--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/CombinedHistoryItem.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/CombinedHistoryItem.java
@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@ import android.support.v4.content.Contex
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.TextView;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.db.RemoteClient;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.db.RemoteTab;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.home.RecentTabsAdapter.ClosedTab;
 
 public abstract class CombinedHistoryItem extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
     private static final String LOGTAG = "CombinedHistoryItem";
 
     public CombinedHistoryItem(View view) {
         super(view);
     }
 
@@ -79,16 +80,22 @@ public abstract class CombinedHistoryIte
             pageRow.updateFromCursor(historyCursor);
         }
 
         public void bind(RemoteTab remoteTab) {
             final TwoLinePageRow childPageRow = (TwoLinePageRow) this.itemView;
             childPageRow.setShowIcons(true);
             childPageRow.update(remoteTab.title, remoteTab.url);
         }
+
+        public void bind(ClosedTab closedTab) {
+            final TwoLinePageRow childPageRow = (TwoLinePageRow) this.itemView;
+            childPageRow.setShowIcons(false);
+            childPageRow.update(closedTab.title, closedTab.url);
+        }
     }
 
     public static class ClientItem extends CombinedHistoryItem {
         final TextView nameView;
         final ImageView deviceTypeView;
         final TextView lastModifiedView;
         final ImageView deviceExpanded;
 

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/CombinedHistoryPanel.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/CombinedHistoryPanel.java
@@ -105,17 +105,17 @@ public class CombinedHistoryPanel extend
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstance) {
         super.onCreate(savedInstance);
 
         mHistoryAdapter = new CombinedHistoryAdapter(getResources());
         mClientsAdapter = new ClientsAdapter(getContext());
-        mRecentTabsAdapter = new RecentTabsAdapter();
+        mRecentTabsAdapter = new RecentTabsAdapter(getContext());
 
         mSyncStatusListener = new RemoteTabsSyncListener();
         FirefoxAccounts.addSyncStatusListener(mSyncStatusListener);
     }
 
     @Override
     public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {
         return inflater.inflate(R.layout.home_combined_history_panel, container, false);
@@ -133,16 +133,18 @@ public class CombinedHistoryPanel extend
 
         mClientsEmptyView = view.findViewById(R.id.home_clients_empty_view);
         mHistoryEmptyView = view.findViewById(R.id.home_history_empty_view);
         mRecentTabsEmptyView = view.findViewById(R.id.home_recent_tabs_empty_view);
         setUpEmptyViews();
 
         mPanelFooterButton = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.clear_history_button);
         mPanelFooterButton.setOnClickListener(new OnFooterButtonClickListener());
+
+        mRecentTabsAdapter.startListeningForClosedTabs();
     }
 
     private void setUpRecyclerView() {
         if (mPanelLevel == null) {
             mPanelLevel = PanelLevel.PARENT;
         }
 
         mRecyclerView.setAdapter(mPanelLevel == PanelLevel.PARENT ? mHistoryAdapter :
@@ -574,16 +576,23 @@ public class CombinedHistoryPanel extend
 
         @Override
         public void onSyncFinished() {
             mRefreshLayout.setRefreshing(false);
         }
     }
 
     @Override
+    public void onDestroyView() {
+        super.onDestroyView();
+
+        mRecentTabsAdapter.stopListeningForClosedTabs();
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public void onDestroy() {
         super.onDestroy();
         if (mSyncStatusListener != null) {
             FirefoxAccounts.removeSyncStatusListener(mSyncStatusListener);
             mSyncStatusListener = null;
         }
     }
 }

--- a/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/RecentTabsAdapter.java
+++ b/mobile/android/base/java/org/mozilla/gecko/home/RecentTabsAdapter.java
@@ -1,27 +1,199 @@
 /* -*- Mode: Java; c-basic-offset: 4; tab-width: 20; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
  * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
  * 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.home;
 
+import android.content.Context;
 import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
 import android.view.LayoutInflater;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.widget.TextView;
 
+import org.mozilla.gecko.AboutPages;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.EventDispatcher;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoAppShell;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.GeckoProfile;
 import org.mozilla.gecko.R;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.SessionParser;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.util.EventCallback;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.util.NativeEventListener;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.util.NativeJSObject;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.util.ThreadUtils;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.mozilla.gecko.home.CombinedHistoryItem.ItemType;
 
-public class RecentTabsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CombinedHistoryItem> implements CombinedHistoryRecyclerView.AdapterContextMenuBuilder {
+public class RecentTabsAdapter extends RecyclerView.Adapter<CombinedHistoryItem>
+                               implements CombinedHistoryRecyclerView.AdapterContextMenuBuilder, NativeEventListener {
     private static final String LOGTAG = "GeckoRecentTabsAdapter";
 
