diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 63129dd36..5f5253634 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-05-05  Michael Hanni   <michael@deviant-behavior.com>
+
+	* Source/NSTabView.m: implemented 
+	selectTabViewItemWithIdentifier:.
+
 2003-05-05 22:48  Alexander Malmberg <alexander@malmberg.org>
 
 	* Headers/gnustep/gui/GSLayoutManager.h, Source/GSLayoutManager.m,
diff --git a/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSTabView.h b/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSTabView.h
index 6f8785517..412598582 100644
--- a/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSTabView.h
+++ b/Headers/gnustep/gui/NSTabView.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ typedef enum {
 - (void)selectPreviousTabViewItem:(id)sender;
 - (void)selectTabViewItem:(NSTabViewItem *)tabViewItem;
 - (void)selectTabViewItemAtIndex:(int)index;
+- (void)selectTabViewItemWithIdentifier:(id)identifier;
 - (void)takeSelectedTabViewItemFromSender:(id)sender;
 - (NSTabViewItem*) selectedTabViewItem;
 
diff --git a/Source/NSTabView.m b/Source/NSTabView.m
index a9ca98755..5d55591ca 100644
--- a/Source/NSTabView.m
+++ b/Source/NSTabView.m
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@
     [self selectTabViewItem: [_items objectAtIndex: index]];
 }
 
+- (void) selectTabViewItemWithIdentifier:(id)identifier 
+{
+  int index = [self indexOfTabViewItemWithIdentifier: identifier];
+  [self selectTabViewItemAtIndex: index];
+}
+
 - (void) takeSelectedTabViewItemFromSender: (id)sender
 {
   int	index = -1;