diff --git a/api-generator/components/tabview.js b/api-generator/components/tabview.js
index 21463dcdde..44ab41d4e6 100644
--- a/api-generator/components/tabview.js
+++ b/api-generator/components/tabview.js
@@ -38,6 +38,38 @@ const TabViewProps = [
 ];
 
 const TabViewEvents = [
+    {
+        name: 'onBeforeTabChange',
+        description: 'Callback to invoke before an active tab is changed. Return false to prevent tab from changing.',
+        arguments: [
+            {
+                name: 'event.originalEvent',
+                type: 'object',
+                description: 'Browser event'
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'event.index',
+                type: 'number',
+                description: 'Index of the selected tab'
+            }
+        ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'onBeforeTabClose',
+        description: 'Callback to invoke before an active tab is close. Return false to prevent tab from closing.',
+        arguments: [
+            {
+                name: 'event.originalEvent',
+                type: 'object',
+                description: 'Browser event'
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'event.index',
+                type: 'number',
+                description: 'Index of the selected tab'
+            }
+        ]
+    },
     {
         name: 'onTabChange',
         description: 'Callback to invoke when an active tab is changed.',
@@ -53,6 +85,22 @@ const TabViewEvents = [
                 description: 'Index of the selected tab'
             }
         ]
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'onTabClose',
+        description: 'Callback to invoke when an active tab is close.',
+        arguments: [
+            {
+                name: 'event.originalEvent',
+                type: 'object',
+                description: 'Browser event'
+            },
+            {
+                name: 'event.index',
+                type: 'number',
+                description: 'Index of the selected tab'
+            }
+        ]
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/components/doc/tabview/index.js b/components/doc/tabview/index.js
index 3de01f6145..d94a5e0af8 100644
--- a/components/doc/tabview/index.js
+++ b/components/doc/tabview/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import React, { memo } from 'react';
 import Link from 'next/link';
-import { TabView, TabPanel } from '../../lib/tabview/TabView';
-import { useLiveEditorTabs } from '../common/liveeditor';
+import React, { memo } from 'react';
+import { TabPanel, TabView } from '../../lib/tabview/TabView';
 import { CodeHighlight } from '../common/codehighlight';
 import { DevelopmentSection } from '../common/developmentsection';
+import { useLiveEditorTabs } from '../common/liveeditor';
 
 const TabViewDoc = memo(() => {
     const sources = {
@@ -1119,6 +1119,22 @@ template: (options) => {
                                 </tr>
                             </thead>
                             <tbody>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <td>onBeforeTabChange</td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        event.originalEvent: Browser event <br />
+                                        event.index: Index of the selected tab
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>Callback to invoke before an active tab is changed. Return false to prevent tab from changing.</td>
+                                </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <td>onBeforeTabClose</td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        event.originalEvent: Browser event <br />
+                                        event.index: Index of the selected tab
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>Callback to invoke before an active tab is close. Return false to prevent tab from closing.</td>
+                                </tr>
                                 <tr>
                                     <td>onTabChange</td>
                                     <td>
@@ -1127,6 +1143,14 @@ template: (options) => {
                                     </td>
                                     <td>Callback to invoke when an active tab is changed.</td>
                                 </tr>
+                                <tr>
+                                    <td>onTabClose</td>
+                                    <td>
+                                        event.originalEvent: Browser event <br />
+                                        event.index: Index of the selected tab
+                                    </td>
+                                    <td>Callback to invoke when an active tab is closed.</td>
+                                </tr>
                             </tbody>
                         </table>
                     </div>
diff --git a/components/lib/tabview/TabView.js b/components/lib/tabview/TabView.js
index 4de619f52f..665dd2c41d 100644
--- a/components/lib/tabview/TabView.js
+++ b/components/lib/tabview/TabView.js
@@ -39,26 +39,36 @@ export const TabView = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
     };
 
     const onTabHeaderClose = (event, index) => {
+        event.preventDefault();
+
+        // give caller a chance to stop the selection
+        if (props.onBeforeTabClose && props.onBeforeTabClose({ originalEvent: event, index }) === false) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         setHiddenTabsState([...hiddenTabsState, index]);
 
         if (props.onTabClose) {
             props.onTabClose({ originalEvent: event, index });
         }
-
-        event.preventDefault();
     };
 
     const onTabHeaderClick = (event, tab, index) => {
+        if (event) {
+            event.preventDefault();
+        }
+
         if (!tab.props.disabled) {
+            // give caller a chance to stop the selection
+            if (props.onBeforeTabChange && props.onBeforeTabChange({ originalEvent: event, index }) === false) {
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (props.onTabChange) props.onTabChange({ originalEvent: event, index });
             else setActiveIndexState(index);
         }
 
         updateScrollBar(index);
-
-        if (event) {
-            event.preventDefault();
-        }
     };
 
     const onKeyDown = (event, tab, index) => {
@@ -291,18 +301,18 @@ export const TabView = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => {
 TabPanel.displayName = 'TabPanel';
 TabPanel.defaultProps = {
     __TYPE: 'TabPanel',
+    className: null,
+    closable: false,
+    contentClassName: null,
+    contentStyle: null,
+    disabled: false,
     header: null,
+    headerClassName: null,
+    headerStyle: null,
     headerTemplate: null,
     leftIcon: null,
     rightIcon: null,
-    closable: false,
-    disabled: false,
-    style: null,
-    className: null,
-    headerStyle: null,
-    headerClassName: null,
-    contentStyle: null,
-    contentClassName: null
+    style: null
 };
 
 TabView.displayName = 'TabView';
@@ -310,12 +320,14 @@ TabView.defaultProps = {
     __TYPE: 'TabView',
     id: null,
     activeIndex: 0,
-    style: null,
     className: null,
-    renderActiveOnly: true,
+    onBeforeTabChange: null,
+    onBeforeTabClose: null,
     onTabChange: null,
     onTabClose: null,
-    scrollable: false,
+    panelContainerClassName: null,
     panelContainerStyle: null,
-    panelContainerClassName: null
+    renderActiveOnly: true,
+    scrollable: false,
+    style: null
 };
diff --git a/components/lib/tabview/tabview.d.ts b/components/lib/tabview/tabview.d.ts
index 5e6a4a87f9..ccd25f4e05 100644
--- a/components/lib/tabview/tabview.d.ts
+++ b/components/lib/tabview/tabview.d.ts
@@ -46,13 +46,15 @@ interface TabViewTabCloseParams {
 
 export interface TabViewProps extends Omit<React.DetailedHTMLProps<React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement>, HTMLDivElement>, 'ref'> {
     activeIndex?: number;
+    children?: React.ReactNode;
+    panelContainerClassName?: string;
+    panelContainerStyle?: object;
     renderActiveOnly?: boolean;
     scrollable?: boolean;
-    panelContainerStyle?: object;
-    panelContainerClassName?: string;
+    onBeforeTabChange?(e: TabViewTabChangeParams): void;
+    onBeforeTabClose?(e: TabViewTabCloseParams): void;
     onTabChange?(e: TabViewTabChangeParams): void;
     onTabClose?(e: TabViewTabCloseParams): void;
-    children?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
 // tslint:disable-next-line:max-classes-per-file