diff --git a/src/plugins/TabManager/data/addtab.png b/src/plugins/TabManager/data/addtab.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4dd036574
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/plugins/TabManager/data/addtab.png differ
diff --git a/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerdelegate.cpp b/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerdelegate.cpp
index 6250ce9cb..21add9118 100644
--- a/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerdelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerdelegate.cpp
@@ -64,12 +64,13 @@ void TabManagerDelegate::paint(QPainter* painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &op
 
     // draw close button
     if (index.column() == 1) {
-        if (index.parent().isValid() && opt.state & QStyle::State_MouseOver) {
+        if (opt.state & QStyle::State_MouseOver) {
             static const int buttonSize = 16;
             static const  QPixmap closeTabButton(":tabmanager/data/closetab.png");
+            static const  QPixmap addTabButton(":tabmanager/data/addtab.png");
 
             const QRect rect(opt.rect.right() - buttonSize, (opt.rect.height() - buttonSize) / 2 + opt.rect.y(), buttonSize, buttonSize);
-            painter->drawPixmap(style->visualRect(direction, opt.rect, rect), closeTabButton);
+            painter->drawPixmap(style->visualRect(direction, opt.rect, rect), (index.parent().isValid() ? closeTabButton : addTabButton));
         }
 
         painter->restore();
diff --git a/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerplugin.qrc b/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerplugin.qrc
index 6a9a11608..357dde820 100644
--- a/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerplugin.qrc
+++ b/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerplugin.qrc
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
         <file>data/tab-pinned.png</file>
         <file>data/side-by-side.png</file>
         <file>data/closetab.png</file>
+        <file>data/addtab.png</file>
         <file>locale/ar_SA.qm</file>
         <file>locale/bg_BG.qm</file>
         <file>locale/ca_ES.qm</file>
diff --git a/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerwidget.cpp
index 881ff3412..f65e69459 100644
--- a/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/TabManager/tabmanagerwidget.cpp
@@ -222,8 +222,11 @@ void TabManagerWidget::onItemActivated(QTreeWidgetItem* item, int column)
         return;
     }
 
-    if (column == 1 && item->childCount() == 0 && tabWidget) {
-        mainWindow->tabWidget()->requestCloseTab(mainWindow->tabWidget()->indexOf(tabWidget));
+    if (column == 1) {
+        if (item->childCount() == 0 && tabWidget)
+            mainWindow->tabWidget()->requestCloseTab(mainWindow->tabWidget()->indexOf(tabWidget));
+        else if (item->childCount() > 0)
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(mainWindow, "addTab");
         return;
     }