diff --git a/forms/TabSet.php b/forms/TabSet.php
index 3f7b8beaa..6ae705cc0 100644
--- a/forms/TabSet.php
+++ b/forms/TabSet.php
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class TabSet extends CompositeField {
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery-ui/jquery-ui.js');
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery-ui/ui.core.js');
 		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery-ui/ui.tabs.js');
+		Requirements::javascript(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery-cookie/jquery.cookie.js');
 		
 		Requirements::css(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery-ui-themes/smoothness/ui.all.css');
 		Requirements::css(SAPPHIRE_DIR . '/thirdparty/jquery-ui-themes/smoothness/ui.tabs.css');
diff --git a/javascript/TabSet.js b/javascript/TabSet.js
index 538ff2f5c..d85ecd5b6 100644
--- a/javascript/TabSet.js
+++ b/javascript/TabSet.js
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
 			this.rewriteHashlinks();
 
 			// Initialize jQuery UI tabs
-			this.tabs();
+			this.tabs({
+				cookie: $.cookie ? { expires: 30, path: '/' } : false
+			});
 		},
 			
 		/**