diff --git a/.changeset/eighty-crews-rhyme.md b/.changeset/eighty-crews-rhyme.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a8379acb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/eighty-crews-rhyme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/core': patch
+---
+
+Exposing Material UI extension point for tabs to be able to add additional information to them
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/RoutedTabs.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/RoutedTabs.tsx
index b17c8afb3b..6b7b39329b 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/RoutedTabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/RoutedTabs.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,12 @@ export const RoutedTabs = ({ routes }: { routes: SubRoute[] }) => {
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const { index, route, element } = useSelectedSubRoute(routes);
   const headerTabs = useMemo(
-    () => routes.map(t => ({ id: t.path, label: t.title })),
+    () =>
+      routes.map(t => ({
+        id: t.path,
+        label: t.title,
+        tabProps: t.tabProps,
+      })),
     [routes],
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/TabbedLayout.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/TabbedLayout.tsx
index f181ee5980..5a1b190d00 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/TabbedLayout.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/TabbedLayout.tsx
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ import React, {
   ReactNode,
 } from 'react';
 import { RoutedTabs } from './RoutedTabs';
+import { TabProps } from '@material-ui/core';
 
 type SubRoute = {
   path: string;
   title: string;
   children: JSX.Element;
+  tabProps?: TabProps<React.ElementType, { component?: React.ElementType }>;
 };
 
 const Route: (props: SubRoute) => null = () => null;
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ export function createSubRoutesFromChildren(
       throw new Error('Child of TabbedLayout must be an TabbedLayout.Route');
     }
 
-    const { path, title, children } = child.props;
-    return [{ path, title, children }];
+    const { path, title, children, tabProps } = child.props;
+    return [{ path, title, children, tabProps }];
   });
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/types.ts b/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/types.ts
index 29ade88dc0..24ee011933 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/types.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/TabbedLayout/types.ts
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { TabProps } from '@material-ui/core';
+import * as React from 'react';
+
 export type SubRoute = {
   path: string;
   title: string;
   children: JSX.Element;
+  tabProps?: TabProps<React.ElementType, { component?: React.ElementType }>;
 };
diff --git a/packages/core/src/layout/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.test.tsx b/packages/core/src/layout/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.test.tsx
index 81d2123049..9a5093f6e9 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/layout/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/layout/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.test.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { renderInTestApp } from '@backstage/test-utils';
 import { HeaderTabs } from './';
+import { Badge, makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core';
 
 const mockTabs = [
   { id: 'overview', label: 'Overview' },
@@ -46,4 +47,35 @@ describe('<HeaderTabs />', () => {
       'true',
     );
   });
+  it('should render extension component to tab if one present', async () => {
+    const useStyles = makeStyles(() => ({
+      badge: {
+        margin: '20px 20px 0 0',
+      },
+    }));
+
+    const TextualBadge = React.forwardRef<HTMLSpanElement>((props, ref) => (
+      <Badge
+        classes={useStyles()}
+        color="secondary"
+        badgeContent="three new alarms"
+      >
+        <span ref={ref} {...props}>
+          {props.children}
+        </span>
+      </Badge>
+    ));
+    const iconTab = [
+      {
+        id: 'icon-tab',
+        label: 'Alarms',
+        tabProps: { component: TextualBadge },
+      },
+    ];
+
+    const rendered = await renderInTestApp(<HeaderTabs tabs={iconTab} />);
+
+    expect(rendered.getByText('Alarms')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(rendered.getByText('three new alarms')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/core/src/layout/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.tsx b/packages/core/src/layout/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.tsx
index 718a103f00..1fd4a18ba3 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/layout/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/layout/HeaderTabs/HeaderTabs.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 // This is just a temporary solution to implementing tabs for now
 
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
-import { makeStyles, Tabs, Tab as TabUI } from '@material-ui/core';
+import { makeStyles, Tabs, Tab as TabUI, TabProps } from '@material-ui/core';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
   tabsWrapper: {
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
 export type Tab = {
   id: string;
   label: string;
+  tabProps?: TabProps<React.ElementType, { component?: React.ElementType }>;
 };
 
 type HeaderTabsProps = {
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ export const HeaderTabs = ({
       >
         {tabs.map((tab, index) => (
           <TabUI
+            {...tab.tabProps}
             label={tab.label}
             key={tab.id}
             value={index}