+    private static final int NAVIGATION_BACK_BUTTON_INDEX = 0;
+
+    // Recently closed tabs from Gecko.
+    private ClosedTab[] recentlyClosedTabs;
+
+    // "Tabs from last time".
+    private ClosedTab[] lastSessionTabs;
+
+    public static final class ClosedTab {
+        public final String url;
+        public final String title;
+        public final String data;
+
+        public ClosedTab(String url, String title, String data) {
+            this.url = url;
+            this.title = title;
+            this.data = data;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final Context context;
+
+    public RecentTabsAdapter(Context context) {
+        this.context = context;
+        recentlyClosedTabs = new ClosedTab[0];
+        lastSessionTabs = new ClosedTab[0];
+
+        readPreviousSessionData();
+    }
+
+    public void startListeningForClosedTabs() {
+        EventDispatcher.getInstance().registerGeckoThreadListener(this, "ClosedTabs:Data");
+        GeckoAppShell.notifyObservers("ClosedTabs:StartNotifications", null);
+    }
+
+    public void stopListeningForClosedTabs() {
+        GeckoAppShell.notifyObservers("ClosedTabs:StopNotifications", null);
+        EventDispatcher.getInstance().unregisterGeckoThreadListener(this, "ClosedTabs:Data");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void handleMessage(String event, NativeJSObject message, EventCallback callback) {
+        final NativeJSObject[] tabs = message.getObjectArray("tabs");
+        final int length = tabs.length;
+
+        final ClosedTab[] closedTabs = new ClosedTab[length];
+        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+            final NativeJSObject tab = tabs[i];
+            closedTabs[i] = new ClosedTab(tab.getString("url"), tab.getString("title"), tab.getObject("data").toString());
+        }
+
+        // Only modify recentlyClosedTabs on the UI thread.
+        ThreadUtils.postToUiThread(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                // Save some data about the old panel state, so we can be
+                // smarter about notifying the recycler view which bits changed.
+                int prevClosedTabsCount = recentlyClosedTabs.length;
+                boolean prevSectionHeaderVisibility = isSectionHeaderVisible();
+                int prevSectionHeaderIndex = getSectionHeaderIndex();
+
+                recentlyClosedTabs = closedTabs;
+
+                // Handle the section header hiding/unhiding.
+                updateHeaderVisibility(prevSectionHeaderVisibility, prevSectionHeaderIndex);
+
+                // Update the "Recently closed" part of the tab list.
+                updateTabsList(prevClosedTabsCount, recentlyClosedTabs.length, getFirstRecentTabIndex(), getLastRecentTabIndex());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void readPreviousSessionData() {
+        // Make sure that the start up code has had a chance to update sessionstore.bak as necessary.
+        GeckoProfile.get(context).waitForOldSessionDataProcessing();
+
+        ThreadUtils.postToBackgroundThread(new Runnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                final String jsonString = GeckoProfile.get(context).readSessionFile(true);
+                if (jsonString == null) {
+                    // No previous session data.
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                final List<ClosedTab> parsedTabs = new ArrayList<>();
+
+                new SessionParser() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void onTabRead(SessionTab tab) {
+                        final String url = tab.getUrl();
+
+                        // Don't show last tabs for about:home
+                        if (AboutPages.isAboutHome(url)) {
+                            return;
+                        }
+
+                        parsedTabs.add(new ClosedTab(url, tab.getTitle(), tab.getTabObject().toString()));
+                    }
+                }.parse(jsonString);
+
+                final ClosedTab[] closedTabs = parsedTabs.toArray(new ClosedTab[parsedTabs.size()]);
+
+                // Only modify lastSessionTabs on the UI thread.
+                ThreadUtils.postToUiThread(new Runnable() {
+                    @Override
+                    public void run() {
+                        // Save some data about the old panel state, so we can be
+                        // smarter about notifying the recycler view which bits changed.
+                        int prevClosedTabsCount = lastSessionTabs.length;
+                        boolean prevSectionHeaderVisibility = isSectionHeaderVisible();
+                        int prevSectionHeaderIndex = getSectionHeaderIndex();
+
+                        lastSessionTabs = closedTabs;
+
+                        // Handle the section header hiding/unhiding.
+                        updateHeaderVisibility(prevSectionHeaderVisibility, prevSectionHeaderIndex);
+
+                        // Update the "Tabs from last time" part of the tab list.
+                        updateTabsList(prevClosedTabsCount, lastSessionTabs.length, getFirstLastSessionTabIndex(), getLastLastSessionTabIndex());
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    private void updateHeaderVisibility(boolean prevSectionHeaderVisibility, int prevSectionHeaderIndex) {
+        if (prevSectionHeaderVisibility && !isSectionHeaderVisible()) {
+            notifyItemRemoved(prevSectionHeaderIndex);
+        } else if (!prevSectionHeaderVisibility && isSectionHeaderVisible()) {
+            notifyItemInserted(getSectionHeaderIndex());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates the tab list as necessary to account for any changes in tab count in a particular data source.
+     *
+     * Since the session store only sends out full updates, we don't know for sure what has changed compared
+     * to the last data set, so we can only animate if the tab count actually changes.
+     *
+     * @param prevClosedTabsCount The previous number of closed tabs from that data source.
+     * @param closedTabsCount The current number of closed tabs contained in that data source.
+     * @param firstTabListIndex The current position of that data source's first item in the RecyclerView.
+     * @param lastTabListIndex The current position of that data source's last item in the RecyclerView.
+     */
+    private void updateTabsList(int prevClosedTabsCount, int closedTabsCount, int firstTabListIndex, int lastTabListIndex) {
+        final int closedTabsCountChange = closedTabsCount - prevClosedTabsCount;
+
+        if (closedTabsCountChange <= 0) {
+            notifyItemRangeRemoved(lastTabListIndex + 1, -closedTabsCountChange); // Remove tabs from the bottom of the list.
+            notifyItemRangeChanged(firstTabListIndex, closedTabsCount); // Update the contents of the remaining items.
+        } else { // closedTabsCountChange > 0
+            notifyItemRangeInserted(firstTabListIndex, closedTabsCountChange); // Add additional tabs at the top of the list.
+            notifyItemRangeChanged(firstTabListIndex + closedTabsCountChange, prevClosedTabsCount); // Update any previous list items.
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public CombinedHistoryItem onCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType) {
         final LayoutInflater inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.getContext());
         final View view;
 
