diff --git a/components/envelopes.js b/components/envelopes.js
index 1e5ee20fd..100f13512 100644
--- a/components/envelopes.js
+++ b/components/envelopes.js
@@ -217,11 +217,19 @@ exports.init = function (accountId, baseUrl, accessToken) {
      * @public
      * @function
      * @param {string} envelopeId - ID of envelope to get list of recipients from.
+     * @param {boolean} [include_tabs] - When true the tab information associated with the recipient is included in the response.
      * @param {function} [callback] - Returns the list of recipients in the form of function(error, response).
      * @returns {Promise} - A thenable bluebird Promise; if callback is given it is called before the promise is resolved
      */
-    getRecipients: function (envelopeId, callback) {
-      return getRecipients(accessToken, baseUrl, envelopeId).asCallback(callback);
+    getRecipients: function (envelopeId, include_tabs, callback) {
+      // handle the case where people omit the tabs
+      if (arguments.length === 2 && Object.prototype.toString.call(include_tabs) === '[object Function]') {
+        callback = include_tabs;
+        include_tabs = false;
+      } else if (arguments.length === 1) {
+        include_tabs = false;
+      }
+      return getRecipients(accessToken, baseUrl, envelopeId, include_tabs).asCallback(callback);
     }
   };
 };
@@ -847,14 +855,15 @@ function getTemplateView (apiToken, baseUrl, templateId, returnUrl) {
  * @param {string} apiToken - DocuSign API OAuth2 access token.
  * @param {string} baseUrl - DocuSign API base URL.
  * @param {string} envelopeId - ID of envelope to get list of recipients from.
+ * @param {boolean} [include_tabs] - When true the tab information associated with the recipient is included in the response.
  * @returns {Promise} - A thenable bluebird Promise fulfilled with the list of recipients
  */
-function getRecipients (apiToken, baseUrl, envelopeId) {
+function getRecipients (apiToken, baseUrl, envelopeId, include_tabs) {
+  include_tabs = include_tabs != null ? include_tabs : false;
   var options = {
     method: 'GET',
-    url: baseUrl + '/envelopes/' + envelopeId + '/recipients',
+    url: baseUrl + '/envelopes/' + envelopeId + '/recipients?include_tabs=' + include_tabs,
     headers: dsUtils.getHeaders(apiToken)
   };
-
   return dsUtils.makeRequest('Get List of Recipients', options);
 }
diff --git a/jsconfig.json b/jsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0438b79f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "target": "ES6",
+        "module": "commonjs"
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/component-tests/envelopes.spec.js b/test/component-tests/envelopes.spec.js
index e633e8c5b..3e4e2000c 100644
--- a/test/component-tests/envelopes.spec.js
+++ b/test/component-tests/envelopes.spec.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ let roleName = config.templateRole;
 let clientUserId = '1001';
 let returnUrl = 'http://www.docusign.com/devcenter';
 let emailSubject = 'DocuSign API - Signature Request on Document Call';
+let include_tabs = true;
 let additionalParams = {};
 let recipients = {
   signers: [{
@@ -134,6 +135,23 @@ test(function getRecipients (t) {
   });
 });
 
+test(function getRecipientsWithTabs (t) {
+  return client.envelopes.getRecipients(envelopeId, include_tabs)
+  .then(response => {
+    t.ok(response.signers);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].isBulkRecipient);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].name);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].email);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].recipientId);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].recipientIdGuid);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].requireIdLookup);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].userId);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].tabs);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs);
+    t.ok(response.signers[0].tabs.signHereTabs.length === 1);
+  });
+});
+
 test(function getView (t) {
   let action = 'send';
   let event = null;