diff --git a/src/MainWindow.cpp b/src/MainWindow.cpp
--- a/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@
         removeMenuAccelerators();
     }
 
+    _viewManager->setNavigationBehavior(KonsoleSettings::newTabBehavior());
     setAutoSaveSettings(QStringLiteral("MainWindow"), KonsoleSettings::saveGeometryOnExit());
     updateWindowCaption();
 }
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.h b/src/ViewManager.h
--- a/src/ViewManager.h
+++ b/src/ViewManager.h
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
     void saveSessions(KConfigGroup &group);
     void restoreSessions(const KConfigGroup &group);
 
+    void setNavigationBehavior(int behavior);
     int managerId() const;
 
     /** Returns a list of sessions in this ViewManager */
@@ -412,6 +413,7 @@
 
     NavigationMethod _navigationMethod;
     NavigationVisibility _navigationVisibility;
+    NewTabBehavior _newTabBehavior;
     QString _navigationStyleSheet;
     int _managerId;
     static int lastManagerId;
diff --git a/src/ViewManager.cpp b/src/ViewManager.cpp
--- a/src/ViewManager.cpp
+++ b/src/ViewManager.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     _sessionMap(QHash<TerminalDisplay *, Session *>()),
     _actionCollection(collection),
     _navigationVisibility(NavigationNotSet),
+    _newTabBehavior(PutNewTabAtTheEnd),
     _managerId(0)
 {
     // create main view area
@@ -605,6 +606,10 @@
     // new tab will be put at the end by default.
     int index = -1;
 
+    if (_newTabBehavior == PutNewTabAfterCurrentTab) {
+        index = _viewSplitter->activeContainer()->currentIndex() + 1;
+    }
+
     // iterate over the view containers owned by this view manager
     // and create a new terminal display for the session in each of them, along with
     // a controller for the session/display pair
@@ -1122,3 +1127,8 @@
         }
     }
 }
+
+void ViewManager::setNavigationBehavior(int behavior)
+{
+    _newTabBehavior = static_cast<NewTabBehavior>(behavior);
+}