diff --git a/js/quicktabs.js b/js/quicktabs.js
index b4e2db2..d4c1720 100644
--- a/js/quicktabs.js
+++ b/js/quicktabs.js
@@ -16,6 +16,47 @@ Drupal.behaviors.quicktabs = {
   }
 }
 
+// Enable tab memory.
+// Relies on the jQuery Cookie plugin.
+// @see http://plugins.jquery.com/cookie
+Drupal.behaviors.quicktabsTabMemory = {
+  attach: function(context, settings) {
+    // The .each() is in case there is more than one quicktab on a page.
+    $('.quicktabs-wrapper', context).each(function () {
+
+      var $this = $(this);
+      var wrapperID = $this.attr('id');
+
+      var $activeTabLink = $('.quicktabs-tabs li.active a', context);
+      var activeTabLinkID = $activeTabLink.attr('id');
+
+      // Use a unique cookie namespace for each set of Quicktabs, which
+      // should allow for more than one set on a page.
+      var cookieName = 'Drupal-quicktabs-active-tab-id-' + wrapperID;
+      // Default cookie options.
+      var cookieOptions = {path: '/'};
+
+      // Click the tab ID if a cookie exists otherwise set a cookie for
+      // the default active tab.
+      var $cookieValue = $.cookie(cookieName);
+      if ($cookieValue) {
+        $('#' + $cookieValue).click();
+      }
+      else {
+        $.cookie(cookieName, activeTabLinkID, cookieOptions);
+      }
+
+      // Set the click handler for all tabs, this updates the cookie on every
+      // tab click.
+      $this.find('ul.quicktabs-tabs a').click(function quicktabsCookieClickHandler() {
+        $activeTabLink = $this.find('.quicktabs-tabs li.active a', context);
+        activeTabLinkID = $activeTabLink.attr('id');
+        $.cookie(cookieName, activeTabLinkID, cookieOptions);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+};
+
 // Setting up the inital behaviours
 Drupal.quicktabs.prepare = function(el) {
   // el.id format: "quicktabs-$name"
diff --git a/quicktabs.module b/quicktabs.module
index 182a89c..74e0941 100644
--- a/quicktabs.module
+++ b/quicktabs.module
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ function quicktabs_load($name) {
  * Load the quicktabs data.
  */
 function quicktabs_load_multiple($names = array()) {
+  drupal_add_library('system', 'jquery.cookie');
   ctools_include('export');
   $defaults = empty($names) ? ctools_export_load_object('quicktabs', 'all') : ctools_export_load_object('quicktabs', 'names', $names);
   return $defaults;