diff --git a/js/quicktabs.js b/js/quicktabs.js
index fa90ec0..7eef5af 100644
--- a/js/quicktabs.js
+++ b/js/quicktabs.js
@@ -16,6 +16,49 @@ 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');
+      if (wrapperID.substr(0, 23) == 'quicktabs-protocol-tabs') {
+
+        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"