diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
index 6d670e1bb..eed24f62e 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Window.zig
@@ -365,6 +365,12 @@ pub fn init(self: *Window, app: *App) !void {
         if (self.header) |h| c.gtk_window_set_titlebar(gtk_window, @ptrCast(@alignCast(h)));
     }
 
+    // Hide the tab bar if we don't want it
+    if (!app.config.@"gtk-tabbar")
+        if (self.tab_bar) |tab_bar| {
+            c.gtk_widget_set_visible(@ptrCast(@alignCast(tab_bar)), 0);
+        } else c.gtk_notebook_set_show_tabs(self.notebook.gtk_notebook, 0);
+
     // Show the window
     c.gtk_widget_show(window);
 }
diff --git a/src/config/Config.zig b/src/config/Config.zig
index e6b9d35ab..210298909 100644
--- a/src/config/Config.zig
+++ b/src/config/Config.zig
@@ -1622,6 +1622,12 @@ keybind: Keybinds = .{},
 /// back to `top`.
 @"gtk-tabs-location": GtkTabsLocation = .top,
 
+/// Determines whether the GTK tab bar will be visible. The default is true.
+///
+/// The "toggle_tab_bar" keybind action can be used to create
+/// a keybinding to toggle this setting at runtime.
+@"gtk-tabbar": bool = true,
+
 /// Determines the appearance of the top and bottom bars when using the
 /// adwaita tab bar. This requires `gtk-adwaita` to be enabled (it is
 /// by default).