diff --git a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
index 6a31798544f2..039160559f40 100644
--- a/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/react/__tests__/__snapshots__/PublicAPI-test.js.snap
@@ -5080,6 +5080,7 @@ Map {
   },
   "Tabs" => Object {
     "defaultProps": Object {
+      "scrollIntoView": true,
       "selected": 0,
       "selectionMode": "automatic",
       "type": "default",
@@ -5106,6 +5107,9 @@ Map {
       "onSelectionChange": Object {
         "type": "func",
       },
+      "scrollIntoView": Object {
+        "type": "bool",
+      },
       "selected": Object {
         "type": "number",
       },
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Tabs/Tabs-story.js b/packages/react/src/components/Tabs/Tabs-story.js
index dd7ab45b6ba4..ecdbdcaef938 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Tabs/Tabs-story.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Tabs/Tabs-story.js
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ const props = {
       'The className for the child `<TabContent>` components',
       'tab-content'
     ),
+    scrollIntoView: boolean(
+      'Scroll to selected tab on component rerender (scrollIntoView)',
+      true
+    ),
     selectionMode: select(
       'Selection mode (selectionMode)',
       selectionModes,
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Tabs/Tabs.js b/packages/react/src/components/Tabs/Tabs.js
index 86d991225fb3..966f524a96ca 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Tabs/Tabs.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Tabs/Tabs.js
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ export default class Tabs extends React.Component {
      */
     onSelectionChange: PropTypes.func,
 
+    /**
+     * Choose whether or not to automatically scroll to newly selected tabs
+     * on component rerender
+     */
+    scrollIntoView: PropTypes.bool,
+
     /**
      * Optionally provide an index for the currently selected <Tab>
      */
@@ -82,6 +88,7 @@ export default class Tabs extends React.Component {
 
   static defaultProps = {
     type: 'default',
+    scrollIntoView: true,
     selected: 0,
     selectionMode: 'automatic',
   };
@@ -205,7 +212,7 @@ export default class Tabs extends React.Component {
       });
     }
 
-    if (prevState.selected !== selected) {
+    if (this.props.scrollIntoView && prevState.selected !== selected) {
       this.getTabAt(selected)?.tabAnchor?.scrollIntoView({
         block: 'nearest',
         inline: 'nearest',
@@ -379,6 +386,7 @@ export default class Tabs extends React.Component {
       type,
       light,
       onSelectionChange,
+      scrollIntoView, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
       selectionMode, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
       tabContentClassName,
       ...other