diff --git a/AppKit/CPTabView.j b/AppKit/CPTabView.j
index a5fc880b5..7d9d943fe 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTabView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTabView.j
@@ -520,6 +520,17 @@ var CPTabViewItemsKey               = "CPTabViewItemsKey",
     return self;
 }
 
+- (void)awakeFromCib
+{
+    // This is a quick and dirty fix of the tab view item we decode and install in _box
+    // having a different _superview decoded later in the decoding process - e.g. the
+    // CPTabView itself as is the case when we're coming from an xib. This solution could
+    // probably be improved by fixing this in nib2cib instead, but the _box doesn't yet
+    // exist then so it's not totally clear what to change the superview to at that stage.
+    if ([_box contentView])
+        _box._contentView._superview = _box;
+}
+
 - (void)encodeWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
 {
     [super encodeWithCoder:aCoder];