diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ef3e0d..c16bcc8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Add a new tab to the tab group and returns a `Tab` instance.
 
 * `title`: tab title.
 * `src`: URL to the page which will be loaded into the view. This is actually the same than `options.webview.src`.
+* `badge`: optional text to put into a badge, badge will be hidden if it's falsey
 * `iconURL`: optional URL to the tab icon.
 * `icon`: optional code for a tab icon. Can be used with symbol libraries (example with Font Awesome: `icon: 'fa fa-icon-name'`). This attribute is ignored if an `iconURL` was given.
 * `closable` (default: `true`): if set to `true` the close button won't be displayed and the user won't be able to close the tab. See also `tab.close()`.
@@ -99,6 +100,14 @@ Set tab title.
 
 Get current tab title.
 
+#### `tab.setBadge(badge)`
+
+Set tab badge.
+
+#### `tab.getBadge()`
+
+Get current tab badge.
+
 #### `tab.setIcon (iconURL, icon)`
 
 Set tab icon (a iconURL or an icon must be given).
diff --git a/electron-tabs.css b/electron-tabs.css
index 6cec355..a1a0df4 100644
--- a/electron-tabs.css
+++ b/electron-tabs.css
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@
     background-color: #aaa;
 }
 
+.etabs-tab-badge {
+    position: absolute;
+    right: 0;
+    top: -7px;
+    background: red;
+    border-radius: 100%;
+    text-align: center;
+    font-size: 10px;
+    padding: 0 5px;
+}
+
+.etabs-tab-badge.hidden {
+    display: none;
+}
+
 .etabs-tab-icon {
     display: inline-block;
     height: 16px;
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 9cb3540..ff44f3a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ class Tab extends EventEmitter {
         this.tabGroup = tabGroup;
         this.id = id;
         this.title = args.title;
+        this.badge = args.badge;
         this.iconURL = args.iconURL;
         this.icon = args.icon;
         this.closable = args.closable === false ? false : true;
@@ -156,7 +157,27 @@ class Tab extends EventEmitter {
         if (this.isClosed) return;
         return this.title;
     }
+  
+    setBadge (badge) {
+        if (this.isClosed) return;
+        let span = this.tabElements.badge;
+        span.innerHTML = badge;
+        this.badge = badge;
+  
+        if (!badge) {
+            span.classList.add('hidden');
+        } else {
+            span.classList.remove('hidden');
+        }
 
+        this.emit("badge-changed", badge, this);
+    }
+    
+    getBadge () {
+      if (this.isClosed) return;
+      return this.badge;
+    }
+  
     setIcon (iconURL, icon) {
         if (this.isClosed) return;
         this.iconURL = iconURL;
@@ -249,13 +270,14 @@ const TabPrivate = {
         // Create tab element
         let tab = this.tab = document.createElement("div");
         tab.classList.add(tabClass);
-        for (let el of ["icon", "title", "buttons"]) {
+        for (let el of ["icon", "title", "buttons", "badge"]) {
             let span = tab.appendChild(document.createElement("span"));
             span.classList.add(`${tabClass}-${el}`);
             this.tabElements[el] = span;
         }
 
         this.setTitle(this.title);
+        this.setBadge(this.badge);
         this.setIcon(this.iconURL, this.icon);
         TabPrivate.initTabButtons.bind(this)();
         TabPrivate.initTabClickHandler.bind(this)();