diff --git a/src/filters/rclsoff b/src/filters/rclsoff
index 1e065359..c7e2046f 100755
--- a/src/filters/rclsoff
+++ b/src/filters/rclsoff
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ xsltproc --novalid --nonet - content.xml <<EOF
 <br />
 </xsl:template>
 
+<xsl:template match="text:tab">
+<xsl:text>    </xsl:text>
+</xsl:template>
+
 </xsl:stylesheet>
 EOF
 echo '</body></html>'
diff --git a/tests/ooff/ooff.sh b/tests/ooff/ooff.sh
index 22ed1316..e19faf26 100755
--- a/tests/ooff/ooff.sh
+++ b/tests/ooff/ooff.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,12 @@ topdir=`dirname $0`/..
 
 initvariables $0
 
-recollq OpenofficeWriter_uniqueterm 2> $mystderr | 
-	egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' > $mystdout
+(
+
+recollq OpenofficeWriter_uniqueterm 
+recollq SoffTabsUnique
+
+) 2> $mystderr | egrep -v '^Recoll query: ' > $mystdout
 
 diff -w ${myname}.txt $mystdout > $mydiffs 2>&1
 
diff --git a/tests/ooff/ooff.txt b/tests/ooff/ooff.txt
index d121329c..9cc2425d 100644
--- a/tests/ooff/ooff.txt
+++ b/tests/ooff/ooff.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 1 results
 application/vnd.sun.xml.writer	[file:///home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/ooff/writer.odt]	[Ceci est le titre du document openoffice élément <> "toto"]	8296	bytes	
+1 results
+application/vnd.sun.xml.writer	[file:///home/dockes/projets/fulltext/testrecoll/ooff/tabs.odt]	[tabs.odt]	9253	bytes