diff --git a/src/components/tabview/TabView.d.ts b/src/components/tabview/TabView.d.ts
index 3dcc73bcb..643f83c2b 100755
--- a/src/components/tabview/TabView.d.ts
+++ b/src/components/tabview/TabView.d.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ interface TabViewProps {
 
 declare class TabView {
     $props: TabViewProps;
-    $emit(eventName: 'tab-change', e: { originalEvent: Event, tab: any }): this;
+    $emit(eventName: 'tab-change', e: { originalEvent: Event, index: number }): this;
+    $emit(eventName: 'tab-click', e: { originalEvent: Event, index: number }): this;
     $slots: {
         '': VNode[];
     }
diff --git a/src/components/tabview/TabView.vue b/src/components/tabview/TabView.vue
index b838b8c8b..7b99cec9d 100755
--- a/src/components/tabview/TabView.vue
+++ b/src/components/tabview/TabView.vue
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {DomHandler} from 'primevue/utils';
 import Ripple from 'primevue/ripple';
 
 export default {
-    emits: ['update:activeIndex', 'tab-change'],
+    emits: ['update:activeIndex', 'tab-change', 'tab-click'],
     props: {
         activeIndex: {
             type: Number,
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ export default {
                     index: i
                 });
             }
+
+            this.$emit('tab-click', {
+                originalEvent: event,
+                index: i
+            });
         },
         onTabKeydown(event, i) {
             if (event.which === 13) {
diff --git a/src/views/tabview/TabViewDoc.vue b/src/views/tabview/TabViewDoc.vue
index 87b140563..17911ca82 100755
--- a/src/views/tabview/TabViewDoc.vue
+++ b/src/views/tabview/TabViewDoc.vue
@@ -221,9 +221,16 @@ export default {
                             <tr>
                                 <td>tab-change</td>
                                 <td>event.originalEvent: Browser event  <br/>
-                                    event.tab: Selected tab
+                                    event.index: Index of the selected tab
                                 </td>
                                 <td>Callback to invoke when an active tab is changed.</td>
+                            </tr>
+                             <tr>
+                                <td>tab-click</td>
+                                <td>event.originalEvent: Browser event  <br/>
+                                    event.index: Index of the clicked tab
+                                </td>
+                                <td>Callback to invoke when an active tab is clicked.</td>
                             </tr>
 						</tbody>
 					</table>