diff --git a/source/ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiComponentPlugins/RemoteGuiComponentPlugin.cpp b/source/ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiComponentPlugins/RemoteGuiComponentPlugin.cpp
index 180037ef3c4cabf630474faea42227268a7a85be..9c3d69430d80cb61728deb97891fb75ab2988b43 100644
--- a/source/ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiComponentPlugins/RemoteGuiComponentPlugin.cpp
+++ b/source/ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiComponentPlugins/RemoteGuiComponentPlugin.cpp
@@ -58,6 +58,25 @@ namespace armarx::plugins
         create(name, data);
     }
 
+    void RemoteGuiComponentPlugin::createOrUpdateTab(const std::string& name, const RemoteGui::WidgetPtr& widget,
+                                                     unsigned long guiTaskPeriod)
+    {
+        std::lock_guard g{_tabsMutex};
+        if (!hasTab(name))
+        {
+            throw armarx::LocalException("Can only update Tab with a name for an already existing Tab");
+        }
+        auto& data = _tabs[name];
+        if (data.task)
+        {
+            data.task->stop();
+            data.task = nullptr;
+        }
+        data.taskPeriod = guiTaskPeriod;
+        data.widget = widget;
+        create(name, data);
+    }
+
     RemoteGui::TabProxy& RemoteGuiComponentPlugin::getTab(const std::string& name)
     {
         ARMARX_CHECK_EXPRESSION(hasTab(name));
diff --git a/source/ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiComponentPlugins/RemoteGuiComponentPlugin.h b/source/ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiComponentPlugins/RemoteGuiComponentPlugin.h
index c1a1324fef74824065e3a802916367bb13303d36..bb45dee6a09d8b2612781e614ce6351cc7d70eb0 100644
--- a/source/ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiComponentPlugins/RemoteGuiComponentPlugin.h
+++ b/source/ArmarXGui/libraries/ArmarXGuiComponentPlugins/RemoteGuiComponentPlugin.h
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ namespace armarx::plugins
                                TabTask guiTaskFnc,
                                unsigned long guiTaskPeriod = 10);
 
+        void createOrUpdateTab(const std::string& name,
+                               const RemoteGui::WidgetPtr& widget,
+                               unsigned long guiTaskPeriod = 10);
+
         template<class T>
         enable_if_auto_gui_cfg<T>
         createOrUpdateTab(