diff --git a/packages/components/src/Tabs/TabPanel.tsx b/packages/components/src/Tabs/TabPanel.tsx
index 93d3d501db9..941f3b77f86 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/Tabs/TabPanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/Tabs/TabPanel.tsx
@@ -30,11 +30,22 @@ import styled from 'styled-components'
 export interface TabPanelProps {
   className?: string
   selected?: boolean
+  /**
+   * Set to `true` if you would like TabPanel to be reached via tab-key.
+   * Generally this is _only_ the case when the TabPanel contains no tab-stopping items (a, button, etc.)
+   * @default false
+   */
+  isTabStop?: boolean
 }
 
-const TabPanelLayout: FC<TabPanelProps> = ({ children, className, selected }) =>
+const TabPanelLayout: FC<TabPanelProps> = ({
+  children,
+  className,
+  selected,
+  isTabStop = false,
+}) =>
   selected ? (
-    <div className={className} tabIndex={0}>
+    <div className={className} tabIndex={isTabStop ? 0 : -1}>
       {children}
     </div>
   ) : null
diff --git a/packages/components/src/Tabs/Tabs.test.tsx b/packages/components/src/Tabs/Tabs.test.tsx
index e92397aeea6..25e25203f85 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/Tabs/Tabs.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/Tabs/Tabs.test.tsx
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import '@testing-library/jest-dom/extend-expect'
 import { renderWithTheme } from '@looker/components-test-utils'
 import React from 'react'
 import { fireEvent, screen } from '@testing-library/react'
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event'
 import { Tab } from './Tab'
 import { TabList } from './TabList'
 import { TabPanel } from './TabPanel'
@@ -197,6 +198,54 @@ describe('focus behavior', () => {
     )
   })
 
+  test('Tab Focus: By default, TabPanel is not tabbable', () => {
+    renderWithTheme(
+      <Tabs>
+        <TabList>
+          <Tab>tab1</Tab>
+          <Tab>tab2</Tab>
+        </TabList>
+        <TabPanels>
+          <TabPanel>
+            <button>Some button</button>
+          </TabPanel>
+          <TabPanel>this is tab2 content</TabPanel>
+        </TabPanels>
+      </Tabs>
+    )
+    userEvent.tab()
+    expect(screen.getByText('tab1')).toHaveFocus()
+
+    userEvent.tab()
+    expect(screen.getByText('Some button')).toHaveFocus()
+  })
+
+  test('Tab Focus: TabPanel can use "isTabStop" prop to become tabbable element', () => {
+    renderWithTheme(
+      <Tabs>
+        <TabList>
+          <Tab>tab1</Tab>
+          <Tab>tab2</Tab>
+        </TabList>
+        <TabPanels>
+          <TabPanel isTabStop>
+            <button>Some button</button>
+          </TabPanel>
+          <TabPanel>this is tab2 content</TabPanel>
+        </TabPanels>
+      </Tabs>
+    )
+    userEvent.tab()
+    expect(screen.getByText('tab1')).toHaveFocus()
+
+    const button = screen.getByText('Some button')
+    userEvent.tab()
+    expect(button.closest('div'))
+
+    userEvent.tab()
+    expect(button).toHaveFocus()
+  })
+
   test('Tab keyboard navigation', () => {
     renderWithTheme(<TabTest />)
     const tab1 = screen.getByText('tab1')
diff --git a/www/src/documentation/components/content/tabs.mdx b/www/src/documentation/components/content/tabs.mdx
index b9d957dda50..8826daa8b76 100644
--- a/www/src/documentation/components/content/tabs.mdx
+++ b/www/src/documentation/components/content/tabs.mdx
@@ -132,3 +132,26 @@ Using the distribute prop on `TabList` will equally distributed each `Tab` in th
   )
 }
 ```
+
+## Keyboard Navigation
+
+When focused on a `Tab`, use the left and right arrow keys to navigate to sibling `Tab`s.
+
+By default, `TabPanel` is not reachable via the "Tab" key. If you'd like `TabPanel` to be reachable via the "Tab" key, set the `isTabStop` prop to `true`.
+
+```jsx
+;() => {
+  return (
+    <Tabs>
+      <TabList>
+        <Tab>isTabStop = true</Tab>
+        <Tab>isTabStop = false (Default)</Tab>
+      </TabList>
+      <TabPanels>
+        <TabPanel isTabStop>I'm reachable by pressing the tab key</TabPanel>
+        <TabPanel>I'm not reachable by pressing the tab key</TabPanel>
+      </TabPanels>
+    </Tabs>
+  )
+}
+```