diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/detail/TabbedShowLayout.js b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/detail/TabbedShowLayout.js
index e45fe80e75..22c72cccd4 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/detail/TabbedShowLayout.js
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/detail/TabbedShowLayout.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import React, { Component, Children, cloneElement } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import Tabs from '@material-ui/core/Tabs';
 import Divider from '@material-ui/core/Divider';
 import { withRouter, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 import compose from 'recompose/compose';
 import { translate } from 'ra-core';
 
 import CardContentInner from '../layout/CardContentInner';
+import TabbedShowLayoutTabs from './TabbedShowLayoutTabs';
 
 const sanitizeRestProps = ({
     children,
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ const sanitizeRestProps = ({
     initialValues,
     staticContext,
     translate,
+    tabs,
     ...rest
 }) => rest;
 
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ const getTabFullPath = (tab, index, baseUrl) =>
  *
  * Receives the current `record` from the parent `<Show>` component,
  * and passes it to its childen. Children should be Tab components.
+ * The component passed as `tabs` props replaces the default material-ui's <Tabs> component.
  *
  * @example
  *     // in src/posts.js
@@ -77,36 +79,22 @@ export class TabbedShowLayout extends Component {
             translate,
             version,
             value,
+            tabs,
             ...rest
         } = this.props;
 
         return (
-            <div
-                className={className}
-                key={version}
-                {...sanitizeRestProps(rest)}
-            >
-                <Tabs
-                    // The location pathname will contain the page path including the current tab path
-                    // so we can use it as a way to determine the current tab
-                    value={location.pathname}
-                    indicatorColor="primary"
-                >
-                    {Children.map(children, (tab, index) => {
-                        if (!tab) return null;
-
-                        // Builds the full tab tab which is the concatenation of the last matched route in the
-                        // TabbedShowLayout hierarchy (ex: '/posts/create', '/posts/12', , '/posts/12/show')
-                        // and the tab path.
-                        // This will be used as the Tab's value
-                        const tabPath = getTabFullPath(tab, index, match.url);
-
-                        return cloneElement(tab, {
-                            context: 'header',
-                            value: tabPath,
-                        });
-                    })}
-                </Tabs>
+            <div className={className} key={version} {...sanitizeRestProps(rest)}>
+                {cloneElement(
+                    tabs,
+                    {
+                        // The location pathname will contain the page path including the current tab path
+                        // so we can use it as a way to determine the current tab
+                        value: location.pathname,
+                        match,
+                    },
+                    children,
+                )}
                 <Divider />
                 <CardContentInner>
                     {Children.map(
@@ -144,6 +132,11 @@ TabbedShowLayout.propTypes = {
     value: PropTypes.number,
     version: PropTypes.number,
     translate: PropTypes.func,
+    tabs: PropTypes.element.isRequired,
+};
+
+TabbedShowLayout.defaultProps = {
+    tabs: <TabbedShowLayoutTabs />
 };
 
 const enhance = compose(
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/detail/TabbedShowLayoutTabs.js b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/detail/TabbedShowLayoutTabs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27d4b62f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/detail/TabbedShowLayoutTabs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import React, { Children, cloneElement } from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import Tabs from '@material-ui/core/Tabs';
+
+const getTabFullPath = (tab, index, baseUrl) =>
+    `${baseUrl}${
+      tab.props.path ? `/${tab.props.path}` : index > 0 ? `/${index}` : ''
+    }`;
+
+const TabbedShowLayoutTabs = ({ children, match, ...rest }) => (
+    <Tabs indicatorColor='primary' {...rest} >
+        {Children.map(children, (tab, index) => {
+            if (!tab) return null;
+            // Builds the full tab tab which is the concatenation of the last matched route in the
+            // TabbedShowLayout hierarchy (ex: '/posts/create', '/posts/12', , '/posts/12/show')
+            // and the tab path.
+            // This will be used as the Tab's value
+            const tabPath = getTabFullPath(tab, index, match.url);
+
+            return cloneElement(tab, {
+                context: 'header',
+                value: tabPath,
+            });
+        })}
+    </Tabs>
+);
+
+TabbedShowLayoutTabs.propTypes = {
+    children: PropTypes.node,
+    match: PropTypes.object,
+    value: PropTypes.string,
+};
+
+export default TabbedShowLayoutTabs;