diff --git a/AppKit/CPTabView.j b/AppKit/CPTabView.j
index 3af164570..19b38a2bd 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTabView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTabView.j
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ var CPTabViewDidSelectTabViewItemSelector           = 1,
     THe currently selected <objj>CPTabViewItem</objj> is the view that is displayed.
 */
 @implementation CPTabView : CPView
-{   
+{
     CPView          _labelsView;
     CPView          _backgroundView;
     CPView          _separatorView;
@@ -524,6 +524,55 @@ var CPTabViewDidSelectTabViewItemSelector           = 1,
 
 @end
 
+var CPTabViewItemsKey               = "CPTabViewItemsKey",
+    CPTabViewSelectedItemKey        = "CPTabViewSelectedItemKey",
+    CPTabViewTypeKey                = "CPTabViewTypeKey",
+    CPTabViewDelegateKey            = "CPTabViewDelegateKey";
+
+@implementation CPTabView (CPCoding)
+
+- (id)initWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
+{
+    if (self = [super initWithCoder:aCoder])
+    {
+        _tabViewType    = [aCoder decodeIntForKey:CPTabViewTypeKey];
+        _tabViewItems   = [];
+        
+        // FIXME: this is somewhat hacky
+        [self _createBezelBorder];
+        
+        var items = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTabViewItemsKey];
+        for (var i = 0; items && i < items.length; i++)
+            [self insertTabViewItem:items[i] atIndex:i];
+    
+        var selected = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTabViewSelectedItemKey];
+        if (selected)
+            [self selectTabViewItem:selected];
+        
+        [self setDelegate:[aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTabViewDelegateKey]];
+    }
+
+    return self;
+}
+
+- (void)encodeWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
+{
+    var actualSubviews = _subviews;
+    _subviews = [];
+    [super encodeWithCoder:aCoder];
+    _subviews = actualSubviews;
+    
+    [aCoder encodeObject:_tabViewItems forKey:CPTabViewItemsKey];;
+    [aCoder encodeObject:_selectedTabViewItem forKey:CPTabViewSelectedItemKey];
+    
+    [aCoder encodeInt:_tabViewType forKey:CPTabViewTypeKey];
+    
+    [aCoder encodeConditionalObject:_delegate forKey:CPTabViewDelegateKey];
+}
+
+@end
+
+
 var _CPTabLabelsViewBackgroundColor = nil,
     _CPTabLabelsViewInsideMargin    = 10.0,
     _CPTabLabelsViewOutsideMargin   = 15.0;
diff --git a/AppKit/CPTabViewItem.j b/AppKit/CPTabViewItem.j
index b1906576a..4f0bad495 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTabViewItem.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTabViewItem.j
@@ -162,3 +162,40 @@ CPPressedTab    = 2;
 }
 
 @end
+
+var CPTabViewItemIdentifierKey  = "CPTabViewItemIdentifierKey",
+    CPTabViewItemLabelKey       = "CPTabViewItemLabelKey",
+    CPTabViewItemViewKey        = "CPTabViewItemViewKey",
+    CPTabViewItemAuxViewKey     = "CPTabViewItemAuxViewKey";
+
+
+@implementation CPTabViewItem (CPCoding)
+
+- (id)initWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
+{
+    self = [super init];
+    
+    if (self)
+    {
+        _identifier     = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTabViewItemIdentifierKey];
+        _label          = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTabViewItemLabelKey];
+        
+        _view           = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTabViewItemViewKey];
+        _auxiliaryView  = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTabViewItemAuxViewKey];
+        
+        CPLog.warn("_identifier="+_identifier+" _label="+_label+" _view="+_view+" _auxiliaryView="+_auxiliaryView);
+    }
+    
+    return self;
+}
+
+- (void)encodeWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
+{
+    [aCoder encodeObject:_identifier    forKey:CPTabViewItemIdentifierKey];
+    [aCoder encodeObject:_label         forKey:CPTabViewItemLabelKey];
+    
+    [aCoder encodeObject:_view          forKey:CPTabViewItemViewKey];
+    [aCoder encodeObject:_auxiliaryView forKey:CPTabViewItemAuxViewKey];
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/Tools/nib2cib/NSAppKit.j b/Tools/nib2cib/NSAppKit.j
index 9a3f9a068..a55042af6 100644
--- a/Tools/nib2cib/NSAppKit.j
+++ b/Tools/nib2cib/NSAppKit.j
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 @import "NSResponder.j"
 @import "NSSlider.j"
 @import "NSSplitView.j"
+@import "NSTabView.j"
+@import "NSTabViewItem.j"
 @import "NSTextField.j"
 @import "NSToolbar.j"
 @import "NSView.j"
diff --git a/Tools/nib2cib/NSTabView.j b/Tools/nib2cib/NSTabView.j
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd91abea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/nib2cib/NSTabView.j
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/*
+ * NSTabView.j
+ * nib2cib
+ *
+ * Created by Thomas Robinson.
+ * Copyright 2008, 280 North, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+@import <AppKit/CPTabView.j>
+
+@import "NSTabViewItem.j"
+
+
+@implementation CPTabView (CPCoding)
+
+- (id)NS_initWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
+{
+    if (self = [super NS_initWithCoder:aCoder])
+    {
+        var flags = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:@"NSTvFlags"];
+        
+        _tabViewType = flags & 0x7;
+        
+        _tabViewItems           = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:@"NSTabViewItems"];
+        _selectedTabViewItem    = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:@"NSSelectedTabViewItem"];
+        
+        //_delegate               = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:@""];
+        
+        // not yet supported:
+        //_allowsTruncatedLabels    = [aCoder decodeBoolForKey:@"NSAllowTruncatedLabels"];
+        //_drawsBackground          = [aCoder decodeBoolForKey:@"NSDrawsBackground"];
+    }
+    
+    return self;
+}
+
+@end
+
+@implementation NSTabView : CPTabView
+{
+}
+
+- (id)initWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
+{
+    return [self NS_initWithCoder:aCoder];
+}
+
+- (Class)classForKeyedArchiver
+{
+    return [CPTabView class];
+}
+
+@end
diff --git a/Tools/nib2cib/NSTabViewItem.j b/Tools/nib2cib/NSTabViewItem.j
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74d915fbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/nib2cib/NSTabViewItem.j
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * NSTabViewItem.j
+ * nib2cib
+ *
+ * Created by Thomas Robinson.
+ * Copyright 2008, 280 North, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+@import <AppKit/CPTabViewItem.j>
+
+
+@implementation CPTabViewItem (CPCoding)
+
+- (id)NS_initWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
+{
+    if (self = [super init])
+    {
+        _identifier     = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:"NSIdentifier"];
+        _label          = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:"NSLabel"];
+        
+        _view           = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:"NSView"];
+        
+        // doesn't exist in Cocoa
+        //_auxiliaryView  = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPTabViewItemAuxViewKey]
+    }
+    
+    return self;
+}
+
+@end
+
+@implementation NSTabViewItem : CPTabViewItem
+{
+}
+
+- (id)initWithCoder:(CPCoder)aCoder
+{
+    return [self NS_initWithCoder:aCoder];
+}
+
+- (Class)classForKeyedArchiver
+{
+    return [CPTabViewItem class];
+}
+
+@end