diff --git a/tests/unit/tabs/tabs.html b/tests/unit/tabs/tabs.html
index aa79ddabb..115a931f0 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tabs/tabs.html
+++ b/tests/unit/tabs/tabs.html
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 				<li><a href="#colon:test"><span>1</span></a></li>
 				<li><a href="#inline-style"><span>2</span></a></li>
 				<li><a href="data/test.html#test"><span>3</span></a></li>
-				<li><a href="data/test.html" title="∫ßáö Սե"<span>4</span></a></li>
+				<li><a href="data/test.html" title="∫ßáö Սե"><span>4</span></a></li>
 			</ul>
 			<div id="colon:test"></div>
 			<div style="height: 300px;" id="inline-style"></div>
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@
 			<div id="tabs6-1"></div>
 			<div id="tabs6-2"></div>
 		</div>
+		<div id="tabs7">
+			<ul id="tabs7-list">
+				<li><a href="#tabs7-1">1</a></li>
+				<li><a href="#tabs7-2">2</a></li>
+			</ul>
+			<div id="tabs7-2"></div>
+			<div id="tabs7-1"></div>
+		</div>
 	</div>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/tests/unit/tabs/tabs_methods.js b/tests/unit/tabs/tabs_methods.js
index 3812c3e91..67a4d9b47 100644
--- a/tests/unit/tabs/tabs_methods.js
+++ b/tests/unit/tabs/tabs_methods.js
@@ -21,6 +21,42 @@ test('init', function() {
 	equals( $('div', el).index( $('div.ui-tabs-hide', '#tabs1') ), 1, 'second panel should be hidden' );
 });
 
+test('init with hash', function() {
+	expect(5);
+	
+	//set a hash in the url
+	location.hash = '#fragment-2';
+	
+	//selection of tab with divs ordered differently than list
+	el = $('#tabs1').tabs();
+	
+	equals(el.tabs('option', 'selected'), 1, 'second tab should be selected');
+	
+	ok(!$('#tabs1 ul li:eq(0)').is('.ui-tabs-selected.ui-state-active'), 'first tab should not be selected nor active');
+	ok($('#tabs1 div:eq(0)').is('.ui-tabs-hide'), 'first div for first tab should be hidden');
+	
+	ok($('#tabs1 ul li:eq(1)').is('.ui-tabs-selected.ui-state-active'), 'second tab should be selected and active');
+	ok(!$('#tabs1 div:eq(1)').is('.ui-tabs-hide'), 'second div for second tab should not be hidden');
+});
+
+test('init mismatched order with hash', function() {
+	expect(5);
+	
+	//set a hash in the url
+	location.hash = '#tabs7-2';
+	
+	//selection of tab with divs ordered differently than list
+	el = $('#tabs7').tabs();
+	
+	equals(el.tabs('option', 'selected'), 1, 'second tab should be selected');
+	
+	ok(!$('#tabs7-list li:eq(0)').is('.ui-tabs-selected.ui-state-active'), 'first tab should not be selected nor active');
+	ok($('#tabs7 div:eq(1)').is('.ui-tabs-hide'), 'second div for first tab should be hidden');
+	
+	ok($('#tabs7-list li:eq(1)').is('.ui-tabs-selected.ui-state-active'), 'second tab should be selected and active');
+	ok(!$('#tabs7 div:eq(0)').is('.ui-tabs-hide'), 'first div for second tab should not be hidden');
+});
+
 test('destroy', function() {
 	expect(6);
 
diff --git a/ui/jquery.ui.tabs.js b/ui/jquery.ui.tabs.js
index 7f7a631ee..ad99a99b7 100644
--- a/ui/jquery.ui.tabs.js
+++ b/ui/jquery.ui.tabs.js
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ $.widget( "ui.tabs", {
 			this.lis.removeClass( "ui-tabs-selected ui-state-active" );
 			// check for length avoids error when initializing empty list
 			if ( o.selected >= 0 && this.anchors.length ) {
-				this.panels.eq( o.selected ).removeClass( "ui-tabs-hide" );
+				$( self._sanitizeSelector( self.anchors[ o.selected ].hash ) ).removeClass( "ui-tabs-hide" );
 				this.lis.eq( o.selected ).addClass( "ui-tabs-selected ui-state-active" );
 
 				// seems to be expected behavior that the show callback is fired
 				self.element.queue( "tabs", function() {
 					self._trigger( "show", null,
-						self._ui( self.anchors[ o.selected ], self.panels[ o.selected ] ) );
+						self._ui( self.anchors[ o.selected ], $( self._sanitizeSelector( self.anchors[ o.selected ].hash ) ) ) );
 				});
 
 				this.load( o.selected );