diff --git a/packages/dockview-core/src/api/dockviewPanelApi.ts b/packages/dockview-core/src/api/dockviewPanelApi.ts
index 574983bb6..25d9d59e8 100644
--- a/packages/dockview-core/src/api/dockviewPanelApi.ts
+++ b/packages/dockview-core/src/api/dockviewPanelApi.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ export interface DockviewPanelApi
         // omit properties that do not make sense here
         'setVisible' | 'onDidConstraintsChange' | 'setConstraints'
     > {
+    /**
+     * The id of the tab component renderer
+     *
+     * Undefined if no custom tab renderer is provided
+     */
+    readonly tabComponent: string | undefined;
     readonly group: DockviewGroupPanel;
     readonly isGroupActive: boolean;
     readonly renderer: DockviewPanelRenderer;
diff --git a/packages/dockview-core/src/api/panelApi.ts b/packages/dockview-core/src/api/panelApi.ts
index ec8c753e5..6046220bf 100644
--- a/packages/dockview-core/src/api/panelApi.ts
+++ b/packages/dockview-core/src/api/panelApi.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ export interface PanelApi {
     setActive(): void;
     setVisible(isVisible: boolean): void;
     updateParameters(parameters: Parameters): void;
+    /**
+     * The id of the component renderer
+     */
+    readonly component: string;
     /**
      * The id of the panel that would have been assigned when the panel was created
      */