diff --git a/core/wiki/macros/tabs.tid b/core/wiki/macros/tabs.tid
index e06b546d5..cc12c1f41 100644
--- a/core/wiki/macros/tabs.tid
+++ b/core/wiki/macros/tabs.tid
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 title: $:/core/macros/tabs
 tags: $:/tags/Macro
 
-\define tabs(tabsList,default,state:"$:/state/tab",class,template,buttonTemplate)
+\define tabs(tabsList,default,state:"$:/state/tab",class,template,buttonTemplate,retain)
 <div class="tc-tab-set $class$">
 <div class="tc-tab-buttons $class$">
 <$list filter="$tabsList$" variable="currentTab"><$set name="save-currentTiddler" value=<<currentTiddler>>><$tiddler tiddler=<<currentTab>>><$button set=<<qualify "$state$">> setTo=<<currentTab>> default="$default$" selectedClass="tc-tab-selected" tooltip={{!!tooltip}}>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ tags: $:/tags/Macro
 <div class="tc-tab-content $class$">
 <$list filter="$tabsList$" variable="currentTab">
 
-<$reveal type="match" state=<<qualify "$state$">> text=<<currentTab>> default="$default$">
+<$reveal type="match" state=<<qualify "$state$">> text=<<currentTab>> default="$default$" retain="""$retain$""">
 
 <$transclude tiddler="$template$" mode="block">
 
diff --git a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/macros/TabsMacro.tid b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/macros/TabsMacro.tid
index 779f32583..16b67fa98 100644
--- a/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/macros/TabsMacro.tid
+++ b/editions/tw5.com/tiddlers/macros/TabsMacro.tid
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 caption: tabs
 created: 20131228162203521
-modified: 20171113135543552
+modified: 20180408084453861
 tags: Macros [[Core Macros]]
 title: tabs Macro
 type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ By default the tabs are arranged horizontally above the content. To get vertical
 : Optionally, the title of a tiddler to use as a [[template|TemplateTiddlers]] for transcluding the content of the selected tab
 ;buttonTemplate
 : Optionally, the title of a tiddler to use as a [[template|TemplateTiddlers]] for transcluding the content of the button for the selected tab
+;retain
+: Optionally, "yes" specifies that the content of the tabs should be retained when switching to another tab, avoiding re-rendering it (this can be useful to avoid video or audio sources unexpectedly resetting)
 
 Within the template, the title of the selected tab is available in the <<.var currentTab>> variable.