diff --git a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/projectdashboardmain.js b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/projectdashboardmain.js
index 1762faa..1f6a69f 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/projectdashboardmain.js
+++ b/IPython/frontend/html/notebook/static/js/projectdashboardmain.js
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     IPython.page = new IPython.Page();
 
     $('div#tabs').tabs();
+    $('div#tabs').on('tabsselect', function (event, ui) {
+        var new_url = $('body').data('baseProjectUrl') + '#' + ui.panel.id;
+        window.history.replaceState({}, '', new_url);
+    });
     $('div#main_app').addClass('border-box-sizing ui-widget');
     $('div#notebooks_toolbar').addClass('ui-widget ui-helper-clearfix');    
     $('#new_notebook').button().click(function (e) {