--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/tabs/TabsLayoutItemView.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/tabs/TabsLayoutItemView.java
@@ -2,27 +2,29 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
 package org.mozilla.gecko.tabs;
 
 import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.Tab;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.Tabs;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.widget.HoverDelegateWithReset;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.widget.TabThumbnailWrapper;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.widget.TouchDelegateWithReset;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.widget.themed.ThemedRelativeLayout;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
 import android.support.v4.widget.TextViewCompat;
 import android.support.v7.widget.ViewUtils;
 import android.util.AttributeSet;
 import android.util.TypedValue;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewTreeObserver;
 import android.widget.Checkable;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 
 public class TabsLayoutItemView extends LinearLayout
@@ -31,16 +33,17 @@ public class TabsLayoutItemView extends 
     private static final int[] STATE_CHECKED = { android.R.attr.state_checked };
     private boolean mChecked;
 
     private int mTabId;
     private TextView mTitle;
     private TabsPanelThumbnailView mThumbnail;
     private ImageView mCloseButton;
     private TabThumbnailWrapper mThumbnailWrapper;
+    private HoverDelegateWithReset mHoverDelegate;
 
     public TabsLayoutItemView(Context context, AttributeSet attrs) {
         super(context, attrs);
     }
 
     @Override
     public int[] onCreateDrawableState(int extraSpace) {
         final int[] drawableState = super.onCreateDrawableState(extraSpace + 1);
@@ -108,32 +111,51 @@ public class TabsLayoutItemView extends 
 
                 // Ideally we want the close button hit area to be 40x40dp but we are constrained by the height of the parent, so
                 // we make it as tall as the parent view and 40dp across.
                 final int targetHitArea = (int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 40, getResources().getDisplayMetrics());;
 
                 final Rect hitRect = getHitRectRelatively(targetHitArea);
 
                 setTouchDelegate(new TouchDelegateWithReset(hitRect, mCloseButton));
+                setHoverDelegate(new HoverDelegateWithReset(hitRect, mCloseButton));
 
                 return true;
             }
         });
     }
 
     private Rect getHitRectRelatively(int targetHitArea) {
         final boolean isRtl = ViewUtils.isLayoutRtl(this);
         final Rect hitRect = new Rect();
         hitRect.top = 0;
         hitRect.right = isRtl ? targetHitArea : getWidth();
         hitRect.left = isRtl ? 0 : getWidth() - targetHitArea;
         hitRect.bottom = targetHitArea;
         return hitRect;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the HoverDelegate for this View.
+     */
+    public void setHoverDelegate(HoverDelegateWithReset delegate) {
+        mHoverDelegate = delegate;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onHoverEvent(MotionEvent event) {
+        if (mHoverDelegate != null) {
+            if (mHoverDelegate.onHoverEvent(event)) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return super.onHoverEvent(event);
+    }
+
     protected void assignValues(Tab tab)  {
         if (tab == null) {
             return;
         }
 
         mTabId = tab.getId();
 
         setChecked(Tabs.getInstance().isSelectedTab(tab));