diff --git a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
index 0137e730f4..9335a45882 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components.d.ts
@@ -2707,36 +2707,6 @@ declare global {
 }
 
 
-import {
-  TabHighlight as IonTabHighlight
-} from './components/tab-highlight/tab-highlight';
-
-declare global {
-  interface HTMLIonTabHighlightElement extends IonTabHighlight, HTMLElement {
-  }
-  var HTMLIonTabHighlightElement: {
-    prototype: HTMLIonTabHighlightElement;
-    new (): HTMLIonTabHighlightElement;
-  };
-  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
-    "ion-tab-highlight": HTMLIonTabHighlightElement;
-  }
-  interface ElementTagNameMap {
-    "ion-tab-highlight": HTMLIonTabHighlightElement;
-  }
-  namespace JSX {
-    interface IntrinsicElements {
-      "ion-tab-highlight": JSXElements.IonTabHighlightAttributes;
-    }
-  }
-  namespace JSXElements {
-    export interface IonTabHighlightAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
-      selectedTab?: HTMLIonTabElement;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-
 import {
   Tab as IonTab
 } from './components/tab/tab';
@@ -2805,6 +2775,7 @@ declare global {
       highlight?: boolean;
       layout?: string;
       placement?: string;
+      scrollable?: Boolean;
       selectedTab?: HTMLIonTabElement;
       tabs?: HTMLIonTabElement[];
       translucent?: boolean;
@@ -2838,6 +2809,7 @@ declare global {
   namespace JSXElements {
     export interface IonTabsAttributes extends HTMLAttributes {
       name?: string;
+      scrollable?: boolean;
       tabbarHidden?: boolean;
       tabbarHighlight?: boolean;
       tabbarLayout?: string;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/scroll/scroll.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/scroll/scroll.tsx
index 9c8e81cff0..e5813a0c36 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/scroll/scroll.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/scroll/scroll.tsx
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export class Scroll {
       if (easedT < 1) {
         // do not use DomController here
         // must use nativeRaf in order to fire in the next frame
-        this.dom.raf(step);
+        self.dom.raf(step);
 
       } else {
         stopScroll = true;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tab-button/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/tab-button/readme.md
index 53a86e0031..a3e455c10f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tab-button/readme.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tab-button/readme.md
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ any
 
 ## Events
 
+#### ionTabButtonDidLoad
+
+
+#### ionTabButtonDidUnload
+
+
 #### ionTabbarClick
 
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tab-button/tab-button.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tab-button/tab-button.tsx
index 8088f68825..79f06ce7d9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tab-button/tab-button.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tab-button/tab-button.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Component, Event, EventEmitter, Listen, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
+import {Component, Element, Event, EventEmitter, Listen, Prop} from '@stencil/core';
 
 
 @Component({
@@ -6,10 +6,22 @@ import { Component, Event, EventEmitter, Listen, Prop } from '@stencil/core';
 })
 export class TabButton {
 
+  @Element() el: HTMLElement;
+
   @Prop() selected = false;
   @Prop() tab: HTMLIonTabElement;
 
   @Event() ionTabbarClick: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionTabButtonDidLoad: EventEmitter;
+  @Event() ionTabButtonDidUnload: EventEmitter;
+
+  componentDidLoad() {
+    this.ionTabButtonDidLoad.emit({ button: this });
+  }
+
+  componentDidUnload() {
+    this.ionTabButtonDidUnload.emit({ button: this });
+  }
 
