diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6377a95..7bba9c3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ This is a bugfix/maintenance release that also contains a few style improvements
 - (Build) SceneBuilder theme pack generation (#28) (thanks to **ennerf**).
 - (CSS) Add inner border radius to improve controls border corners (#24) (thanks to **mimoguz**).
 - (CSS) Hover effect for `CheckBox` and `RadioButton`.
+- (CSS) Hover effect for `TabPane` close button.
 - (CSS) Setting `Label` color via pseudo-classes support.
 - (CSS) Setting `FontIcon` color support.
 - (CSS) Increased `Menu`/`Menubar` paddings.
diff --git a/styles/src/components/_tab-pane.scss b/styles/src/components/_tab-pane.scss
index 5cac93a..de89588 100755
--- a/styles/src/components/_tab-pane.scss
+++ b/styles/src/components/_tab-pane.scss
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ $tab-float-width:           150px !default;
             -fx-background-color: $color-fg;
             -fx-shape: "M 0,0 H1 L 4,3 7,0 H8 V1 L 5,4 8,7 V8 H7 L 4,5 1,8 H0 V7 L 3,4 0,1 Z";
             -fx-scale-shape: false;
+
+            // Close button implemented as a single StackPane that transformed to the close icon via SVG path.
+            // Since there's no any wrapper around it, it's impossible to create background color hover effect.
+            // We can only manipulate icon color or scale or cursor.
+            &:hover {
+              -fx-cursor: hand;
+              -fx-scale-x: 1.1;
+              -fx-scale-y: 1.1;
+            }
           }
         }