diff --git a/app/helpers/tabs_for/rails/tabs_for_helper.rb b/app/helpers/tabs_for/rails/tabs_for_helper.rb
index d313c11..1db04bf 100644
--- a/app/helpers/tabs_for/rails/tabs_for_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/tabs_for/rails/tabs_for_helper.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ module TabsFor
   module Rails
     module TabsForHelper
 
-      def tabs_for(object, &block)
-        content_tag(:ul, class: 'nav nav-tabs', role: 'tablist') do
+      def tabs_for(object, options={}, &block)
+        classes = 'nav nav-tabs'
+        classes = options.delete(:class) if options[:class]
+
+        content_tag(:ul, class: classes, role: 'tablist') do
           capture TabBuilder.new(object, self), &block
         end + content_tag(:div, class: 'tab-content') do
           capture PaneBuilder.new(object, self), &block
diff --git a/test/tabs_for_helper_test.rb b/test/tabs_for_helper_test.rb
index 77c3731..a9826b7 100644
--- a/test/tabs_for_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/tabs_for_helper_test.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ def assert_pane(id, text)
     assert_select "div[role=\"tabpanel\"][class=\"tab-pane\"][id=\"#{id}\"]", text: text
   end
 
+  test "custom class for tabs" do
+    tabs = tabs_for(object, class: 'tab-header') do |b|
+      b.tab("Label") { "Content" }
+    end
+
+    concat tabs
+    assert_select ".tab-header"
+  end
+
   test "#tab renders tab with translated header with a corresponding pane" do
     store_translations(:en, activerecord: {attributes: {project: {name: "Nome"}}}) do
       with_concat_tabs_for(object) { |b| b.tab(:name, size: 1) { "Content" } }