diff --git a/python/gui/auto_generated/qgisinterface.sip.in b/python/gui/auto_generated/qgisinterface.sip.in
index 3d5fd2bf69f..8dafdc6846e 100644
--- a/python/gui/auto_generated/qgisinterface.sip.in
+++ b/python/gui/auto_generated/qgisinterface.sip.in
@@ -1057,7 +1057,25 @@ Remove action from the Web menu
 %Docstring
 Adds a ``dock`` widget to the main window, in the specified dock ``area``.
 
+.. seealso:: :py:func:`addTabifiedDockWidget`
+
 .. seealso:: :py:func:`removeDockWidget`
+%End
+
+    virtual void addTabifiedDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget *dockwidget, const QStringList &tabifyWith = QStringList(), bool raiseTab = false ) = 0;
+%Docstring
+Add a dock widget to the given area and tabify it (if other dock widgets
+exist in the same ``area``). The new tab will be below other tabs unless
+``raiseTab`` is passed as true.
+
+``tabifyWith`` is a list of dock widget object names, ordered by
+priority, with which the new dock widget should be tabified. Only the
+first matching object name will be picked. If none of the given object
+names is found in that ``area`` (or if ``tabifyWith`` is not given at
+all), the new dock widget will be created anyways, but its location
+within that ``area`` will be unpredictable.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.14
 %End
 
     virtual void removeDockWidget( QDockWidget *dockwidget ) = 0;
diff --git a/src/app/qgisappinterface.cpp b/src/app/qgisappinterface.cpp
index 92750c9906e..6f52b7fdcc1 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisappinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgisappinterface.cpp
@@ -470,6 +470,11 @@ void QgisAppInterface::addDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget *dock
   qgis->addDockWidget( area, dockwidget );
 }
 
+void QgisAppInterface::addTabifiedDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget *dockwidget, const QStringList &tabifyWith, bool raiseTab )
+{
+  qgis->addTabifiedDockWidget( area, dockwidget, tabifyWith, raiseTab );
+}
+
 void QgisAppInterface::removeDockWidget( QDockWidget *dockwidget )
 {
   qgis->removeDockWidget( dockwidget );
diff --git a/src/app/qgisappinterface.h b/src/app/qgisappinterface.h
index 52ab18f8625..c6d2836a8b4 100644
--- a/src/app/qgisappinterface.h
+++ b/src/app/qgisappinterface.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class APP_EXPORT QgisAppInterface : public QgisInterface
     void insertAddLayerAction( QAction *action ) override;
     void removeAddLayerAction( QAction *action ) override;
     void addDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget *dockwidget ) override;
+    void addTabifiedDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget *dockwidget, const QStringList &tabifyWith = QStringList(), bool raiseTab = false ) override;
     void removeDockWidget( QDockWidget *dockwidget ) override;
     QgsAdvancedDigitizingDockWidget *cadDockWidget() override;
     void showLayerProperties( QgsMapLayer *l ) override;
diff --git a/src/gui/qgisinterface.h b/src/gui/qgisinterface.h
index 06b24ff9309..90955b8781d 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgisinterface.h
+++ b/src/gui/qgisinterface.h
@@ -889,10 +889,27 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgisInterface : public QObject
     /**
      * Adds a \a dock widget to the main window, in the specified dock \a area.
      *
+     * \see addTabifiedDockWidget()
      * \see removeDockWidget()
      */
     virtual void addDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget *dockwidget ) = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * Add a dock widget to the given area and tabify it (if other dock widgets
+     * exist in the same \a area). The new tab will be below other tabs unless
+     * \a raiseTab is passed as true.
+     *
+     * \a tabifyWith is a list of dock widget object names, ordered by
+     * priority, with which the new dock widget should be tabified. Only the
+     * first matching object name will be picked. If none of the given object
+     * names is found in that \a area (or if \a tabifyWith is not given at
+     * all), the new dock widget will be created anyways, but its location
+     * within that \a area will be unpredictable.
+     *
+     * \since QGIS 3.14
+     */
+    virtual void addTabifiedDockWidget( Qt::DockWidgetArea area, QDockWidget *dockwidget, const QStringList &tabifyWith = QStringList(), bool raiseTab = false ) = 0;
+
     /**
      * Removes the specified \a dock widget from main window (without deleting it).
      *