diff --git a/doc/bufferline.txt b/doc/bufferline.txt
index 17a63f20..9afe97ac 100644
--- a/doc/bufferline.txt
+++ b/doc/bufferline.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ The available configuration are:
             show_buffer_icons = true | false, -- disable filetype icons for buffers
             show_buffer_close_icons = true | false,
             show_close_icon = true | false,
-            show_tab_indicators = true | false,
+            show_tab_indicators = true | false | "always", -- shows tab indicators ('always' will show tab indicators even if there is only 1 tab)
             show_duplicate_prefix = true | false, -- whether to show duplicate buffer prefix
             duplicates_across_groups = true, -- whether to consider duplicate paths in different groups as duplicates
             persist_buffer_sort = true, -- whether or not custom sorted buffers should persist
diff --git a/lua/bufferline/types.lua b/lua/bufferline/types.lua
index bcd59f66..89afe6d4 100644
--- a/lua/bufferline/types.lua
+++ b/lua/bufferline/types.lua
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 ---@field public show_buffer_default_icon? boolean
 ---@field public get_element_icon? fun(opts: bufferline.IconFetcherOpts): string?, string?
 ---@field public show_close_icon? boolean
----@field public show_tab_indicators? boolean
+---@field public show_tab_indicators? boolean | '"always"'-
 ---@field public show_duplicate_prefix? boolean
 ---@field public duplicates_across_groups? boolean
 ---@field public enforce_regular_tabs? boolean
diff --git a/lua/bufferline/ui.lua b/lua/bufferline/ui.lua
index 440b203c..2ec4add2 100644
--- a/lua/bufferline/ui.lua
+++ b/lua/bufferline/ui.lua
@@ -446,7 +446,9 @@ end
 ---@return integer
 local function get_tab_indicator(tab_indicators, options)
   local items, length = {}, 0
-  if not options.show_tab_indicators or #tab_indicators <= 1 then return items, length end
+  if not options.show_tab_indicators or (not (options.show_tab_indicators == "always") and #tab_indicators <= 1) then
+    return items, length
+  end
   for _, tab in ipairs(tab_indicators) do
     local component = tab.component
     table.insert(items, component)