diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fd7214c..1f4fd0f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Yii Framework 2 bootstrap extension Change Log
 - Enh #2546: Added `visible` option to `yii\bootstrap\ButtonGroup::$buttons` (samdark, lukBarros)
 - Enh #7633: Added `ActionColumn::$buttonOptions` for defining HTML options to be added to the default buttons (cebe)
 - Enh: Added `Nav::$dropDownCaret` to allow customization of the dropdown caret symbol (cebe)
+- Enh: Added support for using external URLs for `Tabs`. (dynasource, qiangxue)
 
 
 2.0.3 March 01, 2015
diff --git a/Tabs.php b/Tabs.php
index 0f8d6c9..6e244c6 100644
--- a/Tabs.php
+++ b/Tabs.php
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ use yii\helpers\Html;
  *             'options' => ['id' => 'myveryownID'],
  *         ],
  *         [
+ *             'label' => 'Example',
+ *             'url' => 'http://www.example.com',
+ *         ],
+ *         [
  *             'label' => 'Dropdown',
  *             'items' => [
  *                  [
@@ -63,6 +67,8 @@ class Tabs extends Widget
      * - headerOptions: array, optional, the HTML attributes of the tab header.
      * - linkOptions: array, optional, the HTML attributes of the tab header link tags.
      * - content: string, optional, the content (HTML) of the tab pane.
+     * - url: string, optional, an external URL. When this is specified, clicking on this tab will bring
+     *   the browser to this URL. This option is available since version 2.0.4.
      * - options: array, optional, the HTML attributes of the tab pane container.
      * - active: boolean, optional, whether the item tab header and pane should be visible or not.
      * - items: array, optional, can be used instead of `content` to specify a dropdown items
@@ -171,8 +177,14 @@ class Tabs extends Widget
                     Html::addCssClass($options, 'active');
                     Html::addCssClass($headerOptions, 'active');
                 }
-                $linkOptions['data-toggle'] = 'tab';
-                $header = Html::a($label, '#' . $options['id'], $linkOptions);
+
+                if (isset($item['url'])) {
+                    $header = Html::a($label, $item['url'], $linkOptions);
+                } else {
+                    $linkOptions['data-toggle'] = 'tab';
+                    $header = Html::a($label, '#' . $options['id'], $linkOptions);
+                }
+
                 if ($this->renderTabContent) {
                     $panes[] = Html::tag('div', isset($item['content']) ? $item['content'] : '', $options);
                 }
diff --git a/tests/TabsTest.php b/tests/TabsTest.php
index 18e39c7..4f61098 100644
--- a/tests/TabsTest.php
+++ b/tests/TabsTest.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 namespace yiiunit\extensions\bootstrap;
 
 use yii\bootstrap\Tabs;
+use yii\helpers\Html;
 
 /**
  * Tests for Tabs widget
@@ -36,7 +37,10 @@ class TabsTest extends TestCase
                         ['label' => 'Page4', 'content' => 'Page4'],
                         ['label' => 'Page5', 'content' => 'Page5'],
                     ]
-                ]
+                ],
+                [
+                    'label' => $extAnchor = 'External link', 'url' => $extUrl = ['//other/route'],
+                ],
             ]
         ]);
 
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@ class TabsTest extends TestCase
             "id=\"$page3\"",
             "id=\"$page4\"",
             "id=\"$page5\"",
+            Html::a($extAnchor,$extUrl),
         ];
 
         foreach ($shouldContain as $string) {