   @Listen('click')
   protected onClick(ev: UIEvent) {
@@ -21,7 +33,7 @@ export class TabButton {
     const selected = this.selected;
     const tab = this.tab;
     const hasTitle = !!tab.title;
-    const hasIcon = !! tab.icon;
+    const hasIcon = !!tab.icon;
     const hasTitleOnly = (hasTitle && !hasIcon);
     const hasIconOnly = (hasIcon && !hasTitle);
     const hasBadge = !!tab.badge;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tab-highlight/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/tab-highlight/readme.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 5828817aea..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tab-highlight/readme.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-# ion-tab-highlight
-
-
-
-<!-- Auto Generated Below -->
-
-
-## Properties
-
-#### selectedTab
-
-any
-
-
-## Attributes
-
-#### selectedTab
-
-any
-
-
-
-----------------------------------------------
-
-*Built by [StencilJS](https://stenciljs.com/)*
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tab-highlight/tab-highlight.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tab-highlight/tab-highlight.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 79a0958b90..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tab-highlight/tab-highlight.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-import { Component, Element, Listen, Prop, PropDidChange, State } from '@stencil/core';
-import { DomController } from '../../index';
-import { getParentElement } from '../../utils/helpers';
-
-
-@Component({
-  tag: 'ion-tab-highlight'
-})
-export class TabHighlight {
-
-  @Element() private el: HTMLElement;
-
-  @State() animated = false;
-  @State() transform = '';
-
-  @Prop({ context: 'dom' }) dom: DomController;
-
-  @Prop() selectedTab: HTMLIonTabElement;
-  @PropDidChange('selectedTab')
-  selectedTabChanged() {
-    this.updateTransform();
-  }
-
-  @Listen('window:resize')
-  onResize() {
-    this.updateTransform();
-  }
-
-  componentDidLoad() {
-    this.updateTransform();
-  }
-
-  protected updateTransform() {
-    this.dom.read(() => {
-      const btn = this.getSelectedButton();
-      this.transform = (btn)
-        ? `translate3d(${btn.offsetLeft}px,0,0) scaleX(${btn.offsetWidth})`
-        : '';
-      if (!this.animated) {
-        setTimeout(() => this.animated = true, 80);
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  private getSelectedButton(): HTMLIonTabButtonElement {
-    const parent = getParentElement(this.el) as HTMLElement;
-    if (!parent) {
-      return null;
-    }
-    return Array.from(parent.querySelectorAll('ion-tab-button'))
-      .find(btn => btn.selected);
-  }
-
-  hostData() {
-    return {
-      style: {
-        'transform': this.transform
-      },
-      class: {
-        'animated': this.animated,
-      }
-    };
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/readme.md
index 0ed636e12e..855fd4da55 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/readme.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/readme.md
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ string
 string
 
 
+#### scrollable
+
+any
+
+
 #### selectedTab
 
 any
@@ -54,6 +59,11 @@ string
 string
 
 
+#### scrollable
+
+any
+
+
 #### selectedTab
 
 any
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.tsx
index 7ce1667ba3..68743ad001 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { Component, Listen, Prop, State } from '@stencil/core';
-import { createThemedClasses } from '../../utils/theme';
-
+import {Component, Element, Listen, Prop, PropDidChange, State} from '@stencil/core';
+import {createThemedClasses} from '../../utils/theme';
+import {DomController} from "../../index";
 
 @Component({
   tag: 'ion-tabbar',
@@ -12,11 +12,27 @@ export class Tabbar {
   mode: string;
   color: string;
 
+  @Element() el: HTMLElement;
+
+  @State() canScrollLeft: boolean = false;
+  @State() canScrollRight: boolean = false;
+
   @State() hidden = false;
 
+  @Prop({ context: 'dom' }) dom: DomController;
   @Prop() placement = 'bottom';
-  @Prop() tabs: HTMLIonTabElement[];
   @Prop() selectedTab: HTMLIonTabElement;
+  @Prop() scrollable:Boolean;
+  @Prop() tabs: HTMLIonTabElement[];
+
+  private scrollEl: HTMLIonScrollElement;
+
+  @PropDidChange('selectedTab')
+  selectedTabChanged() {
+    this.scrollable && this.scrollToSelectedButton();
+    this.highlight && this.updateHighlight();
+  }
+
   @Prop() layout: string = 'icon-top';
   @Prop() highlight: boolean = false;
   @Prop() translucent: boolean = false;
@@ -33,6 +49,46 @@ export class Tabbar {
     }
   }
 
