diff --git a/src/ViewContainer.cpp b/src/ViewContainer.cpp
index 9c2ca8b5e..6cd637075 100644
--- a/src/ViewContainer.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewContainer.cpp
@@ -402,8 +402,15 @@ void TabbedViewContainer::selectTabColor()
 }
 
 ViewContainerTabBar::ViewContainerTabBar(QWidget* parent)
-    : QTabBar(parent)
+    : KTabBar(parent)
 {
+    //TODO  Make tab re-ordering possible, but the QStackedWidget
+    // and tab widget will then have different indicies, in which
+    // case either the view widget stack needs to be re-ordered
+    // or mapping between the tab and stack widget indicies needs
+    // to be added
+    //
+    //setTabReorderingEnabled(true);
 }
 
 QSize ViewContainerTabBar::tabSizeHint(int index) const
diff --git a/src/ViewContainer.h b/src/ViewContainer.h
index a7cdc7a15..0c40daf77 100644
--- a/src/ViewContainer.h
+++ b/src/ViewContainer.h
@@ -26,9 +26,11 @@
 #include <QtCore/QObject>
 #include <QtCore/QHash>
 #include <QtCore/QList>
-#include <QtGui/QTabBar>
 #include <QtGui/QVBoxLayout>
 
+// KDE
+#include <KTabBar>
+
 class QSpacerItem;
 class QStackedWidget;
 class QWidget;
@@ -309,7 +311,7 @@ private:
 // internal class,
 // to allow for tweaks to the tab bar required by TabbedViewContainerV2.
 // does not actually do anything currently
-class ViewContainerTabBar : public QTabBar
+class ViewContainerTabBar : public KTabBar
 {
 public:
     ViewContainerTabBar(QWidget* parent = 0);