diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/Tabs.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
index 5f4575ecfc5..1c997f8c095 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/Tabs.tsx
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ class Tabs extends Component<TabsProps, TabsState> {
     backScrollAriaLabel: 'Scroll back',
     rightScrollAriaLabel: 'Scroll right',
     forwardScrollAriaLabel: 'Scroll forward',
-    component: TabsComponent.div,
     mountOnEnter: false,
     unmountOnExit: false,
     ouiaSafe: true,
@@ -529,7 +528,8 @@ class Tabs extends Component<TabsProps, TabsState> {
     const overflowingTabProps = filteredChildrenOverflowing.map((child: React.ReactElement<TabProps>) => child.props);
 
     const uniqueId = id || getUniqueId();
-    const Component: any = component === TabsComponent.nav ? 'nav' : 'div';
+    const defaultComponent = isNav && !component ? 'nav' : 'div';
+    const Component: any = component !== undefined ? component : defaultComponent;
     const localActiveKey = defaultActiveKey !== undefined ? uncontrolledActiveKey : activeKey;
 
     const isExpandedLocal = defaultIsExpanded !== undefined ? uncontrolledIsExpandedLocal : isExpanded;
diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/examples/Tabs.md b/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/examples/Tabs.md
index 11e6ca62a0c..094482a76b4 100644
--- a/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/examples/Tabs.md
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/examples/Tabs.md
@@ -189,6 +189,14 @@ Subtabs can also link to nav elements.
 
 ```
 
+### Tabs used for site navigation
+
+Site navigation tabs
+
+```ts file="./TabsSiteNav.tsx"
+
+```
+
 ### With separate content
 
 If a `<TabContent>` component is defined outside of a `<Tabs>` component, use the `tabContentRef` and `tabContentId` properties. The `hidden` property is used on `TabContent` to set the initial visible content.
diff --git a/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/examples/TabsSiteNav.tsx b/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/examples/TabsSiteNav.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54b4a8877f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-core/src/components/Tabs/examples/TabsSiteNav.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Tabs, Tab, TabTitleText } from '@patternfly/react-core';
+
+export const TabsSiteNav: React.FunctionComponent = () => {
+  const [activeTabKey, setActiveTabKey] = useState<string | number>(0);
+  // Toggle currently active tab
+  const handleTabClick = (
+    event: React.MouseEvent<any> | React.KeyboardEvent | MouseEvent,
+    tabIndex: string | number
+  ) => {
+    setActiveTabKey(tabIndex);
+  };
+  return (
+    <Tabs
+      activeKey={activeTabKey}
+      onSelect={handleTabClick}
+      isNav={true}
+      aria-label="Site navigation with nav styling example"
+    >
+      <Tab eventKey={0} title={<TabTitleText>Users</TabTitleText>} href="#users" aria-label="Nav element content users">
+        Users
+      </Tab>
+      <Tab eventKey={1} title={<TabTitleText>Containers</TabTitleText>} href="#containers">
+        Containers
+      </Tab>
+      <Tab eventKey={2} title={<TabTitleText>Database</TabTitleText>} href="#database">
+        Database
+      </Tab>
+      <Tab eventKey={3} title={<TabTitleText>Disabled</TabTitleText>} isDisabled href="#disabled">
+        Disabled
+      </Tab>
+      <Tab eventKey={4} title={<TabTitleText>ARIA Disabled</TabTitleText>} isAriaDisabled href="#aria-disabled">
+        ARIA Disabled
+      </Tab>
+      <Tab eventKey={6} title={<TabTitleText>Network</TabTitleText>} href="#network">
+        Network
+      </Tab>
+    </Tabs>
+  );
+};