+  @Listen('window:resize')
+  onResize() {
+    this.highlight && this.updateHighlight();
+  }
+
+  @Listen('ionTabButtonDidLoad')
+  @Listen('ionTabButtonDidUnload')
+  onTabButtonLoad() {
+    this.scrollable && this.updateBoundaries();
+    this.highlight && this.updateHighlight()
+  }
+
+  protected analyzeTabs() {
+    const tabs: HTMLIonTabButtonElement[] = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('ion-tab-button')),
+      scrollLeft: number = this.scrollEl.scrollLeft,
+      tabsWidth: number = this.scrollEl.clientWidth;
+    let previous: {tab: HTMLIonTabButtonElement, amount: number},
+      next: {tab: HTMLIonTabButtonElement, amount: number};
+
+    tabs.forEach((tab: HTMLIonTabButtonElement) => {
+      const left: number = tab.offsetLeft,
+        right: number = left + tab.offsetWidth;
+
+      if (left < scrollLeft) {
+        previous = {tab, amount: left};
+      }
+
+      if (!next && right > (tabsWidth + scrollLeft)) {
+        let amount = right - tabsWidth;
+        next = {tab, amount};
+      }
+    });
+
+    return {previous, next};
+  }
+
+  private getSelectedButton(): HTMLIonTabButtonElement {
+    return Array.from(this.el.querySelectorAll('ion-tab-button'))
+      .find(btn => btn.selected);
+  }
 
   hostData() {
     const themedClasses = this.translucent ? createThemedClasses(this.mode, this.color, 'tabbar-translucent') : {};
@@ -43,6 +99,7 @@ export class Tabbar {
     const hostClasses = {
       ...themedClasses,
       'tabbar-hidden': this.hidden,
+      'scrollable': this.scrollable,
       [layoutClass]: true,
       [placementClass]: true
     };
@@ -54,16 +111,89 @@ export class Tabbar {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const selectedTab = this.selectedTab;
-    const dom = this.tabs.map(tab => (
-      <ion-tab-button
-        tab={tab}
-        selected={selectedTab === tab}>
-      </ion-tab-button>
-    ));
-    if (this.highlight) {
-      dom.push(<ion-tab-highlight selectedTab={selectedTab}></ion-tab-highlight>);
+    const selectedTab = this.selectedTab,
+      ionTabbarHighlight = this.highlight ? <div class='animated tabbar-highlight'/> as HTMLElement : null,
+      tabButtons = this.tabs.map(tab => <ion-tab-button tab={tab} selected={selectedTab === tab}/>);
+
+
+    if (this.scrollable) {
+      return [
+        <ion-button onClick={() => this.scrollByTab('left')} fill='clear' class={{inactive: !this.canScrollLeft}}>
+          <ion-icon name='arrow-dropleft'/>
+        </ion-button>,
+        <ion-scroll
+          ref={(scrollEl: HTMLIonScrollElement) => {
+            this.scrollEl = scrollEl;
+          }}>
+          {tabButtons}
+          {ionTabbarHighlight}
+        </ion-scroll>,
+        <ion-button onClick={() => this.scrollByTab('right')} fill='clear' class={{inactive: !this.canScrollRight}}>
+          <ion-icon name='arrow-dropright'/>
+        </ion-button>
+      ]
+    } else {
+      return [
+        ...tabButtons,
+        ionTabbarHighlight
+      ]
     }
-    return dom;
+  }
+
+  protected scrollToSelectedButton() {
+    this.dom.read(() => {
+      const activeTabButton: HTMLIonTabButtonElement = this.getSelectedButton();
+
+      if (activeTabButton) {
+        const scrollLeft: number = this.scrollEl.scrollLeft,
+          tabsWidth: number = this.scrollEl.clientWidth,
+          left: number = activeTabButton.offsetLeft,
+          right: number = left + activeTabButton.offsetWidth;
+
+        let amount;
+
+        if (right > (tabsWidth + scrollLeft)) {
+          amount = right - tabsWidth;
+        } else if (left < scrollLeft) {
+          amount = left;
+        }
+
+        if (amount !== undefined) {
+          this.scrollEl.scrollToPoint(amount, 0, 250).then(() => {
+            this.updateBoundaries();
+          });
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  scrollByTab(direction: 'left' | 'right') {
+    this.dom.read(() => {
+      const {previous, next} = this.analyzeTabs(),
+        info = direction === 'right' ? next : previous,
+        amount = info && info.amount;
+
+      if (info) {
+        this.scrollEl.scrollToPoint(amount, 0, 250).then(() => {
+          this.updateBoundaries();
+        });
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  updateBoundaries() {
+    this.canScrollLeft = this.scrollEl.scrollLeft != 0;
+    this.canScrollRight = this.scrollEl.scrollLeft < (this.scrollEl.scrollWidth - this.scrollEl.offsetWidth);
+  }
+
+  updateHighlight() {
+    this.dom.read(() => {
+      const btn = this.getSelectedButton(),
+        ionTabbarHighlight:HTMLElement = this.highlight && this.el.querySelector('div.tabbar-highlight') as HTMLElement;
+
+      if (btn && ionTabbarHighlight) {
+        ionTabbarHighlight.style.transform = `translate3d(${btn.offsetLeft}px,0,0) scaleX(${btn.offsetWidth})`;
+      }
+    });
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/readme.md b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/readme.md
index 7090d4081d..cc65d97de2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/readme.md
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/readme.md
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ components to switch to `TabsRoot3`:
 string
 
