diff --git a/js/tests/unit/tab.js b/js/tests/unit/tab.js
index 1e2b66c048..3a7c1bb785 100644
--- a/js/tests/unit/tab.js
+++ b/js/tests/unit/tab.js
@@ -343,4 +343,42 @@ $(function () {
     assert.notOk($tabs.find('li:last > a').hasClass('active'))
     assert.notOk($tabs.find('li:last > .dropdown-menu > a:first').hasClass('active'))
   })
+
+  QUnit.test('Nested tabs', function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(2)
+    var done = assert.async()
+    var tabsHTML =
+          '<nav class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">'
+        + '  <a id="tab1" href="#x-tab1" class="nav-item nav-link" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="x-tab1">Tab 1</a>'
+        + '  <a href="#x-tab2" class="nav-item nav-link active" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="x-tab2" aria-expanded="true">Tab 2</a>'
+        + '  <a href="#x-tab3" class="nav-item nav-link" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="x-tab3">Tab 3</a>'
+        + '</nav>'
+        + '<div class="tab-content">'
+        + '  <div class="tab-pane" id="x-tab1" role="tabpanel">'
+        + '    <nav class="nav nav-tabs" role="tablist">'
+        + '      <a href="#nested-tab1" class="nav-item nav-link active" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="x-tab1" aria-expanded="true">Nested Tab 1</a>'
+        + '      <a id="tabNested2" href="#nested-tab2" class="nav-item nav-link" data-toggle="tab" role="tab" aria-controls="x-profile">Nested Tab2</a>'
+        + '    </nav>'
+        + '    <div class="tab-content">'
+        + '      <div class="tab-pane active" id="nested-tab1" role="tabpanel">Nested Tab1 Content</div>'
+        + '      <div class="tab-pane" id="nested-tab2" role="tabpanel">Nested Tab2 Content</div>'
+        + '    </div>'
+        + '  </div>'
+        + '  <div class="tab-pane active" id="x-tab2" role="tabpanel">Tab2 Content</div>'
+        + '  <div class="tab-pane" id="x-tab3" role="tabpanel">Tab3 Content</div>'
+        + '</div>'
+
+    $(tabsHTML).appendTo('#qunit-fixture')
+
+    $('#tabNested2').on('shown.bs.tab', function () {
+      assert.ok($('#x-tab1').hasClass('active'))
+      done()
+    })
+
+    $('#tab1').on('shown.bs.tab', function () {
+      assert.ok($('#x-tab1').hasClass('active'))
+      $('#tabNested2').trigger($.Event('click'))
+    })
+    .trigger($.Event('click'))
+  })
 })