         final CombinedHistoryItem.ItemType itemType = CombinedHistoryItem.ItemType.viewTypeToItemType(viewType);
 
         switch (itemType) {
@@ -38,36 +210,94 @@ public class RecentTabsAdapter extends R
                 return new CombinedHistoryItem.HistoryItem(view);
         }
         return null;
     }
 
     @Override
     public void onBindViewHolder(CombinedHistoryItem holder, final int position) {
         final CombinedHistoryItem.ItemType itemType = getItemTypeForPosition(position);
+
+        switch (itemType) {
+            case SECTION_HEADER:
+                ((TextView) holder.itemView).setText(context.getString(R.string.home_closed_tabs_title2));
+                break;
+
+            case CLOSED_TAB:
+                final ClosedTab closedTab;
+                if (position <= getLastRecentTabIndex()) {
+                    closedTab = recentlyClosedTabs[position - getFirstRecentTabIndex()];
+                } else {
+                    closedTab = lastSessionTabs[position - getFirstLastSessionTabIndex()];
+                }
+                ((CombinedHistoryItem.HistoryItem) holder).bind(closedTab);
+                break;
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
     public int getItemCount() {
-        return 1;
+        int itemCount = 1; // NAVIGATION_BACK button is always visible.
+
+        if (isSectionHeaderVisible()) {
+            itemCount += 1;
+        }
+
+        itemCount += getClosedTabsCount();
+
+        return itemCount;
     }
 
     private CombinedHistoryItem.ItemType getItemTypeForPosition(int position) {
-        if (position == 0) {
+        if (position == NAVIGATION_BACK_BUTTON_INDEX) {
             return ItemType.NAVIGATION_BACK;
         }
 
+        if (position == getSectionHeaderIndex() && isSectionHeaderVisible()) {
+            return ItemType.SECTION_HEADER;
+        }
+
         return ItemType.CLOSED_TAB;
     }
 
     @Override
     public int getItemViewType(int position) {
         return CombinedHistoryItem.ItemType.itemTypeToViewType(getItemTypeForPosition(position));
     }
 
+    public int getClosedTabsCount() {
+        return recentlyClosedTabs.length + lastSessionTabs.length;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isSectionHeaderVisible() {
+        return recentlyClosedTabs.length > 0 || lastSessionTabs.length > 0;
+    }
+
+    private int getSectionHeaderIndex() {
+        return isSectionHeaderVisible() ?
+                NAVIGATION_BACK_BUTTON_INDEX + 1 :
+                NAVIGATION_BACK_BUTTON_INDEX;
+    }
+
+    private int getFirstRecentTabIndex() {
+        return getSectionHeaderIndex() + 1;
+    }
+
+    private int getLastRecentTabIndex() {
+        return getSectionHeaderIndex() + recentlyClosedTabs.length;
+    }
+
+    private int getFirstLastSessionTabIndex() {
+        return getLastRecentTabIndex() + 1;
+    }
+
+    private int getLastLastSessionTabIndex() {
+        return getLastRecentTabIndex() + lastSessionTabs.length;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public HomeContextMenuInfo makeContextMenuInfoFromPosition(View view, int position) {
         final CombinedHistoryItem.ItemType itemType = getItemTypeForPosition(position);
         final HomeContextMenuInfo info;
 
         return null;
     }
 }