 
+#### scrollable
+
+boolean
+
+
 #### tabbarHidden
 
 boolean
@@ -127,6 +132,11 @@ boolean
 string
 
 
+#### scrollable
+
+boolean
+
+
 #### tabbarHidden
 
 boolean
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.scss
index f8e34283ee..78d62cfc26 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.scss
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   border-bottom: $tabs-ios-border;
 }
 
-.tabbar-ios > ion-tab-highlight {
+.tabbar-ios .tabbar-highlight {
   background: $tabs-ios-tab-color-active;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.scss
index 69f4de4740..239939d99d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.scss
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 @import "./tabs";
 @import "./tabs.md.vars";
 
-
 .tabbar-md {
   height: $tabs-md-tab-height;
 
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@
   contain: strict;
 }
 
-.tabbar-md > ion-tab-highlight {
+.tabbar-md .tabbar-highlight {
   background: $tabs-md-tab-color-active;
 }
 
@@ -38,16 +37,30 @@
   fill: $tabs-md-tab-icon-color;
 }
 
+.tabbar-md.scrollable ion-scroll {
+  max-width: 650px;
+  margin: 0 8px;
+}
+
+.tabbar-md.scrollable ion-tab-button {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  flex: 1 0 auto;
+}
+
 .tabbar-md .tab-selected {
   color: $tabs-md-tab-text-color-active;
 
   fill: $tabs-md-tab-icon-color-active;
 }
 
-
 // Material Design Tab Button Text
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
+.tabbar-md.placement-top .tab-selected .tab-button-icon,
+.tabbar-md.placement-top .tab-selected .tab-button-text {
+  transform: inherit;
+}
+
 .tabbar-md .tab-button-text {
   @include margin($tabs-md-tab-text-margin-top, $tabs-md-tab-text-margin-end, $tabs-md-tab-text-margin-bottom, $tabs-md-tab-text-margin-start);
 
@@ -74,7 +87,6 @@
   @include margin(-2px, null, null, null);
 }
 
-
 // Material Design Tab Button Icon
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -109,7 +121,6 @@
   @include transform(translate3d($tabs-md-tab-icon-left-transform-x-active, $tabs-md-tab-icon-left-transform-y-active, $tabs-md-tab-icon-left-transform-z-active));
 }
 
-
 // Material Design Tab with Icon or Title only
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -139,13 +150,12 @@
     fill: $color-contrast;
   }
 
-  .tabbar-md-#{$color-name} ion-tab-highlight {
+  .tabbar-md-#{$color-name} .tabbar-highlight {
     background: $color-contrast;
   }
 
