diff --git a/components/tabmenu/TabMenu.vue b/components/tabmenu/TabMenu.vue
index aefdd27ff..81a88ebaa 100755
--- a/components/tabmenu/TabMenu.vue
+++ b/components/tabmenu/TabMenu.vue
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                                 <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ label(item) }}</span>
                             </a>
                         </template>
-                        <component v-else :is="$slots.item" :item="item"></component>
+                        <component v-else :is="$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)">
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                             <span class="p-menuitem-text">{{ label(item) }}</span>
                         </a>
                     </template>
-                    <component v-else :is="$slots.item" :item="item"></component>
+                    <component v-else :is="$slots.item" :item="item" :index="i"></component>
                 </li>
             </template>
             <li ref="inkbar" class="p-tabmenu-ink-bar"></li>
diff --git a/pages/tabmenu/TabMenuDoc.vue b/pages/tabmenu/TabMenuDoc.vue
index b4da0cd6c..ecebad153 100755
--- a/pages/tabmenu/TabMenuDoc.vue
+++ b/pages/tabmenu/TabMenuDoc.vue
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ export default {
                 <tbody>
                     <tr>
                         <td>item</td>
-                        <td>item: Menuitem instance</td>
+                        <td>
+                            item: Menuitem instance<br />
+                            index: Index of the menuitem instance
+                        </td>
                     </tr>
                 </tbody>
             </table>