item) + '_' + i.toString()">
                 <router-link v-if="item.to && !disabled(item)" v-slot="{ navigate, href, isActive, isExactActive }" :to="item.to" custom>
-                    <li v-if="visible(item)" ref="tab" :class="getRouteItemClass(item, isActive, isExactActive)" :style="item.style" role="presentation">
+                    <li v-if="visible(item)" ref="tab" :class="getRouteItemClass(item, isActive, isExactActive)" :style="item.style" role="presentation" v-bind="ptm('menuitem')">
                         <template v-if="!$slots.item">
                             <a
                                 ref="tabLink"
@@ -16,37 +16,40 @@
                                 :tabindex="isExactActive ? '0' : '-1'"
                                 @click="onItemClick($event, item, i, navigate)"
                                 @keydown="onKeydownItem($event, item, i, navigate)"
+                                v-bind="ptm('action')"
                             >
                                 <component v-if="$slots.itemicon" :is="$slots.itemicon" :item="item" :class="getItemIcon(item)" />
-                                <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="getItemIcon(item)" />
-                                <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ label(item) }}</span>
+                                <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="getItemIcon(item)" v-bind="ptm('icon')" />
+                                <span class="p-menuitem-text" v-bind="ptm('label')">{{ label(item) }}</span>
                             </a>
                         </template>
                         <component v-else :is="$slots.item" :item="item" :index="i"></component>
                     </li>
                 </router-link>
-                <li v-else-if="visible(item)" ref="tab" :class="getItemClass(item, i)" role="presentation" @click="onItemClick($event, item, i)" @keydown="onKeydownItem($event, item, i)">
+                <li v-else-if="visible(item)" ref="tab" :class="getItemClass(item, i)" role="presentation" @click="onItemClick($event, item, i)" @keydown="onKeydownItem($event, item, i)" v-bind="ptm('menuitem')">
                     <template v-if="!$slots.item">
-                        <a ref="tabLink" v-ripple role="menuitem" :href="item.url" class="p-menuitem-link" :target="item.target" :aria-label="label(item)" :aria-disabled="disabled(item)" :tabindex="setTabIndex(i)">
+                        <a ref="tabLink" v-ripple role="menuitem" :href="item.url" class="p-menuitem-link" :target="item.target" :aria-label="label(item)" :aria-disabled="disabled(item)" :tabindex="setTabIndex(i)" v-bind="ptm('action')">
                             <component v-if="$slots.itemicon" :is="$slots.itemicon" :item="item" :class="getItemIcon(item)" />
-                            <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="getItemIcon(item)" />
-                            <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ label(item) }}</span>
+                            <span v-else-if="item.icon" :class="getItemIcon(item)" v-bind="ptm('icon')" />
+                            <span class="p-menuitem-text" v-bind="ptm('label')">{{ label(item) }}</span>
                         </a>
                     </template>
                     <component v-else :is="$slots.item" :item="item" :index="i"></component>
                 </li>
             </template>
-            <li ref="inkbar" role="none" class="p-tabmenu-ink-bar"></li>
+            <li ref="inkbar" role="none" class="p-tabmenu-ink-bar" v-bind="ptm('inkbar')"></li>
         </ul>
     </div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
+import BaseComponent from 'primevue/basecomponent';
 import Ripple from 'primevue/ripple';
 import { DomHandler } from 'primevue/utils';
 
 export default {
     name: 'TabMenu',
+    extends: BaseComponent,
     emits: ['update:activeIndex', 'tab-change'],
     props: {
         model: {