 }
 
-
 // Material Design Tabbar Color Generation
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.scss
index 39fcec3b43..29251866ff 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.scss
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ ion-tabbar {
   display: flex;
 
   justify-content: center;
+  align-items: center;
 
   order: 1;
 
@@ -165,11 +166,10 @@ ion-tab-button {
   @include position(null, calc(50% - 50px), null, null);
 }
 
-
 // Tab Highlight
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
-ion-tab-highlight {
+.tabbar-highlight {
   @include position(null, null, 0, 0);
   @include transform-origin(0, 0);
 
@@ -191,11 +191,27 @@ ion-tab-highlight {
   }
 }
 
-.placement-top > ion-tab-highlight {
+.placement-top .tabbar-highlight {
   bottom: 0;
 }
 
-.placement-bottom > ion-tab-highlight {
+.placement-bottom .tabbar-highlight {
   top: 0;
 }
 
+// Overflow Scrolling
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+ion-tabbar.scrollable ion-scroll {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+ion-tabbar.scrollable .scroll-inner {
+  position: relative;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+}
+
+ion-tabbar.scrollable ion-button.inactive {
+  visibility: hidden;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
index 17381fd31c..ef9a6008d5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ export class Tabs {
    */
   @Prop() translucent: boolean = false;
 
+  @Prop() scrollable: boolean = false;
+
   /**
    * @output {any} Emitted when the tab changes.
    */
@@ -102,7 +104,6 @@ export class Tabs {
     }
     selectedTab.selected = true;
 
-    console.log('HEY');
     // The same selected was selected
     // we need to set root in the nested ion-nav if it exist
     if (this.selectedTab === selectedTab) {
@@ -165,7 +166,6 @@ export class Tabs {
 
   @Method()
   getRoutes(): RouterEntries {
-    debugger;
     const a = this.tabs.map(t => {
       return {
         path: t.getPath(),
@@ -231,7 +231,8 @@ export class Tabs {
           highlight={this.tabbarHighlight}
           placement={this.tabbarPlacement}
           layout={this.tabbarLayout}
-          translucent={this.translucent}>
+          translucent={this.translucent}
+          scrollable={this.scrollable}>
         </ion-tabbar>
       );
     }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/test/scroll/index.html b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/test/scroll/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..78278f9552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/test/scroll/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html dir="ltr">
+<head>
+  <meta charset="UTF-8">
+  <title>Tab - Scroll</title>
+  <meta name="viewport"
+        content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no, viewport-fit=cover">
+  <script src="/dist/ionic.js"></script>
+</head>
+<body>
+
+  <ion-app>
+    <ion-tabs scrollable="true" tabbar-placement="top" tabbar-highlight="true" class="tabbar-md-light">
+      <ion-tab title="Plain List" icon="star"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Schedule Long Text" icon="globe"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Stopwatch" icon="logo-facebook"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 2" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 3" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 4" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 5" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 6" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 7" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 8" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 9" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 10" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 11" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+      <ion-tab title="Messages 12" icon="chatboxes"></ion-tab>
+    </ion-tabs>
+
+    <ion-nav-controller></ion-nav-controller>
+  </ion-app>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/packages/core/stencil.config.js b/packages/core/stencil.config.js
index f0968c106d..c6e93dc8ea 100644
--- a/packages/core/stencil.config.js
+++ b/packages/core/stencil.config.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ exports.config = {
     { components: ['ion-spinner'] },
     { components: ['ion-split-pane'] },
     { components: ['ion-range', 'ion-range-knob']},
-    { components: ['ion-tabs', 'ion-tab', 'ion-tabbar', 'ion-tab-button', 'ion-tab-highlight'] },
+    { components: ['ion-tabs', 'ion-tab', 'ion-tabbar', 'ion-tab-button'] },
     { components: ['ion-toggle'] },
     { components: ['ion-nav'] },
     { components: ['ion-toast', 'ion-toast-controller'] },