diff --git a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TabButton.qml b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TabButton.qml
index 6c4be6030..8d7494558 100644
--- a/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TabButton.qml
+++ b/src/declarativeimports/plasmacomponents3/TabButton.qml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ T.TabButton {
             text: control.Kirigami.MnemonicData.richTextLabel
             font: control.font
             opacity: enabled || control.highlighted || control.checked ? 1 : 0.4
+            color: control.activeFocus && !control.down ? theme.highlightedTextColor : theme.buttonTextColor
             horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
             verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
             elide: Text.ElideRight