diff --git a/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf b/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
index 0b07b6737ec..f8fa075bd8c 100644
--- a/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
+++ b/doc/global/htmltabs.qdocconf
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 
 # The {checked} argument ensures that the tab is selected
 # by default when the HTML page is loaded. For the other
-# tabs that are not selected, pass and empty argument {}.
+# tabs that are not selected, pass an empty argument {}.
 #
-# Note that these macros work with the online template only.
+# Note that these macros work with the online template and
+# DocBook only.
 #
 # Example:
 # \if defined(onlinedocs)
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ macro.tab.HTML = "<input type=\"radio\" name=\"tabs_\1\" id=\"\2\" \4/><label fo
 macro.tabcontent = "\\div {class=\"tabcontent \1\"}"
 macro.endtabcontent = "\\enddiv"
 
+macro.tab.DocBook = "<db:bridgehead xml:id="\2" renderas="sect5" role="tabbed \4 tab-group_\1" xlink:href="#\2_contents">\3</db:bridgehead>"
+macro.tabcontent.DocBook = "<db:sidebar xml:id="\2_contents">"
+macro.endtabcontent.DocBook = "</db:sidebar>"
+
 HTML.extraimages += template/style/htmltabs.css
 
 HTML.headerstyles += \